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Sani Abacha, Ibrahim Babangida, Kwame Nkrumah, Muhammadu Buhari, Robert Mugabe, Samora Machel or Ibrahim Traore. This ritual of inviting foreign leaders to the Oval office like King Hussein of ...
The President of the group, Hajiya Hauwa Adamu, thanked Benjamins-Laniyi for giving them a platform and a voice in matters that affects women, adolescents and girls in the FCT. Adamu, the wife of the ...
The last time a president tried to win an election by being the sole candidate was in 1998. Abacha, the military dictator, had formed five parties. The leadership of all the parties were ...
At the end of the day, General Sani Abacha, in November 1993, proclaimed himself the new Head of State. Thence till 1998 when he died, there was little peace in the country; though his sudden ...
On May 15, a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. First introduced in February by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas ...
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has recounted his dramatic journey from being a close ally of the late General Sani Abacha to becoming one of his political detainees. The story ...
and Hajiya Fatima Sani, Director of Women Affairs. They highlighted the National Secretaryship issue as a pressing concern that requires urgent and delicate handling. They warned that appointing ...
NAHCON disclosed this in a statement issued by its Assistant Director, Information and Publication, Hajiya Fatima Usara, in Madina on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vice ...
That was certainly the figure that Nigeria got after the coup in the shape of General Sani Abacha. But Akinola and his film subtly suggests that there could have been an alternative father of the ...
Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown said Friday he looks forward to competing at the world athletics championships in Tokyo this September. "Running at a packed National Stadium is my dream," ...
In earlier posts, Utomi, referencing his past involvement in pro-democracy efforts during the Sani Abacha regime, recalled chairing a conference on Nigeria’s democratic future at St. Leo’s in ...