In the past stories on National Development Plans dominated the headlines especially in the early seventies. Professor Adebayo Adedeji(87) under General Yakubu Gowon was the founder and Chairman of…
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Were he to be alive, Alhaji Gidado Idris (GCON) would be 82 next Thursday March 15. He passed on at a private hospital at Aso drive in Abuja on December…
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Opinion
HOW EKWUEME HELPED IN CREATING MORE STATES BY ERIC TENIOLA (1)
by Eric Teniola February 20, 2018After the inauguration on October 1, 1979, Dr. Alex Ekwueme as Vice President with the approval of his boss, Alhaji Shehu Shagari made some appointments. These included Dr. Patrick Okedinachi…
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On December 12, 1978, after winning the Presidential nomination of the NPN, Alhaji Shehu Shagari did not name his running mate. The rules of the party gave him the prerogative…
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Opinion
OPINION: How Ex-President SHEHU SHAGARI Picked EKWUEME As VP – Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniola February 5, 2018On September 20, 1978, the National Party of Nigeria was formed at a hall at the Satellite Town, Lagos. Protem officers were later appointed for the party.AlhajiMuhammedAminu Kano (1920-1983) was…
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As at 1979, when the ARMY handed over power, there were 40 companies operating in the country. These companies with their locations and the percentage of Federal Government shareholding…
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On November 25, the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, Ogigigan, visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar IV in his palace in Sokoto, a palace built in 1804.…
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I am not surprised that the story on the former boss of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdul Rasheed Maina is still running, after the Premium Times…
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Ever since General Olusegun Obasanjo (80) wrote his 178 page book MY COMMAND published by the Heinemann Education books on June 28 1981, a book reviewed by Anthony Clayton, a…
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Opinion
THE PAST AND PRESENT WAHALA OF DECREE 34 OF 1966 BY ERIC TENIOLA (PART 2)
by Eric Teniola September 16, 2017At the time General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi(1924-1966)promulgated Decree 34 in 1966, there were only nine members of the Supreme Military Council. They include Vice Admiral Joseph Edet Akinwale…