A name that was missing during the ceremonies related to those honoured on the June 12 Presidential 1993 election was Mr Walter C. Carrington. He was the American Ambassador…
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On January 5, 1993, General Ibrahim Babangida replaced the National Council of Ministers with a transition council headed by Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (84), who was then the chairman…
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25th Anniversary of June 12 Presidential Election (4), By Eric Teniola
by Eric Teniola June 7, 2018When I arrived in Lagos in January 1992 after serving three military governments in Akure, Ondo State, politics was in the air. A friend of mine, Senator Mahmud Waziri had…
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Decree two was used in 1992 to detain and silence persons for antigovernment activities or statements. In the aftermath of riots in several Nigerian cities in May, four human rights…
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In January 1990, the Federal Military Government amended Decree Two, shortening the time a person may be detained without charge from 6 months to 6 weeks; it named the Chief…
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ANNIVERSARY OF JUNE 12 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (1) – BY ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniola May 19, 2018On Tuesday June 12, it will be the 25th Anniversary of the Presidential election of 1993. Many claimed it was the freest election held in this country. Sadly it was…
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Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005) visited Nigeria between February 12 and 17, 1982. He slept in Enugu, Onitsha, Kaduna, Lagos and Ibadan. Everywhere he went, he was accorded tumultuous…
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Even with our internal political crisis in January 1966, the Commonwealth selected Nigeria to host a peaceful meeting to resolve the crisis of Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe following the threat…
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GENERAL ALANI AKINRINADE WRITES GENERAL THEOPHILUS DANJUMA BY ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniola April 16, 2018They joined the Nigerian Army the same day in 1960, expectedly with different destinies. I am talking of Colonel Sule Apollo, Brigadier General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, Lt-General Julius Alani Ipoola…
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Long before President Muhammadu Buhari joined the Military in 1961 and even long before Dr. Samuel Ioraer Ortom, present Governor of Benue state was born in 1961 or even long…