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 …
Dr Alex Ekwueme’s committee on creation of more states worked in conjunction with another committee inaugurated in the National Assembly and headed by Alhaji Abubakar Tuggar of the House of …
On Saturday 20th January 2017, seasoned journalist who is a retired top federal Civil Servant in Nigeria, Chief Eric Teniola’s daughter, Olamide walked down the aisle with her longtime heartrob …
The process for the award of National Honours has begun. Hopefully the recipients will be known before April. It will be the first time President Muhammadu Buhari will bestow such …
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 …
Of all Decrees enacted in Nigeria, none is more controversial than Decree No 34 of 1966. It was promulgated on May 24 1966 by then Head of State Major General …
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WHY GOWON CREATED STATES 50 YEARS AGO – ERIC TENIOLA
by Eric Teniolaby Eric TeniolaNext Saturday May 27, the drums will roll out in Lagos, Kano, Ilorin, Port-Harcourt and in some other states capitals, to mark the 50 years anniversary of the creation of …
Adebayo The Commander-in-Chief and I agreed… Ojukwu No: we have not appointed anyone Commander-in-Chief. Adebayo Can we not appoint a Commander-in-Chief now? Ojukwu We will see about that later………. These …
“Chief Justice, I am glad you gave that judgment, because I want you to feel free, If I commit a crime or do wrong in your opinion, to say so……if …