Buhari, who visited the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, after commissioning of two roads, said the destiny of man, country and the world remains in the hands of God.
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The president on Tuesday said on his Twitter handle: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War.
Umahi issued the warning in a statewide broadcast on Saturday in Abakaliki to mark the sixth anniversary of his administration
In terms of military aircraft strength, Nigeria is ranked 65 out of 140 countries in a 2021 Global Firepower Index, far behind Egypt (10), Algeria (22). Morocco (40), Sudan (51), Tunisia (58) and Kenya (59). But whereas it is generally agreed that Nigeria needs to re-tool, fund, and re-position its military, especially in the face of the spread of terrorism,
The President recalled that Ogbebor was the first cadet to enrol at the Nigerian Defence Academy and pursued an illustrious military career, during which he emerged a hero of the Nigerian Civil War
Soyinka made his position known on Monday when he spoke at a programme: “Never Again,” a conference to commemorate 50 years of the end of the Nigerian Civil War
Appealing to Nigerians against reprisal attacks on South Africans over recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in their country during the September Holy Ghost Service of the church at the Redemption Camp, he said his experience at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has taught him that retaliation leads to escalation of crisis.
When the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo finally, in August 1978, lifted the ban on political activities imposed in January 1966, two main political tendencies emerged in Nigeria’s reconstituted national ruling class. The first tendency was thoroughly conservative and aspired, and largely succeeded to be national in composition, character and formal leadership
Gowon, who attended a special prayer summit in Yenagoa, said that he had prayed and hoped at the end of the Nigerian Civil War that the country would not go through that path again.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the war-affected police officers from the Old Eastern Region were pardoned and retired from the Nigeria Police Force through a Presidential Amnesty granted on May 29, 2000 by the administration of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Speaking to Newsweek in London, Obasanjo—who served as Nigeria’s first elected head of state from 1999 to 2007—says that the heavy-handed tactics of the Nigerian state against pro-Biafra activists, a secessionist movement that is pushing for an independent state, have not succeeded, and a more conciliatory approach is needed
It would be recalled that Oji River axis of the state was a battle field during the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War that ended in January 1970
Nigeria remains a yet unanswered question. Democratic rule may have opened up the space, but our country still suffers from a kind of hang-over
He lauded the President for taking the bold steps against the Boko Haram terrorists, even as he enjoined him to liaise with the National Assembly on the implementation of the National Conference report
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed a deep condolence on the death of civil war hero, Brig.-Gen. Benjamin Adekunle.
He was compulsorily retired from the Army in 1974