Tag Archives: Sani Abacha

AP PHOTOS: Nigeria’s forgotten railroad history

April 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Train horns now sound again across Nigeria’s lush south and the encroaching desert of its north, but the history of the nation’s 100-year-old railroad still sits rusting away. Old steam locomotives and railway cars that hold … read more »

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Nigeria: Marabouts And Prophets

April 6, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, reputed for his no-nonsense fearless views, was a guest speaker at a recent education summit in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, last week Monday. According to some reports gleaned online he had decried the … read more »

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Nigeria: Second ‘Pardon’ for Yar’Adua, Diya, Adisa Raises Questions

March 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Chuks Okocha, ThisDay The state pardon granted last Tuesday to former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, the late Maj. Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua; former Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya; and former Minister of Works, the late … read more »

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Of Nigeria’s Oil Barons and PIB – by Olusegun Adeniyi

March 14, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Olusegun Adeniyi Statistics, according to Aaron Levenstein, are like a woman’s bikini bathing suit. While what they reveal is usually suggestive and interesting, what they conceal is even much more vital. That perhaps is the only way to explain … read more »

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Nigeria: APC – The Merger Of Rascals And Extremists

February 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by Emmanuel Nicholas A rascal is an unscrupulous, dishonest person, a scoundrel. He is regarded as a single withered tree if, when set aflame causes a whole forest to burn. So does a rascal son destroy a whole family. Every … read more »

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The Emergence of President Jonathan: A Monumental tragedy to Nigeria

December 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Barr. Sani Ibrahim Since the demise of president Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Nigeria as a country began to witness a retrogressive devlopment in terms of leadership, intellectual man power and economic development. After almost three years of being the president … read more »

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Nigeria: Abacha’s looted fund returns

December 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Switzerland is set to expose public officers who stashed away looted funds in the country’s banks, just as it announced yesterday that the country new laws did not allow anonymous bank accounts in Swiss banks. The Swiss Government also announced … read more »

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Kofi Annan: Abiola’s death was suspicious

October 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In a most-revealing new memoir titled, “Interventions (A Life in War and Peace)”, former United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, has detailed the role he played in the aftermath of General Sani Abacha’s death in 1998 and his encounter … read more »

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Today in history, The Genocide of Asaba, Nigeria

October 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

October 7 will continue to be a date in Nigeria’s history; for the good cause, it was the day the first indigenous university in Africa, University of Nigeria Nsukka, opened its gates “to restore the dignity of man” in 1960. Exactly … read more »

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At 52: Critical landmarks in Nigerian nationhood

October 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Dapo Falade. Nigeria Tribune As Nigeria and its people celebrate 52 years of independence anniversary, Assistant Editor, Dapo Falade, takes a retrospective look at some of the major landmarks that have helped to shape the cause and course of … read more »

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President John Mahama- Father Of Corruption (I)

September 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

We are indeed in an interesting time, where interesting things are happening, with an interesting personality as President. Unfortunate for us Ghanaians, we have a President who on the surface of it appears to be a fine gentleman, but, within, … read more »

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Nigeria: Between Zenawi, Abacha and African Leadership Question

August 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Sani Z. Mohammed, Daily Trust opinion As Ethiopians and other Africans mourn the death of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, the question that will likely follow is whether he was the kind of leader suited for the African … read more »

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Nigeria: State of the nation

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Opeyemi Agbaje There is no doubt that political risk is elevated. “Boko Haram” terror attracted its first serious reprisal in Kaduna last month. Anger is rising within the Christian population as bombing of churches is now a “Sunday-Sunday” fare and … read more »

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Nigeria: Bomb explodes at nightclub in Abuja

June 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abuja – A blast went off outside a nightclub in the Nigerian capital Abuja hours after the national security adviser and defence minister were sacked amid fears over spiralling violence in the country’s north. No casualties were reported in the … read more »

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Nigeria surpasses 5 million Visa cards milestone

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Visa, one of the world’s leading payment networks, announced at the weekend that its client financial institutions in Nigeria have surpassed 5 million cards in market. Country Manager for Visa West Africa, Ade Ashaye said with this achievement, Nigeria’s banking … read more »

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Nigeria: Not Much Fresh Air After Jonathan’s First Year

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

How far have Nigerians breathed in the fresh air promised by President Goodluck Jonathan during his presidential campaign? And what does the future hold? Abdul-Rahman Abubakar reviews the journey so far. One year into the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, … read more »

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Nigeria: Jonathan Challenges of troubled one year in office

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigeria had a uniform electoral calendar until the landmark case of Mr Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Dr. Chris Ngige of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who was initially returned as winner of the 2003 … read more »

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Nigeria Marks Democracy Day Without A Ceremony

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

For the first time in 12 years, May 29 would not be marked with the usual fanfare. The Federal Government has cancelled the 2012 Democracy Day ceremony which would have held in Abuja today to celebrate Nigeria’s return to a … read more »

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Nigeria: MAY 29 AS DEMOCRACY DAY: What’s in a date?

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

How did the military administration of General Abdulsalami Abubakar come about May 29 as handover date?  This piece explores the issues around May 29. The workings of their minds may never be known. General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s Provisional Ruling Council, PRC, … read more »

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Nigeria: Between third term agenda and the hidden truth

April 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The recent controversy generated by statements credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on third term is an indication that the last has not be heard of the tenure elongation plot, FIDELIS SORIWEI writes Since he left the gulag of the … read more »

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Death for former Nigeria dictator’s man – Al-Mustapha

January 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Lagos – A judge in Nigeria has sentenced a former dictator’s right-hand man to death over the killing of a politician’s wife. Judge Mojisola Dada at Lagos’ Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that Maj Hamza Al-Mustapha should be hanged. … read more »

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African viewpoint: ‘Fools’, generals and justice

August 25, 2011 by benim

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Nigerian writer Sola Odunfa considers the significance of his country’s warring generals and feuding justices. Many people, who did not know Nigeria and Nigerians well, thought last week that the country was … read more »

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Ghana : George Ayittey’s War on African Dictatorships

June 13, 2011 by benim

George Ayittey, the distinguished Ghanaian economist, and arguably one of the “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” (a person of ideas who stands for things far larger than one’s academic discipline) worldwide who “are shaping the tenor of our time” has been … read more »

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The Nigerian Way of Dying by Wole Soyinka

April 3, 2011 by benim

As elections get underway in Africa’s most populous nation, there’s both hope and blood. The ongoing Nigerian electioneering perversely calls to mind the title of a work I read decades ago—Jessica Mitford’s The American Way of Death. What she would … read more »

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Nigeria Minister absolves Obasanjo in Halliburton bribery scam

February 15, 2011 by benim

The Attorney General of the federation, Bello Adoke, has absolved all the former presidents fingered in the infamous Halliburton scandal of any involvement in the $180 million bribe scam. Mr. Adoke said that none of the former heads of state, … read more »

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Nigerian ex-dictator Sani Abacha’s son to run for office

February 10, 2011 by benim

Nigerians were reminded of a grim period in their history this week with the announcement that the son of hated ex-dictator Sani Abacha has qualified as a candidate for state governor. Mohammed Abacha, 44, is to run for governor of … read more »

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Abuja bomb blast: Mogadishu barrack mammy market demolished

February 7, 2011 by benim

Apparently to forestall a reoccurrence of December 31, 2010 bomb blast which claimed lives of over ten people and  leaving several others seriously injured at the mammy market inside the popular Mogadishu barrack also known as Abacha barrack in the … read more »

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Swiss govt says to freeze assets of Ben Ali, Gbagbo

January 19, 2011 by benim

Switzerland is to freeze assets belonging to Tunisia’s former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali as well as those of Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo, the Swiss foreign minister said on Wednesday. “The government decided at its meeting today to freeze any … read more »

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Church burned in Nigeria: police

January 3, 2011 by benim

KANO, Nigeria — Unidentified arsonists burnt a church in a northern Nigerian city where Islamists torched two churches and killed six worshippers on Christmas Eve last month, police said on Monday. There were no casualties in the weekend attack against … read more »

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Nigeria: Jonathan visits Abuja bomb blast victims in hospital bed

January 2, 2011 by benim

President Goodluck Jonathan, in company of his wife and other top government officials on Sunday paid a visit to victims of the New Year eve bomb blasts with a pledge that government would settle all medical expenses for the victims. … read more »

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