Tag: IBB
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IBB celebrates Uncle Sam @90, says our friendship has blossomed over half a century
Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida has hailed the publisher of Vanguard, Sam Pemu Amuka, better known as Uncle Sam at 90. This was contained in a congratulatory letter personally signed by the ex-president stating that his relationship with the publisher has blossomed over half a century. Hear him: “Today marks a remarkable milestone in your…
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IBB, annulled June 12 election not our dad –Abacha family reveals
The family of Late Gen. Sani Abacha has said that former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida annulled June 12 election not their father, the Late General Sani Abacha. The Abacha family in a statement issued Sunday by Mohammed Abacha stated this while reacting to claims made by IBB in his book, ‘A Journey…
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A victim’s review of Babangida’s journey in dis-service – By Adewale Adeoye
It does not matter if the thoughts of former Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida in his 398-page book with 13 chapters were written by him or his hired cronies. What matters is that he has owned up to every word.
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Babangida, Dele Giwa and June 12 – By Etim Etim
Nobody had expected that Gen. Ibrahim Babagandida would be truthful in all the claims in his autobiography; or that there would not be twist of history in his narrations and recollections. After all, autobiographies in their very nature are typically replete with embellishments and overstatement of personal acts of heroism.
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The gospel according to St. Badamasi – By Abraham Ogbodo
I guess there is nothing more to discuss about the IBB’s book. It is now eight days since the book, titled: A Journey In Service, was presented in Abuja. The reviews are as varied as they are many. We have had more reviewers than the pages of the 420-page book.
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Babangida’s long journey to sorry – By Azu Ishiekwene
You cannot quarrel about how a man tells his story. It is his business. However, the pseudo-autobiography of the former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, is more than the retired general telling a story of his own life.
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Babangida’s journey in self-service: Pathetic attempts to rewrite history – By Owei Lakemfa
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the retired General and head of the 1985-93 military junta who styled himself ‘President’ has again intruded into our national consciousness. On Thursday, February 20, 2025, the General who was disgraced out of office 32 years ago, unleashed an unguided missile he called an autobiography.
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Why we flushed out Buhari’s govt in 1985– IBB reveals
Former military head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has reveald that Muhammadu Buhari’s regime was flushed out because he believed his policies were detrimental to the nation’s progress. The former military leader disclosed this in his autobiography, ‘A Journey In Service’, launched in Abuja on Thursday. Babangida was chief of staff to Buhari, who…
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It wasn’t me, IBB’s final maradonic dribble denudes him – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
LET us admit it, many of us were waiting for General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s book majorly for two issues – 12 June 1993 election and the 19 October 1986 parcel bomb that shredded the torso of journalist Dele Giwa, Editor-in-Chiefof Newswatch magazine. He died from it,
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Why I approved killing of my childhood friend, Mamman Vatsa – IBB
Former military president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB), has explained in details the foiled coup allegedly led by his childhood friend, General Mamman Vatsa, and the difficult decision he faced in choosing between national security and personal loyalty.