Tag: IBB
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June 12: IBB under heavy attack after book launch
Ex-military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, drew more fire on Friday from across the country over his public admission that the late Chief Moshood Abiola won the June 12, 1993 election. Several key actors in the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), including Oba Olu Falae, Dr. Amos Akingba and Olawale Oshun, dismissed Babangida’s latest stance as belated.…
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Tinubu reacts over IBB’s admittance Abiola won 1993 presidential election
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja said former military president, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, showed unusual courage and patriotism by admitting that late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12 election in 1993.
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What OBJ told IBB at his book launch
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has contributed to preserving history with the launch of his book.
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IBB accepts full responsibility for annulment of 1993 presidential election
Former military president, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on Thursday accepted full responsibility for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.
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Heavy Naira shower at IBB’s book launch, Dangote donates N8bn, Rabiu, N5bn, Danjuma, N3bn, others
The President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has hailed ex-Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, popularly known as IBB, for implementing policies that liberated the private sector in Nigeria during his regime. Dangote made this statement on Thursday during the unveiling of the book “A Journey in Service”, the autobiography…
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GRATITUDE! Gowon thanks Gen Babangida for restoring his rank
…says Ex-Head of State Yakubu Gowon has thanked ex-military president Ibrahim Babangida for helping him restore his rank and contributing to Nigeria’s development. He said this in Abuja on Thursday during a book launch by the former military president. “I had a very rough time in government, I was even charged for treason,” Gowon said…
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Tinubu eulogizes IBB at 82
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd) on his 82nd birthday. Tinubu sent in his congratulatory messages via a statement shared by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said he shared in the joy of celebration with the former leader’s family, friends, and associates. He added that Babangida had…
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IBB at 82: What would General Babangida have done? – By Chidi Amuta
Today, former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, turns 82. It has become my annual personal tradition to use the opportunity of his birthday each year to highlight the perennial relevance of the policies, ideas and practices that he emplaced over three decades ago to our preset circumstances.
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IBB’s family excited over renaming of NCWD centre
Former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s family has thanked the Federal Government’s decision to rename the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja, after their matriarch, late Maryam, who established it.
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My encounter with IBB at 1992 Inauguration of 3rd NASS – Bola Tinubu
Presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu in a book scheduled for launch on September 20 gave a vivid account of his encounter with then military maximum ruler, former Military President Ibrahim Babangida. At the first attempt to inaugurate the National Assembly of the aborted Nigeria’s 3rd Republic in 1992, then Lagos State Senator Ahmed…