Tag: Legacies
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Why Obasanjo detests Awolowo, tried everything in vain to bring down his legacies – Bisi Akande
Former National Chairman of the
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2023: A PDP Governor will destroy my legacies in six months, El-Rufai begs Kaduna residents for continuation
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has appealed to the citizens of the state not to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections.
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Zuma’s woes and waste of Mandela’s legacy, By Chido Nwangwu
By Chido Nwangwu As the story was breaking on July 7, 2021 that South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma handed himself to the police at a correctional services facility (prison), in order to begin a 15-month sentence without appeal, I was concerned like most human beings that Jacob Zuma, a 79-year old grandfather and (former)…
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Tinubu to Fayemi: APC crisis may destroy your legacies in Ekiti
A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Ekiti State, Prince Adeolu Tinubu has called on Governor Kayode Fayemi to resolve his differences with aggrieved party’s leaders in order to protect his administration’s legacy. Tinubu said there was no alternative to peaceful co-existence, stressing that it was only in an atmosphere devoid of chaos and…
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Fasehun left behind fine legacies — Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday described the late Dr Fredrick Fasehun as a renowned pro-democracy and good governance activist who left behind fine legacies. Fasehun, also an active member of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), died at about 1 am on Saturday, at the intensive care unit…
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Buhari bent on erasing my legacies from history – Jonathan
…says ‘I laugh when people call me clueless’ Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he laughs anytime people try to run down his administration as a clueless one. The former President said this in his recently published book titled, ‘My Transition Hours’. He said, “Sometimes I laugh when certain propagandists attempt to stand logic on its…
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What Nigerians should learn from Gani Fawehinmi’s legacies – Ambode, others
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday urged Nigerians to draw strength from the legacies and exemplary life of the late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. He urged them to do so in fighting poverty and improving the society for the benefit of generations to come. Ambode, who was represented by his Deputy,…
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Muritala Muhammed: 42 years after, legacies of Nigeria’s ‘no nonsense’ anti-corruption crusader lives on
Today, Tuesday, February 13, makes it exactly 42 years that Nigeria’s former head of state, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, popularly called ‘no nonsense general’ was assassinated. He was assassinated on Friday, February 13, 1976, a day the conspirators believed the leader could be felled by the bullets. Otherwise, Muhammed, according to them, was invincible. The…
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Obama in New Year message canvasses sustenance of his 8-year legacies
Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama has called for the sustenance of the legacies of his eight-year presidency as he hands over to President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. Obama, in a New Year message to Americans, said America had made significant progress over the past eight years as against the gloom that pervaded the…