Tag: Obaro Ikime
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Obaro Ikime: The intellectual as hostage – By Owei Lakemfa
General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the Dean of Coups in Nigeria, finally staged a coup for himself on August 27, 1985. The veteran coup plotter could sniff coups years away. On December 17, 1985, he rounded up over 100 military officers for allegedly conceptualising a coup. Some, including his childhood friend, Major General Mamman Vatsa, were…
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BREAKING! Renown Prof of History, Ven Obaro Ikime is dead
Renown Professor of History, Obaro Ikime is dead. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports his bossom friend, AM Akpieyi made this disclosure in a short message announcing the passage of the world acclaimed historian. “I am deeply saddened to announce that my mentor, my Head of House and Head of School, internationally renowned Historian, Prof. ( Venerable) OBARO…