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By Raymond Ozoji, Awka Federal High Court sitting in Awka Anambra state will on 15 June 2022 commence  the hearing of suit challenging the eligibility of former military heads of state being  members of council of state. An Anambra state based constitutional lawyer, Dr. Nwafili Okwuosa, in a suit number FHC/AWKCS/27/2021 prayed the high  court to stop Gen. Yakubu Gowon ...

…He Lived An Extraordinary Life – Osinbajo …Sanwo-Olu: Nigerians Will Remain Appreciative Of Shonekan’s Stabilizing Influence On Polity Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and other eminent Nigerians on Friday ...

A new Nigeria is in the making, but it is currently covered by the clouds and travails which will certainly give way to a glorious and bright new morn of a new nation, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. He spoke this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, which held at the NAF Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja. According to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting some former Nigerian leaders. Although the agenda of the meeting is not made public, issues bordering on the current security situation in the country are believed to top the agenda. While Buhari is presiding from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, some former Nigerian leaders are participating virtually. Those participating virtually include ...

Nigeria’s wartime Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has given further insights into happenings that led to the Biafra war, which ended 50 years ago. According to excerpts from an exclusive interview with the former military leader and published as part of Mike Awoyinfa’s Press Clips column in Saturday Sun, Gowon said Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu’s excuse for avoiding initial peace meetings ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Sir Warrior is a Biafran war veteran based in Enugu. He calls me from time to time to comment on national issues. Sometimes, he goes emotional whenever he talks about Biafra. What happened before, during and after the Nigerian civil war still troubles his heart. What gave birth to that battle is still fresh in the memories of ...