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Men You Should Know: Shehu Shagari
April 19, 2022
If there was an embodiment of statesmanship and gentlemanliness, Alhaji Shehu Shagari could be regarded as that. A typology of the cap with many feathers; an academic and intellectual, a traditional ruler, a religious leader, an administrator, a politician, a civil servant and the many more terms that could be attributed to this man. A … Continue reading Men You Should Know: Shehu Shagari
By jeremiah
ThrowBack Thursday: The Coming of the 2nd Republic in 1979
April 19, 2022
After General Yakubu Gowon had failed to renege power to a democratically elected government in 1975 and had instead declared an indefinite suspension of the Democratic plan, a bloodless military coup was organized and he was deposed. General Murtala Mohammed, the new post-coup military Head of State, continued on the quest to bring back a … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: The Coming of the 2nd Republic in 1979
By adedoyin