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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... alien to Nigeria. It was first practised in 1993, after the former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, was compelled to step aside. The ING installed by Babangida was headed by Chief Ernest Shonekan, but was short lived as the controversial government was toppled by the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, barely two months after its inauguration.However, perceived...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... the fate of the opposition by 1987 if the military had not terminated that republic.If General Ibrahim Babangida had not annulled the June 12 presidential election, it was only a matter of time before the rank and file of the National Republican Convention (NRC) abandoned their party for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which won the presidential election and a majority of states.The...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... an acquaintance of some of the nation's past rulers including, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Generals, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar.In the course of his duties as Chief Whip, Abubakar popularly regarded as the Chief Bulalala of the House was at the centre of the several intrigues that arose in the House and sometimes having to square up to his father's associate, President...
