The formal recognition of “June 12” as the new date for the celebration (I prefer marking) of “Democracy Day” in Nigeria, and the bestowment of the country’s highest national honour,…
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Apart from being widely known as the dictator under whom corruption became state policy in Nigeria, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, erstwhile military “President” of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,…
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(Photo credit: DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images via Flickr) Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is a retired armoured General in the Nigerian Armed Forces. A professional coup plotter, he ruled the giant of…
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General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) served in the Nigerian military high command for decades as a professional coup-plotter. He achieved international fame or infamy by rising to power in 1985…