National Politics

IBB mourns Former President Shehu Shagari

Posted on Author nick Comments Off on IBB mourns Former President Shehu Shagari

Former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR who died today.

Shagari died at the National Hospital in Abuja , after a protracted illness.

Babangida, one of the military officers that toppled Shagari’s government in December 1983, issued a statement of condolence, in which he also described Shagari as the “quintessential public servant who was “Beckoned to Serve”

Source:

nick

Related Articles

Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali [Global Sentinel]
Politics

FG blames traditional rulers for killings in Zamfara

Posted on Author nick

Zamfara has been terribly-hit with a wave of kidnappings and killings by bandits with the state becoming the face of insecurity in the country in the past few months. In a statement signed by Col. Tukur Gusau, spokesperson to the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, he said the traditional rulers have been frustrating the efforts […]

President Muhammadu Buhari [Twitter @BashirAhmaad]
Politics

Buhari says he’ll retire to Daura to settle down after 2nd term

Posted on Author nick

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to do his best to improve Nigeria before he retires to his native Daura, Katsina State after the end of his second term. The president won the recently-conducted presidential election and will be sworn in for a second term on May 29, 2019 even though his victory is being contested […]
International Politics

The 4 Russia investigations in Congress, explained

Posted on Author nick

House intelligence committee Who leads it: Rep. Mike Conaway, Texas Republican, and Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat. What’s the latest: The committee is back on track, planning to hear from FBI Director James Comey on May 2 and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates later. It’s a far cry from where they were just three […]