•Gowon and Obasanjo A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, is leading the northern elite to woo southern bigwigs for an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Sources said former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, are among supporters of the group, reports Sunday PUNCH. Our correspondents gathere...
•Some of the students during the protest Students at the University of Abuja have rejected the renaming of the institution after Yakubu Gowon and called on the federal government to immediately reverse the decision. The students made the call at the main gate of the permanent site of the university yesterday, carrying placards with inscription...
•Jonathan, Buhari and Obasanjo A former National Vice Chairman, Northwest, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Lukman has written former President Olusegun Obasanjo, urging him to rally some former leaders of the country to unite the opposition in forming a new political party to challenge President Bola Tinubu and APC ahead of...
•Gowon and Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thanked former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retired) for the role he played in his release from prison. Obasanjo was one of those imprisoned by the regime of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha over an alleged coup plot to overthrow Abacha, reports Channels TV. [&he...
•Gowon and Obasanjo Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon has disclosed the crucial role he played in preventing the late General Sani Abacha from executing former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the 1995 phantom coup plot. Speaking at the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau State Governm...
•Buhari and Gowon Former President Muhammadu Buhari has paid glowing tribute to General Yakubu Gowon, retired Military Head of State, as he marks his 90th birthday, praising his visionary leadership and unwavering dedication to Nigeria’s unity and progress. Describing General Gowon as a distinguished statesman and soldier with exceptional lead...
•Tinubu Former Nigerian leaders including General Yakubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan and General Abdulsalami Abubakar have passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the nation. It came during the meeting of the National Council of State presided over by President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja today...
•Anyaoku, Obasanjo, Gowon, Jonathan Former Nigeria leaders and other top dignitaries will on Monday, March 18 gather in Lagos for a National Dialogue to commemorate 10 years anniversary of the 2014 National Confab in honour of late Prof Ben Nwabueze SAN. A press statement made available to The Frontier today by the organisers under the [&helli...
•General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) Former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, Yakubu Gowon, has urged the regional political and economic union to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. Gowon made the call in an open letter to the Heads of […]
•Gowon and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu is currently in closed-door talks with former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Gowon arrived at the forecourt of the President’s office at minutes past 2pm where Tinubu personally received him, reports The PUNCH. Today’s encounter is the first private meeting...
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