A total of N13,805,814,220 has been proposed for the payment of pensions to former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Heads of State, Chiefs of General Staff, retired heads of service, permanent secretaries, as well as retired heads of government agencies and parastatals in the 2023 fiscal year. The beneficiaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, as … [Read more…]
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, yesterday advised Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to adopt consensus in choosing its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. Babangida gave the advice while briefing journalists after a closed door meeting with three PDP presidential aspirants for 2023 elections. The aspirants at the meeting include former Senate President, Dr. … [Read more…]
Corruption: I’m a saint compared to Buhari, Obasanjo, others, says Babangida Former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida says his regime is more saintly when compared to democratic governments of President Muhammadu Buhari and his successors. Mr Babangida, whose regime is blamed for internalising the culture of corruption (settlement) in Nigerian polity, made this statement in … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has opened up on why he annulled the June 12, 1993 the presidential election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party. In an interview with Arise TV on Friday, the former head of state admitted that there was a lot of … [Read more…]