Thsiday Online, October 26, 2010 Chuks Okocha, Tobi Soniyi and Onyebuchi Ezeigbo He’s been accused of many things and called many names, but nobody ever accused Chief Femi Fani-Kayode of not speaking his mind. And nobody ever accused him of not being strong-willed. Lawyer, politician and now, gubernatorial aspirant Fani-Kayode who shot into national, if …
Femi Fani-Kayode: I’ve Not Stepped Down for Omisore. Read More »
Vanguard, October 3, 2010 My husband, Mr Saka Kasumu was a photographer with the Daily Times of Nigeria in the 1960’s.He said one morning in January 1966. he had gone to the Daily Times newsroom to check if there were photo assignments to be covered. He said he was browsing through a newspaper when a …
Vanguard, October 3, 2010 What exactly do you know about the circumstances surrounding the death of your father? Let me start by saying that I was 10 years old and was not even in the country when that coup took place. I was sent to Britain to finish my primary school.So in July or so …
They are re-opening an old wound — Balewa’s son, Muhktar. Read More »
Vanguard, October 3, 2010 By Emma Ujah and Adamu Shaibu The interview of Chief M. T. Mbu in which said Sir Abubakar was not killed but died of asthma in the heat of the January 15, 1966 is generating controversy. As an intelligence officer then, what do you know about the PM’s death? It is …
Mbu, Osoba’s agenda remains unknown – Gambo Jimeta. Read More »
Vanguard, October 2, 2010 by Abdulsalam Muhammed. It was actually, Alhaji Ahmad Ibrahim Babankowa who, as an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) serving at Ota in present day Ogun State, in January 1966, that discovered the corpses of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa and Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh.
Vanguard, October 2, 2010 by Femi Fani- Kayode. On Chief Osoba’s comment that his (Femi Fani-Kayode’s) reaction to Chief Mbu’s that Balewa might have died of asthmatic attack, was based on emotion. I was simply asked to make my contribution to this crucial debate and I did so gladly because this is a matter of …