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How Abacha almost became a civilian president.

The late Nigerian military president and strongman, General Sanni Abacha is remembered as a military dictator who unleashed terror on political dissenters. He died on Sunday, June 8, 1998.

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However, if he had lived a few months more, do you know he would have become a civilian president? Military leaders transforming into civilian presidents were quite common during the period. People like Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, Muhammad Gaddafi of Libya, Museveni of Uganda,
Omar Bashir of Sudan and many others. So Abacha’s transformation would not have been strange.
In 1996, Abacha announced his intention to leave power and initiated a transition process. Even though the winner of the 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola had been kept in
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#NigerianPolitics: The inter-tribal hostilities presently brewing in the south-west of Nigeria 🇳🇬 between Yoruba & Fulani people need not happen if all parties are ready to shun dishonesty & allegiance to primordial tribal sentiments. We must not allow an escalation.
That there is a problem of criminals hiding in SW forests is beyond a doubt.These criminals are known to disguise as Fulani people carrying out legitimate cattle herding business in the region. Some of the criminals have also been found to be fulani in times past & recently.
Previous engagements between governments of the region and leadership of the Fulani cattle herders association has not yielded the expected result of reduction in kidnapping along the highways of the region while survivors have always said the kidnappers look 'fulani.'
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PODCAST:
STATE AFFAIRS 28 MARCH 2018 ... SMOKING AND PERILOUS TIMES

I am Edmund Obilo

To listen, tap the link/picture

Features:

1. THE MILITARY IS COMPLICIT IN THESE KILLINGS, DEFEND
YOURSELVES — DANJUMA

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2. TOBACCO WCTOH

This is the first time the World Conference on Tobacco has held in Africa. It is also the first time a black woman Dr. Flavia Senkubuge is leading the assembly.
I interviewed @flavia04 at the conference.
The African Tobacco control Alliance (ATCA), has released the report of a research entitled “The Sale of Single Sticks of Cigarettes in Africa”.
I spoke with Deowan Mohee, Executive Secretary @AfricaNoTobacco at the 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Cape Town.
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