Tag: The Villa

From last week continues the narrative of how Abuja came to become Nigeria’s seat of government following the failed April 22, 1990 coup and how it has fared over the years compared to other countries’ federal capital Captain Bade Omowa from Oka, Akoko in Ondo State and others played a major role in rescuing General […]

From last week continues the speech by  Gen Murtala Mohammed on why Lagos lost its federal capital status to Abuja and government’s decision to maintain special defence and security arrangements in Lagos, which will henceforth be designated a ‘special area’. “These arrangements will be carefully worked out and written into the new Constitution. Kaduna and […]

When General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida GCFR (82) moved the seat of the central government from Lagos to Abuja on December 12, 1991, he did so to hide himself. You cant be active when you are hiding. On August 17, 1991, he commissioned the third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The bridge is the biggest project ever […]