Head of State

A former Head of State,  Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) has denied having any link with bandits and terrorists in Niger State. His denial followed social media reports last week alleging that he owned a helicopter used to deliver arms…

Report reaching The Nigerian Xpress now indicates that son of the late Chadian president, Idris Deby, Gen. Mahamat Kaka, has been named as Interim Head of State of that country. The announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon by…

Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its Head of State and become a republic. "The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind," the Caribbean island nation's government said. It aims to complete…

Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has assured the Yoruba community in the State to formalize their request for a parcel of land to enable him  give the necessary instructions to the Commissioner for Lands.…

A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), believes very strongly that the Nigerian State has been and is still marginalising the Igbo tribe of the country. The former head of State, therefore, sought for the restructuring…

The United States Government is opposing plans by her Nigerian counterpart to hand about $100 million the American authorities say was stolen by deceased former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha to Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State,…

The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308 million looted and stashed abroad by a former Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha, if it is re-stolen in Nigeria. The threat followed a February 4 repatriation…

Second son of former Head of State, Gen. Johnson Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi, John Nnanyerem Aguiyi Ironsi, has died at the age of 54. He died at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, on Sunday, after a protracted illness. READ…

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed surprise at the fast rate of development of Bayelsa State especially its capital, Yenagoa, under the leadership of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. A statement by the…

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has declared that there is anger across the country, while expressing worry over the growing insecurity in various parts of the country. He, therefore, called on the Federal…