2000-10-22

Afonja - To Be Or Not To Be - Guardian Newspaper
THE old time rivalry and mutual suspicion between the ruling Fulani minority and the Yoruba majority took a new turn on Saturday October 14 when six persons believed to be members of the banned Oodua Peoples ...

How Afonja (Yorubas) lost the Ilorin throne - Vanguard Newspaper
THE rivalry between the Fulani and Afonja descendants over the throne of Ilorin is rooted in history. While the Fulani rest the case of their claim to the kingship of the ancient town on the fact that the mona...

1999-06-01

OPINION: General Tunde Idiagbon: A nationalist, an iron-surgeon departs. By Chido Nwangwu
Babatunde (Tunde) Idiagbon, one of the few respected officers and former second-in-command during the military rule of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, January 1, 1984- August 1987 died on March 24, 1999. He was only 56 years...

1999-03-29

OPINION: Idiagbon: His Life, His Times Till he died last week. By Ayodele Ojo
As sympathisers left the 4, Aderemi Adeleye residence of General Tunde Idiagbon after his interment last Thursday, many of them were overheard wondering what killed the fiery soldier. Could he have died fro...

1997-09-22

OPINION: Idiagbon, Still Unique. By Ayinde Oyepitan
Two Sundays ago, General Babatunde Idiagbon (rtd) clocked 53 years. As  a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, he played   significant  roles in the administration of General Muhammadu Buhar...