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Modern Ghana, September 27, 2010 By Femi Fani- Kayode. There has been so much confusion, misunderstanding and misinformation about who actually moved the motion for Nigeria’s independence. Given the fact that Nigeria will be 50 years old on October 1st and it marks our jubilee year as an independent nation I believe that it is […]

The Vanguard, September 27, 2010 By Femi Fani- Kayode. Your editorial of September 24th 2010 titled: “The Balewa Saga” raised some interesting issues and frankly amused me. This was especially so when the writer asserted that “at five” I “was too young to have known what happened” and that I am relying on what my

Vanguard, September 26, 2010 by Wale Akinola. A former external affairs minister,Chief M.T .Mbu, sparked off a controversy recently when he claimed that the Nigerian prime minister in the first republic, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa,died of asthma. The claim was disputed by those who held on to the view that Balewa had been shot dead by

The Vanguard, September 24, 2010 By Vanguard’s Editorial. Why has the manner of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s death become a hot issue 44 years after his demise? Can something be achieved by having a correct version of the account of his death? Would it be important to know how Nigeria ’s first Prime

AllAfrica.com, September 19, 2010 by Femi Fani- Kayode. Let me begin by commending Mr. O’seun Ogunseitan and the convenors of this vital discussion on the death of Sir Tafawa Balewa who have given us the opportunity to iron out this vital issue of monumental historical importance once and for all and then hopefully, at the

Leadership Editors, September 6, 2010 by Ali Alkali And Lawal Sabo Ibrahim, Abuja Nigerians must not let Mbu or anyone else attempt to revise history before their very eyes “just to cover cold blooded murderers and cowards” that killed the late Tafawa Balewa and other prominent Nigerians. This was the position of the former Minister

STAR Radio, August 11, 2010 By Julius Kanubah. A former spokesman of ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has broken silence over what led to the departure and arrest of ex-President Charles Taylor. In a detailed article, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode blamed President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and former US President George Bush for betraying Charles Taylor.

National Daily, August 7, 2010 By Femi Fani-Kayode. “AU leaders had an agreement that facilitated peace in Liberia. It’s shameful how Obasanjo threw Charles Taylor under the bus after pressure from the Europeans and America (not a signatory to the so-called UN court). For four years Iraq went through a wave of brutal ethnic cleansing,

Elendu Reports, July 27, 2010 by Femi Fani- Kayode. This morning I wish to raise an issue which most people may not be too interested in and which they may not want to talk about or even comment on. Nevertheless, and despite this, I shall still raise it here simply because I believe that it

Vanguard, October 7, 2010 by Clifford Ndujihe. One month after his reported comments that Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa died from an asthmatic attack and not gunshots, former High Commissioner to London, Chief Matthew Mbu, yesterday, tendered an unreserved apology to the Balewa family.