Abuja was the first ever planned city built by Nigeria, and its current problems highlight the monumental failure of planning since the incursion of the military into governance in 1966. In the beginning, there was no town or city situated in the present location of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The people living in mud…
As a young man growing up in the West in the 70s, it took me a while to recover from the brutal assassination of General Murtala Muhammed in a military coup in 1975. The mood of the nation was down. Shortly after, however, General Obasanjo .
General Zamani Lekwot (Rtd) is not given to much media appearances. He has spent all his life in the military, from military school to becoming a general. Along the way, he was Military Governor of Rivers State (1975-78), Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna (1979-82) and General Officer Commander (GOC) of 82 Division,…