Tag: ERNEST SHONEKAN
Osinbajo, Gowon, Jonathan, govs attend Shonekan’s burial in Lagos
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former head of state Yakubu Gowon, and secretary to the government of the federation Boss Mustapha...
Tributes for Shonekan at service of songs in Lagos
A service of songs was on Tuesday held in Lagos to mark the beginning of funeral activities for the former head of Nigeria's interim...
Shonekan’s death major loss to Nigeria – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the death of former interim Head of State Ernest Shonekan as a major loss to the country, private...
Buhari, Jonathan mourn Shonekan
President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan have expressed sadness over the death of a former head of Nigeria’s interim national government, Ernest...
Ernest Shonekan dies at 85
Former head of Nigeria’s interim national government Ernest Shonekan has passed on at the age of 85.
Shonekan died at Evercare Hospital, Lekki, Lagos.
He was...
Obasanjo, Gowon, others applauded Buhari’s #EndSARS broadcast – Presidency
Nigeria's former leaders including Olusegun Obasanjo and Yakubu Gowon applauded President Muhammadu Buhari's broadcast on Thursday as “detailed and soothing to the country," the...
We saved Obasanjo from impeachment in 2007 – Gowon
Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has said that he and several other prominent Nigerians saved former President Olusegun Obasanjo from being impeached by...
Blind students steal show at Aso Villa Christmas Concert
Students of the FCT School for the Blind were the star attraction at the Christmas Praise Concert held at the State House Conference Centre...
Video: Osinbajo leads Obasanjo, Gowon, Ekwueme, others in VIP choir
Former Nigerian heads of state, Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ernest Shonekan; former deputies, Ebitu Ukiwe, Alex Ekwueme, Oladipo Diya, and incumbent Vice President Yemi...
Ogun closes schools, markets for HID Awolowo’s burial
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has directed that all markets and public schools in the Remo Zone of the state be closed on Wednesday...