Tag: Murtala Muhammed

April 11: Today in history, Lagos became the Federal Capital of Nigeria

Lagos became the Federal Capital of Nigeria According to Mao Tse-tung, history is a symptom of our disease.…

PROFILES: Meet Nigerian Presidents who did not chair ECOWAS (Photos)

Bola Tinubu as ECOWAS chairman Nigerian Presidents who never headed ECOWAS; Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Shehu Shagari and Ernest…

Murtala Muhammed: 42 Years later, and a call for national rebirth

On this day, 13 February 1976, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Nigeria’s then Head of State and Commander-in-Chief, was…