Showing posts with label Abacha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abacha. Show all posts

Friday, July 19, 2013

Abacha’s daughter under fire for attacking - Wole Soyinka




Gumsu, one of the daughters of the late maximum ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, has taken to Twitter to snarl abuse at Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.  She described the iconic writer as an “empty professor”, accusing him of assuming the role of a critic in the Nigerian polity because of financial gains.

Though the reason behind the Twitter rant could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, her earlier message in a tweet had stated, “Do the thing you fear the most. If there’s one thing that will change your thoughts quicker than anything else, it’s facing your fears.”
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Monday, December 3, 2012

Abacha, Mobutu richer than all 44 US Presidents



Bokassa's golden toilet. How's that for a royal flush?  He staged a lavish coronation that portrayed him as another Napoleon. The ceremony cost $22 million, which his country couldn't afford, so the French paid the bill; although the world's leaders were invited, none came.
Having examined the finances of all 43 presidents (yes, 43; remember, Cleveland was president twice), we calculated the net worth figures for each in 2010 dollars.

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