Wikileaks: How Ghadaffi’s Family Turned Libya Into A Private Enterprise
A United State’s Embassy cable released by Wikileaks recently shed some light on how the ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Ghadaffi and his family ran the country like a private business empire. In the cable marked “S E C R E T TRIPOLI 000198”, vivid descriptions of the deposed leader’s double standard on issues bothering on [...]
Wikileaks: “Anyim, Official Cars & The Senate’s Dirty Linen”
“Beer parlour talks” or not, the impressions created by the many revelations from the whistle blowing website, Wikileaks seem to be long lasting. In a 2001 cable released recently by the website, special attention was paid to the mode of punishment in the Senate; a method in which offenders were either suspended or barred from [...]
Wikileaks: “Nigerian Police Terrible And Completely Corrupt”-German Diplomat
According to a leaked US Embassy cable, representatives of the British High Commission, the German and Dutch Embassies to discuss the support their different governments were giving to the economic and Financial Crimes Commission, so many issues came up. Such issues included the inability of the EFCC under Waziri to get corrupt individuals convicted, the [...]
Wikileaks: “How Atiku Manipulated $ 40 Million Communication Contract” – El Rufai
Though there have been denials to the revelations made by some of the United States’ diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks, not even the comparison of the leaks to “beer parlour gossips” has been enough to stop more revelations from coming. One of the cables classified by Ambassador Jeter had to do with a discussion with [...]
“The Rage and The Wikileaks Fever” – Femi Fani-Kayode
The fever that is raging in Nigeria today is “wikileaks”. Yet as entertaining as these secret communications are the truth is that if you believe everything that you read in Julian Assange’s “leaks” then you will believe anything. I say this based on my own personal experiences. So far I have been fingered twice by [...]
Wikileaks: Jonah Jang Linked Jos Crisis To Kingship Issue
For some time now, the status of the tin rich city of Jos has changed from a city of peoples dreams to one of the troubled spots in Nigeria. Countless people have been killed in while thousands have been displaced in orgies of violence. Unfortunately, the problem of Jos seems to defy solution. Not even [...]
Wikileaks: IBB Says “PDP Changes Results To Favour It’s Members”
In a meeting with the American Ambassador, Nigeria’s former military President, Ibrahim Babangida did not only describe former President Obasanjo as “crazy”, he also described the former PDP Chairman as a “brut”. Babangida who has been in the news lately over his comments on Obasanjo’s 8 years disclosed to the US Ambasaador that the Peoples’ [...]
Wikileaks: Despite Saraki’s Family’s Illicit Shady Deals, He Had A Hand In Waziri’s Appointment As EFCC Chairman
Leaked US Embassy cables have revealed that the American Government was not unaware of some “illicit deals” involving the Saraki family. The cable however showed that despite the deals, Dr. Bukola Saraki had a hand in the emergence of Mrs Faridah Waziri as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Also, in the [...]
Wkileaks : How Aondoakaa Replaced Effective Govt Officials With His Loyalists!
Mike Kaase Aondoakaa, the former Attorney General definitely has a place among Nigeria’s most controversial Justice Ministers. Not even Chief Richard Akinjide, whose “twelve two-thirds” postulation is still spoken of till today matches him. Not only have many allegations of corruption been leveled against him, he obviously had his way of doing things, not minding [...]
Wikileaks: IBB’s Aide Called Atiku, Tinubu, OPC Al-Qaeda Agents To Get US Support!
One of the leaked US embassy cables has revealed that one of the close advisers of former military President Ibrahim Babangida made allegations before the American consular General that former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and even the Odua Peoples’Congress had links with the notorious terrorist organisation, Al-Qaeda. The move was [...]
How Ooni Of Ife & Fani-Kayode Begged US Govt To Support Obasanjo’s 3rd Term!
There seems to be no end in sight yet to the embarrassingly entertaining revelations being provided by the thousands of United States diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks on Nigeria. In one of the cables, it was revealed that foremost Yoruba monarch and Arole Oodua, Oba Okunade Sijuade begged the US Government to endorse former President [...]
Wikileaks Cable: Obasanjo’s Unfair Advantage To Dangote Harmed Nigerian & American Markets
Another leaked US Embassy cable on Nigeria has revealed that Nigeria’s billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote was seen by the American consulate as a beneficiary of unfair governmental advantage. The cable below gives details of how the notion was arrived at as well as its long run effects. The cable dated 7th March 2007 was released [...]
Wikileaks Cable: Abdulsalami Never Wanted Obasanjo To Run For A Second Term
A United States 2002 diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks has shown that though General Abdulsalami Abubakar handed over to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, he never wanted the latter to run for a second term in office. The cable forwarded by Ambassador Howard Jeter revealed Abubakar’s grouse with Obasanjo. Excerpts: SUBJECT: NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE [...]
Wikileaks Reveals How Police Bungled Investigations Into Bola Ige’s Murder!
The whistle blowing website, Wikileaks has revealed how the Nigerian Police Force struggled to cope with the challenges of investigating the murder of the late Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige. The cable which was dated 18th January, 2002 was released on the 30th August, 2011. In the cable forwarded by the then [...]





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