Nigeria’s Whitewashed Heads of State — The Kano Emperors (4): Abacha’s End

By: Akinyemi, Muhammed Adedeji

Press Freedom and Repression Under Abacha

The anarchist//illustration by Sef

A dictator and free press are like oil and water, they do not mix well. Within two months of seizing power in November 1993, General Sani Abacha’s military government began a series of attacks on the media aimed…