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	The following comments have been left for this page: This article is well-written and has really great potential but needs a few things: some wikification in "IBB as Dictator", the lists should be incorporated into the text, (esp. the "Studies" section) and the first four or five sections will require fairly extensive referencing (especially the "Controversy" sections). (edit)

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1 Bias? WP:NPOV?
2 Confusing statement
3 Rewrite
4 External Links

[edit] Bias? WP:NPOV?

"His administration embezzled over $12.5 billion during the gulf war from the oil 'windfall' money."

"His cunningly pleasing manners and rhetoric which won the hearts of many at first, was later unmasked."

I think the author's bias is too overtly shown —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.205.8.2 (talk • contribs) 10:30, 19 May 2006.

I concur. The author also contradicts. The author calmed that over $12.5 billion was embezzled then admits that there is lack of evidence to support this. Why say it in the first place if there is no evidence? It is a biased to say Babangida was disgraced out of power. That shows subjective rather then objective writing. I am aware that in Nigeria allegations/rumors considerable number of time have truth to it (I lived there for a decade), however this is not a place for personal feelings or rumors or allegations, readers want high quality literary work and writers should stick to that rule. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zoldello (talk • contribs) 22:48, 20 May 2006.

"On the political front, Babangida proved far more adept at accommodating and manipulating public opinion than Buhari or any other Nigerian military ruler before or since. Wherever possible he preferred to buy off opposition, only resorting to outright force on the rare occasions when opposition could neither be bought off nor ignored." I tried to edit it but in reality I am not really interested. The article seems to focus on IBB as a president which is central but I would also have liked more focus on his rise also. He was involved in the civil war and a powerful member of two major ruling coucils. Reasons I included controversy: I felt it was not complete a little bit narrow even though i do agree on most of the assertions, also words like "eliminating the middle class" did not help.

[edit] Confusing statement

The article says that

"On July 6, 1993, the NDSC issued an ultimatum to the NDSC to join an interim government..."

What is intended here? Molinari 21:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

This biography needs to rewritten from scratch. It's an absolute mess since the anonymous IPs started edit-warring over it. I'm an Australian so I have no preconceived biases at all and I'm looking for another neutral person who has a basic grasp of Nigerian history to help me. -- Netsnipe ^(Talk) 23:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

Please stop posting babangida.com and www.againstbabangida.com. They are not 3rd party reliable sources and are merely unreferenced personal essays that breach Wikipedia's neutral point of view policies. Please read Wikipedia is not a soapbox and the Wikipedia:External Links policy for more details. -- Netsnipe ^(Talk) 16:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)