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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Part 2

By Nowa Omoigui

How did General Yakubu Gowon lose grip? To understand how Gowon lost grip in 1975, we must consider many factors.  His pre-military backgrou...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Part 4

By Nowa Omoigui

Gowon’s Transition: Options for demilitarization.Shortly after Gowon’s announcement in 1970 that he planned to hand over in 1976, an internal deba...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 5

By Nowa Omoigui

Corruption As previously noted, although Gowon was not personally corrupt, some persons in his regime allegedly engaged in corrupt practices. &nb...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 9

By Nowa Omoigui

Day Break, Tuesday July 29, 1975IN KAMPALA “Abinde mu ka jin soro, ya faru agida” By time zone, Kampala in Uganda is two hours ahead of ...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Epilogue

By Nowa Omoigui

FROM KAMPALA TO LOME TO LONDON AND BACK TO NIGERIAIt is my expectation that General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) will publish his memoirs some day.  When t...

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MOVING NIGERIA FORWARD IN A GLOBALISED WORLD ECONOMY

By Gbenga Olawepo

INTRODUCTIONMay 29th 1999, that epochal monster in Nigeria’s political history – military rule was finally evacuated from the country’s politica...

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Not Yet Uhuru

By Tony Momoh

culled from VANGUARD, May 21, 2006I saw our erudite and inimitable Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, dramatizing how he was hopping all over his compound when some...

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No Power Can Break Nigeria

By Farouk Martins

The days of direct colonialism are gone. It is now done with the help of those within, by way of neo-colonialism. If any of the contentious issues div...

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Nihilism or Criticism?

By Akin Osuntokun

culled from GUARDIAN, November 1, 2004For some of us who believe in President Olusegun Obasanjo and this democratic dispensation there are days when o...

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A NIGERIAN MILITARY FOR DEMOCRACY NOT YET.

By Professor Omo Omoruyi

A NIGERIAN MILITARY FOR DEMOCRACY NOT YET. ‘ RETREAT’ IS DIVERSIONARY; GO TO A ‘NATIONAL CONFERENCE’           &...

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Civil Society and Social Movements: The Role of Activism and Radical Politics in Deepening Democracy in Africa

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

Civil Society and Social Movements: The Role of Activism and Radical Politics in Deepening Democracy in AfricaByOtive Igbuzor, PhDFounding Executive D...

Chimaroke Nnamani: Progenitor of Ebeano politics at 64

By Paul Mumeh

Chimaroke Nnamani: Progenitor of Ebeano politics at 64By Paul MumehChimaroke-Nnamani2.jpg 88.87 KBHate or love him, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani; fo...

Background To The Recent Nigerian Elections

By Elizabeth Liagin, published and culled from https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/03/nig-m17.html

Background To The Recent Nigerian ElectionsGeneral Obasanjo more than just a "friend" of the AmericansElizabeth Liagin is an independent journalist wh...

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Sustainable Development and Mining Host communities  ByOtive Igbuzor, PhD, FPSN, FSM, MIoL, UKAfrican Centre for Leadership, Strategy & ...

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