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DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN AFRICA: The Case of Nigeria

By Professor Omo Omoruyi

INTRODUCTIONOn February 24, 2003 I delivered a lecture on democratic transition in Africa from the point view of Nigeria under the auspices of the Dr....

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NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR FILE Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 1

By Nowa Omoigui

All through recorded history, armies, small and great have not only recorded victories but also disasters.  Military History buffs will recall gr...

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NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR FILE Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 2

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 -  PART 2 Background to the Siege of Owerri The year 1968 opened up in earnest, continuing a pattern that had been set on ...

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 4

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 4Cutting off the 16th Bde in order to kill itThe Political and strategic contextFollowing the fall of Port Harcourt to federal tro...

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 7

By Nowa Omoigui

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 8

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 [Part 8] CONSEQUENCES OF THE BIAFRAN RECAPTURE OF OWERRI The failure to relieve large isolated battle groups in critical theate...

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 9

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 [APPENDIX]Notes on key commanders during the siege of OwerriFEDERAL NIGERIAN SIDEColonel E.A. Etuk (rtd)Throughout this essay I have refe...

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 10

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 [APPENDIX - CONTINUED]Notes on key commanders during the siege of OwerriBIAFRAN PERSONALITIES DURING THE SIEGE OF OWERRI (continued)&nbsp...

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HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA (5): THE SECOND TRANSITION (1979-83, Part 2)

By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

In April 1980, seven months after coming to office, the new President began a delicate game of musical chairs in the high command, kicking Akinrinade ...

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How Gowon's Leadership Style Saved Nigeria

By Chief Sunday Awoniyi

This is to honour a man whose life should be a lesson to all of us. Power is intoxicating, and probably more so in Nigeria, with our ever-present batt...

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By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

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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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