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The Northern Counter-coup of 1966: The Full Story

By Max Siollun

Most essays and books on Nigeria’s military coups have focused on the aims of, and events during the "Igbo" coup of January 1966. While much has bee...

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The Orkar Coup of April 22, 1990

By Nowa Omoigui, MD

Shortly after dawn broke on April 22, 1990, the following broadcast was heard over the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Lagos:"Fellow Ni...

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The Jocular Circumstances of Nigerian Politics

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

Contents:1.  Introduction2.  Nzeribe3.  Zwingina4.  Mamman Ali5.  Anyim Pius Anyim – or is it Pius Anyim Pius?6.  The ...

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The Labour of Our Heroes Past....

By Zulfikar Aliyu Adamu

From the northern banks of the Niger, we have the factual and unenviable record of producing series of rulers that have plundered and squandered the n...

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The Crash of NAF 911 on September 26, 1992

By Nowa Omoigu

IntroductionThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a versatile, high wing, turbo-prop military and civilian transport plane used by well over 60 countries. It...

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THE DECEPTIVE SILENCE OF STOLEN VOICES

By Wole Soyinka,

The usual indecision over an appropriate topic for an occasion such as this, which is one of celebration, was fast becoming incurable when my eyes hap...

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The Fall of Politics In Nigeria

By Paul Mamza

Politics in Nigeria had suffered great under writings and blows through manipulations, opportunistic medleys and deafening undoing.  As the natio...

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“The Five Majors": Myth and Reality

By Max Siollun

Because of the death of most of the principal actors, the true sequence of events during Nigeria’s first military coup of January 15th 1966 have bec...

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The Godfather Phenomenon

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, Governor Enugu State

Although, considering the trend of our immediate political history, we cameon the fillip of the leadership and guts of liberation fighters who dared a...

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THE IKEJA MISHAP: WHO DUNNIT?

By Seyi Oduyela

Two years after the Ikeja Military Cantonment bomb explosion, the Federal Government is yet to make known the report of the investigation committee se...

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