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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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Fiddling While Nigeria Burns

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, February 26, 2006Ever since the third term "bogey" started, I have never been as sad as I was last week. While the country was on...

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General Babangida, Civil Society and the Military in Nigeria - Anatomy of a Personal Rulership Project

By Kunle Amuwo

N° 48 - 1995CENTRE D'ÉTUDE D'AFRIQUE NOIREInstitut d'Études politiques de BordeauxB.P. 101 - Domaine universitaireF-33405 TALENCE CEDEXTél. (33) 0...

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General elections 2003: Whither Nigeria?

By Ahmadu Kurfi

culled from Daily Trust of February 2, 2003.The first ever federal elections were held in 1954, during which the NorthernPeople's Congress (NPC) won i...

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History of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria (Part 2)

By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

NIGERIAN CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY 1958-60In 1957 a local Federal Defence Council (FDC) was established which comprised representative...

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HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA (Part 3)*

By Nowa Omoigui

COUNT-DOWN TO THE JANUARY 1966 COUPIn the Nigerian Army's official history of the Civil War, Major General IBMHaruna (rtd), said:  "The dominance...

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History of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria Part 4 - The Second Transition (1979-83, Part 1)

By Nowa Omoigui, MD

In September 1978, the ban on political party activity, in force since January 1966, was lifted.  This was in anticipation of the return to civil...

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How Nigeria Works

By Chris Ajaero and Modupe Ogunbayo

culled from Newsweek, Jan 26, 2006 Lamidi Adedibu, the "strongman of Ibadan politics" sacks Governor Ladoja through a controversial impeachment s...

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How Nigerians Underdeveloped Nigeria

By Fazil O. Ope-Agbe

 have the privilege, the honour and the luck to have served as personal staff of Sir James Robertson, the last Briton to rule Nigeria in the name...

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How To Become An Ethnic Africana

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

Ethnicity is the word we used today to delineate ourselves into local groups, regions, tribes, sometimes into countries and races with little meaning,...

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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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