Debt Cancellation: The Facts Behind The Deal

culled from THISDAY, July 3, 2005The new President of the World Bank, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, while praising the historic agreement by Group of Eight fina...

Democracy In Nigeria: Completing Obasanjo's Legacy

culled from GUARDIAN, October 1, 2006Time and again, observers of Nigerian politics have predicted - so far incorrectly - the nation's ineluctable dem...

Derivation, Resource Control And The NPRC - Joining The Debate

1.  INTRODUCTION This is an essay of short sentences and a few long tables:  so please bear with me. It is inspired largely by the...

The Dimka's Coup Attempt of February 13, 1976

Just before 8:30 a.m. on February 13, 1976, the following curious announcement was heard on Radio Nigeria:"Good morning fellow Nigerians,This is Lt. C...

Election Tribunals – The Third Way

Fallouts from the recent elections continue in our dear country.  And so should they.Elections are about choices, either about issues or about pe...

From "Glover’s Hausas" to 4 Guards Battalion - 141 years later

The month of June has special significance to the Nigerian Army. The oldest unit in what is now known as the "Nigerian Army" was born on June 1st, 186...

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

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

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

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 ...

Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War- Part 6

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 6LIFE IN THE 16th BRIGADE UNDER SIEGEAccording to Colonel E. A. Etuk (rtd),“The rebels knew that we were helpless because the ma...

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