From May 1962 to May 1963: State of Emergency in Western Nigeria and in Nigeria

INTRODUCTIONOn Tuesday, May 18, 2004 , President Obasanjo , citing Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution, imposed a state of emergency on Plateau State...

Fellow Nigerians, It's Time For Sacrifice

culled from THISDAY, October 16, 2005The story is told of a white missionary who came to serve in an African leprosarium. He kept preaching "God loves...

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 4

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...

Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War-Part 5

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 5The Plot ThickensAlthough assisted by heavy rains, poor federal logistics and coordination along with overextended lines of commu...

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

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

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

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

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