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Olusegun Adeniyi: Nigeria and the ghosts of 1966
by Olusegun Adeniyi For a long time, I had held the notion that principal actors in the events that led to the collapse of the First Republic and its aftermath…
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Opinion: Exploring Aguiyi-Ironsi’s role in the January 15 coup (Part III)
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema In recent years, as more Nigerians begin to pay close attention to the country’s chequered past, the nature of Ironsi’s ascension to power has come under scrutiny.…
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Max Siollun: How Tafawa Balewa really died -PART 2 (Y! History)
by Max Siloun On January 15, 1966 he was kidnapped from his official residence by armed soldiers who were executing Nigeria’s first military coup. He was missing for several days…
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Aguiyi Ironsi: My personal imponderables (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Aguiyi Ironsi "If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?" So I was trying to learn big English today, so I could go bully my grandfather…
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Opinion: The hapless surrender of states to the federal government
by Ogaga Ifowodo The solution to the Rivers House of Assembly crisis ought not to be more than subjecting to the rule of law the five members bent on trampling…
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Opinion: Reclaiming Nigeria’s lost history through early education
by Kemi Ogunniyi Schools in developed nations take history very seriously. Primary and secondary school students in the UK, for example, are taught the history of their nation in good detail.…
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Nnanna Ochereome: Biafra – Revisiting the unjust war
by Ochereome Nnanna Among these were cold-blooded murderers who killed innocent civilians during the pogroms in Northern and Western Nigeria; war lords who rounded up and hacked innocent and defenceless…
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