Coup

Tatalo Alamu: The wages of arbitrary rule

by Tatalo Alamu Jonathan ought to be commended for showing courage and statesmanship in granting state pardon to the victims of the 1995 and 1997 purported coups against the government of General Sani Abacha. It is a normative freefall in Nigeria. When a society experiences a combination of anomie and normlessness, the captive denizens exhibit... Read More

Abdulsalam Abubakar, Abuja, Coup, diepreye alamieyeseigha, Goodluck Jonathan, nuhu ribadu, pardon, Sani Abacha

January 18, 2013

Nasir el-Rufai: In search of leadership: Roots of historical crisis

by Nasir El-Rufai The murder of political leaders in 1966 without trying them and finding them guilty of any offence, and affording the assassins immunity and protection from court martial by the indecision of the Ironsi administration ensured that coups would remain a recurring decimal in our polity. In 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan’s New Year... Read More

Buhari, Coup, Idiagbon, Ironsi, Leadership, Murtala, nigeria, Obasanjo

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