Tag: y! history

Op-Ed Editor October 11, 2014

@MaxSiollun: Isaac Adaka Boro and the Niger-Delta (Y! History)

by Max Siollun Niger Delta armed insurrection did not begin with MEND, Henry Okah or Asari-Dokubo.  Decades before them an Ijaw nationalist named Isaac Boro led an armed campaign for greater…

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Op-Ed Editor August 25, 2014

Max Siollun: Every Northerner is Hausa (Y! History)

by Max Siollun There is a tendency among southern Nigerians to ignorantly refer to any northerner as "Hausa". A few years ago there was a massive ethnic controversy when sectarian violence (and…

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Op-Ed Editor August 17, 2014

Max Siollun: Biafra would have become Africa’s first world superpower (Y! History)

by Max Siollun With oil wealth and a vibrant citizenry, Biafra could have become Africa’s first world superpower. With citizens of the caliber of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Louis Mbafeno, Matthew…

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July 26, 2014

Max Siollun: #Nigeria’sForgottenHeroes; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Y! History)

by Max Siollun Tafawa Balewa with JF Kennedy Despite political involvement, Balewa remained suspicious of Nigerian unification and feared that the Northern Region would be dominated by the better educated…

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