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Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa's address to the nation on Independence day

By posted by Segun T. Dawodu

TODAY is Independence Day. The First of October 1960 is a date to which for two years every Nigerian has been eagerly looking forward. At last our gre...

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MOTION ON CREATION OF MORE STATES

By Obafemi Awolowo

I beg to move the following amendment:To delete the words of the Motion after `territorially' andsubstitute `of Benin and Delta Provinces in the Weste...

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Obafemi Awolowo's Allocutus

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Statement By Chief Awolowo while before The High Court before sentencing for Treasonable FelonyIn "Adventures in Power Book One: My March through Pris...

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STATEMENT BY MAJOR-GENERAL IRONSI IN LAGOS ON 16 JANUARY 1966

The government of the Federation of Nigeria having ceased to function, the Nigerian Armed Forces have been invited to form an Interim Military Governm...

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STATEMENT MADE BY DR. AZIKIWE TO THE PRESS IN ENGLAND - January 16, 1966

Violence has never been an instrument used by us, as founding fathers of the Nigerian Republic, to solve political problems. In the British tradition,...

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Awolowo Writes To Ironsi From Prison Pressing for His Release

Taken from "Adventures in Power Book One:  My March Through Prison", by Obafemi Awolowo, McMillan NIgeria, pp 296-302, 1985.CONFIDENTIAL  &n...

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First Speech of the Military Governor of the Mid-West (Lt. Col. Ejoor), 26 January 1966

I have now had time to examine the various administrative agenciesoperating under the previous Government, both at headquarter leveland at the level o...

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Ironsi's broadcast to the nation - May 24, 1966.

"The Regions are Abolished': Ironsi's Broadcast to the Nation banning Political Parties and introducing Decree No. 34, 24 May 1966.Fellow Nigerians:Du...

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Mid-West Military Governor's Speech in Support of the New Regime.

By Military Governor Lt. Col. David Ejoor

This was the first speech by Military Governor Lt. Col. David Ejoor after the death of Maj. Gen Ironsi and the emergence of Lt. Col Yakubu Gowon as He...

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Recommendations made by the Representatives of the Regional Military Governors Meeting in Lagos on 9 August 1966

The meeting was declared open by the Head of the Federal Military Government and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces at 12 noon.In his opening addre...

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From the Powell Memo to Project 2025: How a 1971 Corporate Strategy Became a Global Template for Power

By Segun Toyin Dawodu

From the Powell Memo to Project 2025: How a 1971 Corporate Strategy Became a Global Template for Power In August 1971, a corporate lawyer named L...

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By Philip Obazee

The Market’s Mood Ring: How Volatility Across Assets Traces a Hidden Geometry of SentimentIf you want a fast, honest way to describe modern markets,...

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By Philip Obazee

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Islands of Credibility: Nigeria’s Best Reform Strategy Starts in the States

By Philip Obazee

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Project 2025 Agenda and Healthcare in Nigeria

By Segun Toyin Dawodu

Project 2025 Agenda and Healthcare in NigeriaThe US and Nigeria signed a five-year $5.1B Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 19, 2025, to bo...

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