From "Glover’s Hausas" to 4 Guards Battalion - 141 years later

The month of June has special significance to the Nigerian Army. The oldest unit in what is now known as the "Nigerian Army" was born on June 1st, 186...

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 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 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...

Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 10

OWERRI, 1969 [APPENDIX - CONTINUED]Notes on key commanders during the siege of OwerriBIAFRAN PERSONALITIES DURING THE SIEGE OF OWERRI (continued)&nbsp...

Fiddling While Nigeria Burns

culled from THISDAY, February 26, 2006Ever since the third term "bogey" started, I have never been as sad as I was last week. While the country was on...

FINANCING QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

A KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED AT A ROUNDTABLE ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION (CEF) AT ROCKVIEW HOTEL, ABUJA ON 5TH SEPTEMBER, 20061.  &nbs...