Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 4

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 4Cutting off the 16th Bde in order to kill itThe Political and strategic contextFollowing the fall of Port Harcourt to federal tro...

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 6

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 6LIFE IN THE 16th BRIGADE UNDER SIEGEAccording to Colonel E. A. Etuk (rtd),“The rebels knew that we were helpless because the ma...

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...

Female Genital Mutilation: Exploding The Myths

The United Nations declared 6th February of every year the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation. That day came and rolled ...

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...

Fire On The Mountain

culled from GUARDIAN of December 1, 2003Fire On The Mountain was the signal chant for the political party war that erupted on the floor of the Western...