Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War- Part 6

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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

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General Babangida, Civil Society and the Military in Nigeria - Anatomy of a Personal Rulership Project

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HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA -Part 1

Introduction and DefinitionAccording to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the phrase "Civil-Military relations" encompasses all "activiti...

History of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria (Part 2)

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HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA (Part 3)*

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History of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria Part 4 - The Second Transition (1979-83, Part 1)

In September 1978, the ban on political party activity, in force since January 1966, was lifted.  This was in anticipation of the return to civil...