Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 9

Day Break, Tuesday July 29, 1975IN KAMPALA “Abinde mu ka jin soro, ya faru agida” By time zone, Kampala in Uganda is two hours ahead of ...

Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Epilogue

FROM KAMPALA TO LOME TO LONDON AND BACK TO NIGERIAIt is my expectation that General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) will publish his memoirs some day.  When t...

A NIGERIAN MILITARY FOR DEMOCRACY NOT YET.

A NIGERIAN MILITARY FOR DEMOCRACY NOT YET. ‘ RETREAT’ IS DIVERSIONARY; GO TO A ‘NATIONAL CONFERENCE’           &...

Yoruba World Exploration And The Loss of Dynasties

The ancient Yoruba were one of the most accommodating and the most adventurous people on earth. They were the explorers, the traders, and the Oloko (b...

YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE

Being the 2006 Malam Aminu Kano Memorial Lecture at the Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Mambayya House, Bayero University, Kano, April 17...

Why Not Build More Refineries?

INTRODUCTION A reader (and he knows himself!), on reading my latest essay, wrote to me as follows:QUOTEPlease educate me on this. How much does i...

That “Independent Cushion Committee” of Senator Ibrahim Mantu

INTRODUCTIONIn May 1998, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under Paul Ogwuma wrote a nine-page review paper (in its maiden issue of its Special Econom...

Nigeria Struggles Against The Curse Of Oil

culled from International Herald TribuneThe gift that corrupts LAGOS Nigeria, already the world's sixth-largest oil producer and with large untap...

These “BoldFace” Committees’ Explanations…!

THE ROLLERCOASTER LIFE OF MURTALA MUHAMMED

Very few of Nigeria’s former military leaders are spoken of with any great affection.  There is on notable exception: General Murtala Muhammed....