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Ojukwu Secedes and Declares the Republic of Biafra.

Fellow countrymen and women, you, the people of Eastern Nigeria:Conscious of the supreme authority of Almighty God over all mankind,of your duty to yo...

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Chief Awolowo's Speech to Western leaders of thought In Ibadan, May 1 1967

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo

The aim of a leader should be the welfare of the people whom he leads. Ihave used 'welfare' to denote the physical, mental and spiritualwell-being of ...

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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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BROADCAST BY LT. COL. YAKUBU GOWON, AUGUST 1, 1966

‘No Trust or Confidence in a Unitary System of Government’: Lt.-Col. Gowon’s Broadcast on the Assumption of Office, 1 August 1966This is Lt-Col....

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Letter from Victor Banjo to Aguiyi Ironsi

By Lt. Colonel Victor A. Banjo

On 1st of June 1966, he wrote a letter to the Head of State Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi as follows from the Federal Prisons Ikot Ekpene:From:  Lt...

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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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The Unification Decree: No. 34 of 1966

By Posted by Segun Toyin Dawodu, MD

Decree No. 34                                      &nbs...

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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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Major Hassan Katsina's Address on January 18, 1966

Fellow country-men and women. I, Major Hassan Usuman Katsina, having been appointed by the Supreme Military Commander as the Military Governor for the...

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