Sani Abacha's death remains one of the most debated events in Nigerian history. Official accounts attributed his passing ...
Was the Aburi Accord Emeka Ojukwu's last attempt to preserve Nigeria? Or was he a determined Biafran separatist ...
For more than 10 years, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, served as the first and only ...
On January 15, 1966, Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa was abducted and later killed. The situation surrounding his death ...
Within the Ifeajuna-Nzeogwu coup of January 15, 1966, there was another coup – the Aguiyi-Ironsi coup of January ...
On the morning of January 15, 1966, Nigeria woke to a sudden end to its short experiment with ...
The August 27, 1985, palace coup against Muhammadu Buhari was not conceived as a bloody showdown but executed ...
Fifty years have passed since that quiet Tuesday morning on July 29, 1975, when General Yakubu Gowon was ...
The Epetedo Declaration was not just a speech—it was a battle cry. A moment of truth that shook ...
On May 30, 1967, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, declared ...
How did General Sani Abacha crush the April 22, 1990, Gideon Orkar coup and save the Ibrahim Babangida ...
The Aburi Agreement reflected recognised the principle of regional autonomy and proposed a framework that would grant significant ...
Abacha is ranked among the most corrupt leaders in modern history. It is estimated that he embezzled between ...
Babangida and Abacha’s paths crossed because they were ranking officers of the Nigerian Army, during a period marked ...
President Jimmy Carter was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Nigeria, underscoring the country's strategic importance as ...
In 1979, General Olusegun Obasanjo ditched the British-style parliamentary system and opted for the American-style presidential system... ...
Ironsi's proclamation of Decree 34 on May 24, 1966, marked the beginning of the end for him. The ...
On January 1, 1973, the Nigerian Naira replaced the Nigerian pound with an exchange rate of ₦2 to ...
Mobolaji Johnson was only 31 years old when he was appointed as the first military governor of Lagos ...
After Abacha's death, Lieutenant-General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, was sworn in as the country's 11th ...