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The July 29, 1966, counter-coup in Nigeria was not merely a change of government; it was a seismic event that shattered the fragile unity of the young nation, reversed the political order, and set the country on an inexorable path to civil war. Occurring just seven months after the violent January 15 coup, the July …
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Secret American diplomatic dispatches, spread over 21,000 pages, provide previously unknown information about the Nigerian Civil War Early in the morning of 1 July 1967, Nigeria’s young head of state, Colonel Yakubu Gowon, was feeling uneasy in his office at the Supreme Headquarters, Dodan Barracks in Lagos. The unease was a result of his being …
The Aburi Accord (also known as the Aburi Agreement) represents one of the most consequential yet tragically unfulfilled diplomatic efforts in modern Nigerian history. Held in January 1967 amid escalating ethnic and political tensions, it was a high-stakes meeting of Nigeria’s military leaders aimed at averting civil war. Far from a mere footnote, the Accord …
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What makes you laugh? If you don’t laugh you may cry, my Lord has a sense of humour to make me laugh at just about everything. His creatures are funny looking, Trump is fun to laugh at, a toddler being a head of state. Reform UK Ltd being taken seriously as a political party is …
From email scams to oil spills and charlatan Pentecostal preachers, it's clear that Nigeria has something of an image problem. While the outside world's perception of Africa's most populous country hasn't always been overwhelmingly positive, there's plenty more to this nation than its unsavory associations. With its vibrant culture, sense of humor and adaptability, Nigeria …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 