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The Voice On Radio Nigeria Was Not Babangida: Inside The 27th August Coup That Changed Nigeria

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By CLARA DIKE Dogonyaro Announced the Coup, Abacha Named the Successor: How Babangida Took Power in 1985 NIGERIA’S military history contains several dramatic transfers of power. Yet the events of 27 August 1985, stand out for the way the officers involved divided the public responsibilities of announcing, defending and assuming authority. On that morning, Brigadier Joshua […]

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Beyond Gowon & Ojukwu: The Police Chief Who Witnessed Nigeria’s Last Major Peace Effort Before War

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By ENEFIOK EKEFRE The Forgotten Policeman at Aburi: Timothy Omo-Bare’s Place in Nigeria’s Road to Civil War WHEN historians recount the political and military upheavals that pushed Nigeria towards civil war in 1967, attention naturally turns to Yakubu Gowon, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the military officers who shaped the country’s turbulent transition from […]

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