Tag: Coup
Opinion: Exploring Aguiyi-Ironsi’s role in January 15, 1966 coup (PART II)
by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema The evidence that shows that General Ironsi and the plotters of the supposedly Igbo coup of ...
Opinion: Exploring Aguiyi-Ironsi’s role in January 15, 1966 coup (PART 1)
by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema INTRODUCTON On the fiftieth remembrance of Nigeria’s second coup which ended the life and six-month government ...
Opinion: The Ironsi tragedy and the limitations of tribalism
by Dele Awogbeoba As July 29 2016 as come and gone, one remembers the sad events of 50 years ago. ...
Reuben Abati: The failed Turkey coup and Erdogan’s ‘power poisoning’
by Reuben Abati I was shocked by the trenchant reaction to my piece on the July 15 attempted coup in ...
4 times President Buhari showed us he is still in the past
According to Eleanor Brown, “There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what ...
OBJ, Buhari meet behind closed doors… yet again
President Muhammadu Buhari is believed to currently be in a private meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Punch newspaper, Obasanjo ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Jibrin accuses of Dogara of corruption Former chairman of the ...
Reuben Abati: Nigerians and the failed coup in Turkey
By Reuben Abati Turkey is about five hours away from Nigeria by air, about 2, 634 miles from here, but the ...
Turkish military coup fails
A coup was on Friday night, attempted in Turkey, as top military officials in the country declared that they had “taken ...
Opinion: That attempted coup in Abia state
by Sam Hart There is no point mincing words. We will call what transpired in Abia State yesterday, June 30, 2016 ...
Simon Kolawole: Like Brexit, does Biafra deserve its own referendum?
by Simon Kolawole I will start with a footnote: I believe in one, united Nigeria. Not that I am the ...
Nigerian Army commanders hold emergency meeting over ‘rumours of coup’
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, summoned top commanders of the service to the Army headquarters on Friday, ...
‘No coup plot against Buhari, we’re loyal to him’ – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army has denied claims made by militant group – Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) – alleging that ...
‘Military officials planning to remove Buhari’ | Militants let the cat out of the bag
Top military officers intent on overthrowing the President Muhammadu Buhari administration have approached Niger Delta militants to bomb oil installation, ...
Everything you should know about the military coup in Burkina Faso
There was a coup in Burkina Faso on Thursday morning. The country’s army has taken over government and have detained ...
Opinion: Was Benjamin Adekunle an Igbo hater?
by Henry Onyeama The death of Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle, the GOC of the Third Marine Commando Division during Nigeria’s civil ...
Demola Rewaju: If Buhari had died, there will have been a coup (Y! Superblogger)
by Demola Rewaju If Buhari had died last week, a coup would be inevitable in the next one month and perhaps ...
Cheta Nwanze: A history lesson – Nigeria’s first coup
by Cheta Nwanze To understand first, the coup of January 15, 1966, we must not take it in isolation, something ...
Akin Osuntokun: The two faces of January in Nigeria’s history
by Akin Osuntokun If January 1st was the day Nigeria was born, January 15th, was the date it was sentenced ...
Adebola Rayo: Kakadu- A cocktail of art and history (Y! Pop-of-Culture)
by Adebola Rayo It is easy to relate with the folks in Kakadu. You see Nigeria in it, Lagos and the ...
Big Brother: Nigeria, US send envoys to strife-torn South Sudan
by Akintomiwa Agbaje United States and from Nigeria envoys will fly to the capital city of Juba, South Sudan on ...
Fighting resumes in South Sudan after botched coup
by Akintomiwa Agbaje The gun battle that unfolded at the capital of South Sudan, Juba involving troops loyal to the ...
Ayokunle Odekunle: Dear Twitterati, is that not your Buhari standing with IBB?
by Ayokunle Odekunle “Whoever is seen in alliances and dalliances with Babangida should never be trusted. Such a person is ...
Ayokunle Odekunle: Femi Fani-Kayode should stop haranguing us with witless theories
by Ayokunle Odekunle I have nothing against Mr. Fani-Kayode but he insults our senses by coming to town with some ...
Book Review: Nigeria and the legacy of the military
by Jibrin Ibrahim The author narrates in detail the war against the media and press freedom by the Buhari/Idiagbon regime. ...
Ochereome Nnanna: Show us Shekau’s corpse please
by Ochereome Nnanna I wish the JTF will put the doubt over Shekau’s real fate to rest by displaying his ...
Simon Kolawole: Egypt – From Arab Spring to Arab Fall
by Simon Kolawole We can say Morsi has been successfully ousted as President of Egypt, but there is no assurance ...
Dele Momodu: A coup by the River Nile
by Dele Momodu The major lesson to learn from Egypt is that stubbornness of leaders can easily derail democracy. Fellow ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: Egypt’s coup and the danger it portends for Nigeria
by Olusegun Adeniyi “Like most human follies, military coups sound good at the time; and always fail. They sound good ...
Tatalo Alamu: The wages of arbitrary rule
by Tatalo Alamu Jonathan ought to be commended for showing courage and statesmanship in granting state pardon to the victims ...
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