Radio Biafra Gowon was the main actor of the genocidal war that claimed the lives of over 5 million Biafrans between ...

Ph.DIt is with a heavy heart that I compose this piece at the urging of my several North­ern friends, inlaws, and in response to a recent misinfor­mation essay by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. The essay, ...

Whatever anyone may say about the memoir, titled A Journey in Service: An Autobiography, the truth is that General Babangida ...

I wondered whether General Ibrahim Babangida would go to his grave without writing his memoir. He played such epochal roles in Nigeria’s history that he would have done a great disservice to this ...

By: Daniel Okonkwo The history of the Nigerian Civil War (1966–1970) continues to evoke strong emotions and differing interpretations. Recently, Femi Fani-Kayode’s post on his Facebook page o ...

“It is now very clear that the commanders and leaders of the January Coup of 1966, popularly known as the ‘Igbo coup,’ were Kaduna Nzeogwu—Delta, Adewale Ademoyega – Yoruba, Cap ...

According to him, “It is now very clear that the Commanders and leaders of the January Coup of 1966 popularly known as the ‘Igbo coup’, were- Kaduna Nzeogwu – Delta, Adewale Ademoyega ...

The assertion that 99% of those involved in the coup were Igbo is misleading and fails to account for figures like Adewale Ademoyega and other Yoruba military officers who played a key role.

On January 15, 1966, Nigeria witnessed her first coup when a group of young soldiers attacked democratic leaders The rebellion was later tagged an "Igbo coup" by other ethnic groups in the country due ...

He referenced the book Why We Struck, written by Major Adewale Ademoyega, one of the key figures in the coup, which provided first hand insights into the motivations behind the military takeover.