Tag Archives: NIgerian History

That person was Brigadier Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi (as he then was), then the Military Attaché at Nigeria’s High Commission in London.  This photo was taken on Tuesday, July 17, 1962, as Sardauna inspected a Guard of Honour comprised of Nigerian cadets ...

The two most marginalised regions in Nigeria are the Northeast and Southeast. The last time the Northeast held power at the top was exactly 58 years ago today. On this day, in 1966, it was revealed to the nation that ...

Earlier today, a post was shared on Ooduarere where Reno Omkori replied to an Obedient on twitter/X. He has done it again. This time around he schooled an obedient that was trying to play the victim on Aburi Accord.The Twitter ...

During the Biafra war, there was an Igbo man a Zikist called Arthur Nzeribe who sold fake guns and duped Biafra of millions of pounds yet you will never see Zikists insulting him for their failure in the Biafran war. ...

The Nigerian civil war, sparked by agitations from the greater majority of Eastern Nigerians who felt politically, socially, and economically marginalized has since become a national theme within Nigeria’s historical context, inciting continued public outcry to the present date. What ...

NOTE : THIS IS THE CORRECTED VERSION, PLSI had the privilege of attending some meetings of the Yoruba and Igbo Leaders. I was not a leader but a youth who knew how to wash his hands. At one of those ...

Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.

I was today years old when I learned that OBJ wrote a biography of Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu (the main plotter and executor of the 1966 coup) back in the 80s. This might be old news to some but for those ...