A New Nigerian newspaper report highlights the movement of a rising northern Nigerian pop musician in the early 1970s In the early 1970s, Nigeria’s popular...
One of the most dramatic moments in Nigeria’s political history occurred in February 1976, when a failed military coup resulted in the assassination of Nigeria’s...
In December 1959, as Nigeria stood on the threshold of independence, the Premier of the Northern Region, Ahmadu Bello, sent a Christmas message to Christians...
The 2004 federal intervention in Plateau State that sparked debate over constitutional powers and democracy in Nigeria. On May 18, 2004, Nigeria witnessed one of...
What kind of military administrator governs two very different states one in the far North-East and another at the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital and...
40 year old Adekunle Fajuyi b. June 26, 1926 33 year old Usman Katsina b. March 31, 1933 42 year old Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi b. March 3,...
Jonah David Jang (born March 13, 1944) is a retired Nigerian Air Force Air Commodore and prominent politician who has played significant roles in both...
Osadebe and his band were billed to perform outside the country. He lodged his crew at a hotel close to the airport and instructed them...
In July 1961, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Prime Minister of Nigeria, visited the White House in Washington, D.C., where he was formally received by...
The photograph referenced is of Victor Adebukunola Banjo, a Nigerian Army officer whose career intersected dramatically with the political crises that followed the January 15,...
