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The Remarkable Career of Femi Ajilore

Femi Ajilore is a former Nigerian midfielder whose career included European club football and an Olympic silver medal. Born Ebenezer Oluwafemi Ajilore in 1985, he played in Denmark and the Netherlands. He also represented Nigeria’s senior national team, the Super Eagles.His clubs included FC Midtjylland, FC Groningen, Brøndby IF and Middelfart. In 2008, a...

MILITARY ERA

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MILITARY ERA

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Biafran Child Soldiers: The Powerful 1968 Photograph from Umuahia

Yakubu Gowon in Exile: The 1975 London Photograph with His Children

General Martin Luther Agwai: Nigeria’s Commander at the Birth of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur

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BIOGRAPHIES

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MILITARY ERA

Hamza Abdullahi: Nigerian Air Force Career and Leadership in Abuja

Theophilus Danjuma in 1966: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s Coup Crisis

Murtala Mohammed: The Remarkable Story of a Nigerian War Commander

Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi: The Tragic July 1966 Counter-Coup

Murtala Muhammed’s 1975 Appointments: The First Supreme Military Council

Biafran Child Soldiers: The Powerful 1968 Photograph from Umuahia

Yakubu Gowon in Exile: The 1975 London Photograph with His Children

General Martin Luther Agwai: Nigeria’s Commander at the Birth of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur

CIVIL WARS

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Joseph Hannibal Achuzia: 3 Decisive Phases of the Battle for Onitsha, 1967–1968

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PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA

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NIGERIAN HISTORY

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DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA

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INDEPENDENCE

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