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The Warrior Who Disappeared Into the Ground: The Mysterious Legend of Oronna of Ilaro

There are stories of warriors who died in battle, kings who were buried with great ceremony and heroes whose names survived in songs.Then there is Oronna of Ilaro.According to the long-standing tradition of Ilaro in present-day Ogun State, Oronna did something no ordinary warrior could do. When age eventually caught up with the man...

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MILITARY ERA

William Walbe and the July 1966 Counter-Coup: Inside the Seizure of Ironsi and Fajuyi

Lt S. E. Idowu: From Army Promotion to the Tragedy of the July 1966 Counter-Coup

Murtala Muhammed Assassination: The Eyewitness Account of His Final Moments

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Joseph Dechi Gomwalk: The Remarkable Life of Benue-Plateau’s First Governor and His Execution in 1976

Sergeant Bakari and the Southern Nigeria Regiment

The Pro-Abacha Rally in Ibadan

Obasanjo’s Letters to Gowon: 4 Revealing Wartime Dispatches from Nigeria’s Civil War

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MILITARY ERA

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Bamanga Tukur: The Remarkable Life of Nigeria’s Former Governor, Business Leader and PDP Chairman, 1935–2026

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Sergeant Bakari and the Southern Nigeria Regiment

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CIVIL WARS

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INDEPENDENCE

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