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The Strange Return of a Wanted Civil Servant Who Came Back With a Promotion

For several years, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina was a name Nigerian authorities wanted to locate.Then, in September 2017, something extraordinary happened.The former senior civil servant was officially approved for reinstatement into the federal civil service, with the approval backdated to the day he had been dismissed in 2013. He was also approved to sit for...

MILITARY ERA

Who is Lt-Col Abogo Largema?

5 Critical Political Violence Before Nigeria’s First Coup

Joshua Dogonyaro 1985 Coup Speech: The Powerful 27 August Broadcast That Ended Buhari’s First Rule

Usman Kakanda Bello and the 1990 Coup: The Officer Who Died Defending Dodan Barracks

Nigeria’s First Republic: 5 Crucial Years That Ended in Military Rule

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Gideon Orkar coup attempt: 69 Executions After Nigeria’s Dramatic 1990 Military Uprising

Death of Timothy Onwuatuegwu: 3 Powerful Accounts Behind an Unresolved 1970 Mystery

MILITARY ERA

Who is Lt-Col Abogo Largema?

5 Critical Political Violence Before Nigeria’s First Coup

Joshua Dogonyaro 1985 Coup Speech: The Powerful 27 August Broadcast That Ended Buhari’s First Rule

Usman Kakanda Bello and the 1990 Coup: The Officer Who Died Defending Dodan Barracks

Nigeria’s First Republic: 5 Crucial Years That Ended in Military Rule

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Gideon Orkar coup attempt: 69 Executions After Nigeria’s Dramatic 1990 Military Uprising

Death of Timothy Onwuatuegwu: 3 Powerful Accounts Behind an Unresolved 1970 Mystery

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BIOGRAPHIES

Hanifa Abubakar’s Death: The Five Year Old Girl Who Disappeared on Her Way Home and the Case That Shook Kano

Rosaline Omotosho Was Nigeria’s First Female Chief Judge, But Her Story Goes Much Further

What They Left Out of the Story of Elizabeth Awoliyi

Tanimowo Ogunlesi: The Teacher Who Put Nigerian Girls at the Centre of Politics

Laila Dogonyaro and the 300,000 Women WOLF Wanted for 2003

Yemi Ayebo: How “Yemi My Lover” Made a Star Out of a Yoruba Filmmaker

Deborah Fasoyin: The Woman Behind Nigeria’s Famous December Song

Bisoye Tejuoso: The Business Breakup That Built an Empire

MILITARY ERA

Who is Lt-Col Abogo Largema?

5 Critical Political Violence Before Nigeria’s First Coup

Joshua Dogonyaro 1985 Coup Speech: The Powerful 27 August Broadcast That Ended Buhari’s First Rule

Usman Kakanda Bello and the 1990 Coup: The Officer Who Died Defending Dodan Barracks

Nigeria’s First Republic: 5 Crucial Years That Ended in Military Rule

Debo Basorun and Babangida: The Powerful 1989 Court Battle That Exposed a Military Rift

Gideon Orkar coup attempt: 69 Executions After Nigeria’s Dramatic 1990 Military Uprising

Death of Timothy Onwuatuegwu: 3 Powerful Accounts Behind an Unresolved 1970 Mystery

CIVIL WARS

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

Lagos Billion Naira Budget: 3 Powerful Headlines That Captured Nigeria Before the 1983 Coup

Awolowo and Biafra: The £20 Policy, Starvation and Currency War That Shaped Nigeria’s Civil War

Ogbugo Kalu: The Remarkable Commander Behind Biafra’s 1969 Recapture of Owerri

Mohammed Shuwa: The Civil War General Whose Death Exposed Nigeria’s New Security Crisis

The General Who Survived Nigeria’s Civil War, Then Fell in Maiduguri

Angelica Oyediran and the Quiet Work of Returning Biafra’s Displaced Children

Adekunle Fajuyi and the July 1966 Crisis

PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA

Aholu Menu-Toyi I: The Remarkable Story of a Journalist-King Who Ruled Badagry for Nearly 49 Years

Hornbill Hunting Decoys in Nigeria: 3 Remarkable Records of Hausa and Nupe Hunting Before 1920

Mary Magdalena Mami Wata Priestess: The Rare 1989 Portrait from Oron, Nigeria

History of Nnewi Kingdom: 4 Enduring Quarters, Colonial Change and Orizu III’s Remarkable 63-Year Reign

Owiwi War: The Decisive 1832 Battle That Transformed Abeokuta and Yorubaland

Britain Stormed Benin City in 1897. But the Attack Was About More Than Revenge

The Fulani Jihad That Transformed Northern Nigeria

The Rivers That Became Highways of Colonial Expansion

NIGERIAN HISTORY

The Strange Return of a Wanted Civil Servant Who Came Back With a Promotion

How Abdulrasheed Maina Went From Pension Fraud Hunter to Wanted Man

Dipo Dina’s 2007 Election Challenge: The Political Battle Before the Murder

The Investigation Into Dipo Dina’s Death That Produced Suspects but No Answer

Three People Were in the Car. Only One Was Killed. What Happened That Night?

When Public Anger Turned Into Fire: Why Hanifa’s School Was Burned

Hanifa Abubakar’s Death: The Five Year Old Girl Who Disappeared on Her Way Home and the Case That Shook Kano

The Missing Blankets at the Centre of a 1979 Kano Murder Case

DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA

Treasury building at Shendam, Nigeria, 1923: Inside the Powerful Machinery of Colonial Taxation

Lagos Steam Tramway: The Remarkable 1902 Rail Link That Connected Lagos Island to Iddo

Central Bank of Nigeria Building: The Landmark 1959 Opening at Tinubu Square

The Western Nigeria Housing Corporation

The Good Side of Sani Abacha: What His Government Built

Sir Kashim Ibrahim’s London Visit: 3 Remarkable Figures in Nigeria’s 1962 Federal Diplomacy

Udoji Award in 1975 Nigeria: How a ₦1,250 Windfall Captured an Oil Boom Turning Point

The 1964 Gazette Record of Sule Alumbugu

INDEPENDENCE

How Colonial Institutions Shaped Post-Independence Nigerian Politics: 3 Powerful Constitutional Shifts That Entrenched Regional Rivalry

Nigeria’s First Republic: 4 Critical Crises That Broke Civilian Rule, 1960–1966

6 Defining Crises That Shattered the Nigeria’s First Republic in 1960–1966

5 Critical Turning Points of Nigeria’s First Republic

Northern Nigerians in London in 1950: 10 Remarkable Faces Before Independence

Organised Nigerian Nationalism in Lagos: 5 Powerful Forces That Transformed Colonial Politics in the 1920s

Herbert Macaulay and Nigerian Nationalism

Lokoja House and Nigeria’s 1914 Amalgamation

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