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Chike Obi: 7 Remarkable Milestones in Nigeria’s Mathematical History

Chike Obi occupies a distinctive place in Nigerian intellectual history. A mathematician, university teacher, political organiser and legislator, he became the first Nigerian to earn a doctorate in mathematics and later achieved international recognition for his work on nonlinear ordinary differential equations.Born Chike Edozien Umezei Obi in Zaria on 7 April 1921, he came...

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BIOGRAPHIES

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MILITARY ERA

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CIVIL WARS

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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

Why Ojukwu Declared Biafra After Killings, Fear, and the Collapse of Nigeria’s First Union

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PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA

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DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA

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INDEPENDENCE

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