Ayoola Oyebode

Yakubu Gowon’s Post-War Leadership: Rebuilding Nigeria After Biafra

The end of the Nigerian Civil War in January 1970 ushered in a new...

The End of Biafra: Surrender, Aftermath and the Difficult Work of Renewal

The Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) devastated the country’s eastern provinces and left deep political...

Gowon’s “No Victor, No Vanquished” and Post-War Nigeria

On 15 January 1970, following the collapse of Biafra, General Yakubu Gowon addressed the...