Gbolade Akinwale
Gbolade Akinwale is a Nigerian historian and writer dedicated to shedding light on the full range of the nation’s past. His work cuts across timelines and topics, exploring power, people, memory, resistance, identity, and everyday life. With a voice grounded in truth and clarity, he treats history not just as record, but as a tool for understanding, reclaiming, and reimagining Nigeria’s future.
Crimes in Nigeria
Operation Wetie and the 1965 Western Region Election Crisis
In Nigeria’s First Republic, the Western Region stood at the centre of the country’s...
Democratic Nigeria
Warri Crisis, How a Dispute Over a Local Government Headquarters Ignited Ethnic Violence in the Niger Delta (1997–2003)
Warri, located in Delta State in southern Nigeria, became the centre of repeated intercommunal...
Crimes in Nigeria
The Woro and Nuku Massacre, How a Night of Violence Shook Kwara State in 2026
In early February 2026, armed militants carried out one of the deadliest attacks in...