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
Nigeria’s 1966 Niger Delta Uprising, Isaac Adaka Boro and the Republic That Lasted Twelve Days
On 23 February 1966, Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, an Ijaw nationalist, proclaimed the Niger...
Military Era & Coups in Nigeria
The Dawn Radio Coup That Tried to Remove Five States, How Orkar’s 1990 Broadcast Shook Nigeria in One Morning
In the early hours of Sunday, 22 April 1990, armed soldiers launched an attack...
Independence & Nationalism in Nigeria
The Kano Riot That Nearly Shattered Nigeria Before Independence, Inside the 1953 Crisis That Forced a New Constitution
Nigeria’s march to independence is often told as a straight path, conferences held, constitutions...