Democratic Nigeria
Nigeria’s democratic governments from 1999 to present, including presidential administrations, reforms, protests, and state politics.
The Ogoni Teachers Union and MOSOP
In the history of Ogoniland’s struggle for rights and environmental justice, attention often falls on protest marches, public speeches, and international advocacy. Less visible,...
Ogoni Day 1993, The Mass Mobilisation That Made Ogoniland Impossible to Ignore
On 4 January 1993, Ogoniland in Rivers State became the scene of one of the largest peaceful protests ever organised by a minority community...
NADECO and June 12, The Coalition That Kept Nigeria’s Mandate Alive
On 12 June 1993, Nigerians participated in a presidential election that cut across ethnic, regional, and religious lines. For many citizens, it represented a...
The Ogoni Nine And Why Their Story Endures
On 10 November 1995, Nigeria executed nine Ogoni men by hanging in Port Harcourt under the military government of General Sani Abacha. They later...
Iva Valley Massacre of 1949
Seventy six years after the deadly shooting at the Enugu Colliery’s Iva Valley area, families connected to coal workers who died in 1949 have...
Chief T. Adeola Odutola and the Rise of Indigenous Manufacturing in Nigeria
Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was born on June 16, 1902, in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, into a family where commerce was a way of...
From Abacha to Today, The Chagourys and the Politics of Access in Nigeria
In Nigeria, certain names carry history. They surface whenever power shifts or when contracts so large they can reshape the economy are announced. The...
The Chagourys in Nigeria, Building an Empire in Plain Sight
In Nigeria’s commercial landscape, some family names come to represent scale rather than office. The Chagourys are one such name, closely associated with industries...
Nigeria’s National Leaders, 27 August 1985 to 29 May 2023, A Timeline of Power and Transition
Nigeria’s national leadership between 27 August 1985 and 29 May 2023 unfolds as a continuous story of authority changing hands under very different conditions....
How Abraham Adesanya Survived Violence and Led Nigeria’s Pro Democracy Stand
In the mid 1990s, Nigeria was living under one of the most restrictive political periods in its post independence history. Military governance under Sani...