Democratic Nigeria
Nigeria’s democratic governments from 1999 to present, including presidential administrations, reforms, protests, and state politics.
The Destruction of Odi, How a Security Operation Turned Into a National TragedyNigeria powered ECOWAS’s most consequential military interventions of the 1990s, paying in...
Odi is an Ijaw community in Kolokuma, Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta. Before November 1999, it was a...
How Nigeria Was Handed SDP and NRC, And How June 12 Grew Out of a Democracy Built From Above
By the late 1980s, General Ibrahim Babangida’s military government was advancing a transition programme intended to culminate in a return to civilian rule. The...
The Nigerian Women Who Faced Prison for Demanding Freedom
Nigeria’s political history is often told through the names of prominent male figures and the prisons that held them. Yet across decades, women also...
1952 India Visit of Chief Awolowo
Photographs often shape how history is remembered. One widely shared image showing Chief Obafemi Awolowo surrounded by relatives and associates has become closely associated...
Obasanjo, the Jagunmolu of Egbaland, and the Reign of Alake Gbadebo II
In Yoruba history, the palace is more than a residence. It is a political centre, a cultural archive, and a living symbol of continuity....
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...