Democratic Nigeria
Nigeria’s democratic governments from 1999 to present, including presidential administrations, reforms, protests, and state politics.
Gowon’s 12 States and the Biafra War, 1967 Explained
Nigeria’s civil war story is often told as though one moment triggered everything, the declaration of Biafra, the rush to battle, and a country...
Sahara Reporters and the Sowore Effect, How a Diaspora Newsroom Shook Nigeria’s Public Square
Sahara Reporters was founded in 2006 by Omoyele Sowore, a Nigerian activist and publisher. Operating from New York City, the online platform focused heavily...
How Omoyele Sowore’s #RevolutionNow Shook Nigeria’s Democracy
Omoyele Sowore entered Nigeria’s political arena with the reputation of an activist journalist and the defiance of a protest organiser. His presidential campaigns in...
Omoyele Sowore, from campus organiser to Sahara Reporters publisher and opposition candidate
Omoyele “Yele” Sowore stands as one of the most visible figures shaped by Nigeria’s culture of protest and reform activism. His public life stretches...
When Lagos Briefly Became the Capital of the Black World
On 15 January 1977, Lagos opened one of the most ambitious cultural gatherings ever organised on African soil. The Second World Black and African...
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....