The Author goes beyond the individual level and the web of intrigues that cost General Aguiyi Ironsi his life. He laments Nigeria's farcical democratic enterprise, condemns the excesses of the political entrepreneurs responsible for the status quo and posits political restructuring that is based on a brand new autochthonous constitution as a design for drilling water out of the current pervasive a..
"The history of this country will be written one day; it would not be written on the pages of newspapers. Some people will write books in the future and you will get to know who did what." -Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Weekend Concord, 27th April 19..
Last Train to Biafra tells the tragic story of the massacre of over 100,000 Igbos across principal towns and cities of Northern Nigeria in 1966 and the civil war that ensued leading to the decimation of an estimated 20% of the Igbo population. The author also pays a glowing tribute to some God-fearing leaders and individuals in the Northern' Region who vehemently opposed the killing of Easterners ..
Ayisha Osori, lawyer, writer and social advocate ran for the People Democratic Party's ticket to the House of Representatives in 2015 and lost. This is her story. ..
Adam Boulton uses the events of Blair's last hundred days to identify pivotal moments in his premiership. He follows him intimately through his final days in office, and witnesses the 'Blairwell Tour' from Westminster to Washington, Iraq, South Africa, the EU, the G8, Northern Ireland, the Sedgefield constituency, Chequers and beyond. Boulton traces these celebrations back to the key incident..
"This book is essentially the account of my command of the 3 Marine Commando Division and the story of the end of the civil war. "First published a decade after the end of the Nigerian Civil War, My Command takes a keen look at the events leading up to—and shortly following—the war, as well as the war itself Starting with a study of Nigeria's political landscape in the years following indepen..
Alani Akinrinade: My
Dialogue with Nigeria pulls together the innermost thoughts and views of Lieutenant General Ipoola Alani Akinrinade, former Chief of Defence Staff and pro-democracy activist, on true federalism in Nigeria and how to achieve unity that is equitable and beneficial to all Nigerians. In these interviews and speeches spanning more than 25 years, General Akinrinade has consist..
My Participations is the odyssey of a Nigerian elder statesman who, for more than half a century, was at the ringside of history, bringing us authentic first hand accounts about the defining moments of Africa's greatest country and the men and women who forged its personality: Obafemi Awolowo, Bola Ige, Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, Wole Soyinka a..
Presented in three volumes, this exquisitely narrated memoir, is
intensely personal, broadly nationalistic and international, told by
this sojourner of Nigerian and world history, Olusegun Mathew Okikiola
Aremu Obasanjo. Following in the steps of his previous memoirs, “My Command” and “Not
My Will”, Olusegun Obasanjo's “My Watch” is more than the story of the
Obasanjo presidency told by ..