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Sowore@50: Sowore's Many Encounters With Nigerian Government From School Days


This resulted in several arrests, detentions, and life-threatening treatment by government officials.
In January 2017, the Lagos State Police Command arrested Sowore over a petition by a magazine publisher, Lekan Fatodu. The police assaulted Sowore at the Area F Police Command, Ikeja, an incident that drew the condemnation of many Nigerians.
In August 2019, Sowore was arrested by the Department of State Services, ahead of a planned nationwide #RevolutionNow protest.
The arrest prompted massive public outcries, as the Nigerian government, which later admitted to the arrest of Sowore, was roundly condemned by notable Nigerians, including Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, and human rights organisations such as Amnesty International. ....

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The national question and the quest for restructuring in Nigeria


To paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, and public intellectual, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has its significant dates, landmarks or turning points. In Nigeria’s political history, for instance, landmarks would include October 1, 1960, (the day Nigeria gained independence from Britain), January 15, 1966, (when the first of what would become a tradition of military coups occurred), July 6, 1967, (the official start of the 30-month Nigeria-Biafra war) and January 15, 1970, (the official end of the civil war).
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To these dates, I will add January 1, 1914, (the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates by the British to create Nigeria), May 27, 1967, (the beginning of state creation in Nigeria), and May 30, 1967, (the official declaration of the secessionist state of Biafra). The latter dates, May 27 and May 30, 1967, are significant in many ways. On May 27, 50 years ago, Yakubu Gowon, who served as head of state of Niger ....

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Ndubuisi Kanu: Eulogies for a true Nigerian


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The ranks of Nigeria’s celebrated democrats, advocates for true federalism and non-tribalists reduced on January 13 with the sudden demise of Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd.). Born in 1943 in Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Kanu joined the Nigerian Navy in 1962. He thereafter earned a Bsc at the National Defence Academy, India.
His dedication and resilience distinguished him in his chosen career. He was known to have served in varied positions in the naval command ranging from chief of personnel, naval headquarters; flag officer, eastern fleet; flag officer, naval training command; chief of naval operations, naval headquarters and director of logistics, joint operations. ....

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