Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema

Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema is a Lagos-based writer.

An Interrogation of the British Intelligence Records on the January 15 1966 Coup

The three-part series on the revelations from the British intelligence reports on the January 15 1966 coup that ran in ‘The NEWS’ magazine from...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguiyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die? (3)

QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent years, as more Nigerians begin to pay close attention to the country’s chequered past, the...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguiyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die? (Part 2)

Ironsi’s Role In The January 15 1966 Coup The evidence that shows that General Ironsi and the plotters of the supposedly Igbo coup of January...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die?

PART ONE INTRODUCTON On the fiftieth remembrance of Nigeria’s second coup which ended the life and six-month government of General Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of...

Beyond Biafran Secessionist Movement and Counter-Reactions: Time for Frank Talk (1)

There are times in the life of a people when the gloves come off and frank talk must take the space in national discourse....

An Indigenous Arms Industry in Nigeria: Matters Arising

President Muhammadu Buhari’s call to Nigeria’s Defence Ministry to outline a plan for the development of an arms industry for the country is thought-provoking....

Mr. President, Remember History; Do Not Repeat It

When Murtala Muhammed became Nigeria’s third military Head of State on 29 July 1975, he won a place in the people’s hearts with an...

Biafra on My Mind

With the formal declaration by Lieutenant-Colonel Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, on Tuesday, May 30 1967, Biafra entered the...

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