Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema is a Lagos-based writer.
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 June to August is illuminating. Damola…
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 nature of Ironsi’s ascension to…
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 15 1966 were diametrically opposed…
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 state, I have decided…
There are times in the life of a people when the gloves come off and frank talk must take the space in national discourse. If my memory serves me well,…
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. Many people have taken sides on…
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 intensive crackdown against corruption. The then…
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 world. There are scholars who claim…
The majority of Nigerians have spoken. Buhari is the new president-elect. He is not my flavor of the month. Never was, as anyone who has followed my position on the…
We have various names for it in Nigeria: ikebe; bum-bum; nyash; ‘assenal.’ This just shows you that buttocks matter. Yes, buttocks matter, both to the guys and ladies. Both from…