Today is exactly 33 years that Major Gideon Okar attempted to overthrow General Ibrahim Babangida, one time Military President of Nigeria, from power. When such events happen, journalists take risks to put their facts and photos together. The article below illustrates such daring-do by one of Nigeria’s best chivalrous men.
What a day! Quite surreal. I can still picture it as it was happening 33 years ago (22 April 1990), what is known as the Gideon Orkar coup. Wanting to have a first-hand reportage, some of us ventured out. The fighting at Obalende and Mile 2 was most fierce. We were dodging for cover as…
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The chronicle of Nigeria as the most populous country in Africa has been such that it falls in and out of an unsteady situation and comes out alive. Even with its mammoth prospect, years after gaining independence from its colonial masters, the country is still dealing with a foundational problem that has caused the country […]