Nigeria's futile 50-year quest for strongman-leader: How elite perfected change without transformation

Nigeria’s futile 50-year quest for strongman-leader: How elite perfected change without transformation

Northern group faults FG over “persecution” of politicians from region

Fifty years ago today, on July 29, 1975, the crackling voice of Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba pierced the early morning airwaves, announcing the end of General Yakubu Gowon's nine-year reign. The coup was bloodless, swift, and ostensibly necessary—Gowon had become "indecisive," "weak," unable to del

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