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WHY I LEFT NIGERIA

By Dele Igbinedion, Solicitor

In Nigeria, it is a curse if your land is rich in oil or is fertile for agricultural use. The government will forcibly dispossess you and hand the lan...

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Will Nigeria's democracy survive.

By Col. Abubakar Umar (rtd)

When General Patrick Aziza pronounced General Obasanjo guilty of treason against the late General Sani Abacha and sentenced him to die, little did Oba...

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WITNESSES TO HISTORY: - Lt. Col. M. O. Nzefili (rtd) – Part 2

By Nowa Omoigui

IntroductionLt. Col. Mac Nzefili (rtd), a 1957 graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, was among the first 30 Nigerians ever commissioned in...

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WITNESSES TO HISTORY: - LT. COL. M. O. NZEFILI (rtd) – Part 4

By Nowa Omoigui

In this fourth and concluding part, Lt. Col. MO Nzefili (rtd) responds to the last set of questions sent in by readers:TOPIC: ABOUT COL. ABOGO LARGEMA...

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WOMEN'S ESTATE INHERITANCE: PRINCIPLES NEEDED

By BENIN STUDIES NEWSLETTER - Vol. 4 No. 2 MAY-AUGUST, 1999

Family estate (/giogbe ) in Benin society was usually an all male affair. Landed properties were rarely owned by women, since they lived with their hu...

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“The Five Majors": Myth and Reality

By Max Siollun

Because of the death of most of the principal actors, the true sequence of events during Nigeria’s first military coup of January 15th 1966 have bec...

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About Edo History and Culture

CORAL BEADS worn by OBA AKENZUA 11 and his chiefs

The Festac Mask - A carving of the Face of Queen Idia - mother of Oba Esigie

OBA OVONRANMWEN before exile

Pictography - a form of writing like the Egyptian Hieroglyphics

A TEMPLE IN OGIAMEN'S PALACE