Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the ?Giant of Africa, ? Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa's first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region. |
Contents
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ENTER THE FIVE MAJORS | 41 |
Ibadan Western Region | 48 |
Western Region | 54 |
A NEW TYPE OF GOVERNMENT | 61 |
Friday January 21 1966 | 68 |
CIVIL AND MILITARY DISCONTENT | 167 |
ANOTHER MILITARY GOVERNMENT | 175 |
SOLDIERS AND POLITICS | 185 |
THE WATERSHED COUP OF 1976 | 193 |
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | 203 |
Bisallas Case | 210 |
Murtalas Family | 216 |
Unheeded Warnings | 225 |
THE ARMY IMPLODES | 85 |
Ademulegun | 91 |
THE JULY REMATCH | 97 |
2nd Battalion Ikeja Lagos | 104 |
Kaduna Northern Region | 113 |
The Role of Civil Servants | 119 |
Coup or Mutiny? | 125 |
LEGACY OF THE 1966 COUPS | 139 |
THE SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT GOT AWAY | 151 |
MURTALA MUHAMMED HUMAN TEMPEST | 161 |
SPEECHES | 227 |
CASUALTIES OF THE 1966 COUPS | 237 |
APPENDIX 4 | 241 |
36 | 250 |
APPENDIX 5 | 251 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 257 |
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Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) Max Siollun Limited preview - 2009 |
Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) Max Siollun Limited preview - 2009 |
Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) Max Siollun No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
2nd Battalion 4th battalion Abeokuta Aburi Adebayo Ademoyega Ademulegun Aguiyi Alhaji Anuforo appointed army headquarters arrested Babangida barracks became Biafran Bisalla Brigadier Buhari Captain Chief of Staff civilian colleagues Colonel Commanding Officer Commissioner counter-coup coup plot coup plotters Danjuma David Ejoor Decree Defense Dimka Eastern Region Ejoor Enugu ethnic Federal Guards Gomwalk Hassan Katsina head Ibadan Ibrahim Ibrahim Babangida Igbo officers Igbo soldiers Ikeja Ironsi January 15 January 1966 coup January coup Joe Garba July Kaduna Kano killed Lagos Largema later Lieutenant Lt-Colonel Lt-Colonel Gowon Lt-General Maimalari Major Nzeogwu Major-General Mid-West military coup military governor Mohammed murdered Murtala Muhammed mutiny NCOs Nigerian army Nigerian civil Nigerian civil war Njoku North Northern officers Northern Region Northern soldiers Obasanjo Obienu Ogundipe Ojukwu Okafor Olusegun Obasanjo police political politicians Prime Minister promoted regime senior officers Sergeant Shehu Shuwa Supreme Usman Walbe Yakubu Yakubu Gowon Yar’Adua Yoruba