Oil, Politics and Violence: “A Breath Taking Narrative….Mr. Siollun’s book must be considered something of a miracle”
Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) – “A Breath taking Narrative“ After a long hard slog, my book is finally available. The book can be purchased from: Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Oil-Politics-Violence-Nigerias-1966-1976/dp/0875867081/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243780456&sr=1-1 Oil, Politics and Violence is also available to read in e-book format, and on mobile devices such as iPad, tablets, Android, iPhone and even your internet [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Halliburton Implicated in Nigerian Bribery and Corruption
An excellent video on the involvement of large multi-national companies in corruption in Nigeria. This feature video by PBS discusses the involvement of American company Halliburton in bribing Nigerian leaders. An interesting aspect of this is that the bribery took place at a time when former United States Vice-President Dick Cheney was the CEO of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )WHAT IF ABIOLA HAD BECOME PRESIDENT?
As the 15th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election approaches, I ask a question that Nigerians rarely ask, and will never know the answer to. The facts of the annulment are well known. After the painstaking eight year conduct of a “transition programme” to return Nigeria to civilian democratic rule after [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 24 so far )WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO ABACHA AND ABIOLA?
How quickly we forget. Flashback 10 years. The political situation was as follows: Nigeria was being ruled by a ruthless and reclusive military dictator called General Sani Abacha General Olusegun Obasanjo and over 50 other army officers were in jail on trumped up charges of coup plotting. Nigeria had become a pariah nation after being [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 13 so far )Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Delta, Oil and Ogonis
These videos are condensed videos from an excellent 1995 Channel 4 documentary (called “Delta Force”) on the Ogoni oil crisis. It aired a few days after Saro-Wiwa was executed. These videos cover the conflict over oil and natural resources between big oil companies, the Ogonis and the then ruthless military government in Nigeria. The videos [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Videos on the June 12 Annulment
Without wishing to turn the site into a video fest, I think these videos on the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election are another didactic series. Each of the three videos runs for about 10 minutes. I’ve been having problems with some of the videos so if the video screens don’t work, click the URL link below [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )More Videos on Nigeria’s History
Since videos have proved popular on this site, I thought I would post a few more regarding key controversial events in Nigeria’s history. The videos can be viewed directly on this site. Just click the play icon, sit back and enjoy these excellent insights into our recent past. This first video is an excellent documentary regarding [...]
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