A Nairalander using the moniker franchasng has revealed what his uncle who participated in the January 15, 1966 coup told him. He said the coup plotters planned to install Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Prime Minister of Nigeria, after killing the democratically elected Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa Belewa. He said: “Nwafor Orizu the then Senate President…… Continue reading Jan 1966 Coup was a plan to install Awolowo as Prime Minister – franchasng
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Zik, Western Region and 1951 Polls
By Afolabi Awosanya culled from PUNCH, December 16, 2004 Much had been said and written on the wrong accusation of the Yoruba on a false allegation of preventing the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe from taking office first as leader of government business and later Premier of the West. Again, in Godwin Nzeakah’s column: “Historical…… Continue reading Zik, Western Region and 1951 Polls