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Military Rule & Post-Independence
Coups, civil war and thirty-three years of soldiers in government: the era that still shapes how Nigerians talk about power.
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The Night of the First Coup: 15 January 1966
The Nigeria 1966 coup killed a prime minister and two premiers in one night. Here is what is documented about 15 January 1966, and what still divides historians.
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