Nigerian politics Archives ~ Ozi Ikòrò

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A historical portrait of Samuel Goomsu Ikoku, the radical socialist and intellectual who challenged the traditional political order in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Daily Times Nigeria Archive / National Archives of…

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Dec 2025

Biography Historical Studies

Dr. Nwafor Orizu: Statesmanship, Education, and the Foundations of Nigeria’s First Republic

Dr. Nwafor Orizu was one of the most influential political figures of Nigeria’s First Republic and a key architect of the country’s early parliamentary democracy. A nationalist, educator, and statesman,…

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Dec 2025

Biography Historical Studies

K. O. Mbadiwe: Nationalism, Radical Rhetoric, and the Politics of Nigeria’s First Republic

K. O. Mbadiwe (K. O. Mbadiwe, often called Kola Mbadiwe) was one of the most charismatic, controversial, and rhetorically gifted politicians of Nigeria’s nationalist era and First Republic. Remembered as…

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Nov 2025

Biography

Walter Ofonagoro: The Voice of Alaigbo in Nigeria’s Public Sphere

When Nigeria’s airwaves were filled with competing voices and the nation searched for balance after years of political turbulence, one voice stood out, articulate, unyielding, and deeply rooted in the…

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May 2025

Historical Studies

Zik and I: The Biafra Story Part II by Ojukwu

Zik and I: The Biafra Story Part II by Ojukwu. Photo: Newswatch, October 5, 1985, p. 53." In a 1985 interview with Newswatch, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu shares his perspective on the…

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Samuel Ikoku: The Revolutionary or Prodigal Son?

Dr. Nwafor Orizu: Statesmanship, Education, and the Foundations of Nigeria’s First Republic

K. O. Mbadiwe: Nationalism, Radical Rhetoric, and the Politics of Nigeria’s First Republic

Walter Ofonagoro: The Voice of Alaigbo in Nigeria’s Public Sphere

Zik and I: The Biafra Story Part II by Ojukwu