Chief Nnamdi Azikwe
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The chronicle of Nigeria as the most populous country in Africa has been such that it falls in and out of an unsteady situation and comes out alive. Even with its mammoth prospect, years after gaining independence from its colonial masters, the country is still dealing with a foundational problem that has caused the country…
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41 years ago in the 1978 Nigeria Presidential Election - the front runners were Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and the Chief Nnamdi Azikwe, (all now late). The Nigerian power brokers at the time stressed the need to elect a Northerner to balance power rotation, elect a Muslim to balance the Christian leader of…
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Ironsi took over after the Nigerian Army overthrew the civilian government of Chief Nnamdi Azikwe and Sir AbubakarTafawa Balewa who was Prime Minister on January 15, 1966 in a bloody coup believed to be ethnic in nature.
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