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The General Who Sold Nigeria's Democracy
General Abdulsalami Abubakar presided over the most consequential 11 months in modern Nigerian history. A compressed, turbulent, and deeply contradictory transition from military dictatorship to…
Sani Abacha & The Cartel That OWNS Nigeria
General Sani Abacha ruled Nigeria from November 17, 1993 until his death on June 8, 1998 — a period that produced the worst human rights abuses, the most brazen kleptocracy, and the deepest…
The 83-Day President Nigeria Tried To Forget
When Nigeria's military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida annulled Africa's freest election in 1993 and installed a corporate boardroom chairman as a civilian placeholder, the 83-day presidency that…
The Evil Genius Who Stole a Country and Got Away With It
How did one military officer hold power for eight years, preside over the disappearance of $12.4 billion, build Africa's most sophisticated system of political corruption, annul the freest election…
The Rise and Fall of Africa's Most Brutal Tyrant
Between December 1983 and August 1985, Nigeria endured one of the most brutal military governments in Africa. It jailed 100s of politicians, executed drug offenders under retroactive law, attempted…
Nigeria's WEAKEST President Who Let Everyone Steal
Shehu Shagari, a gentle, scholarly Fulani teacher who never truly sought the presidency, presided over a republic that squandered an estimated $16 billion in oil wealth, expelled two million West…
The General Who Designed Nigeria...And FAILED!
He inherited a traumatized state reeling from the assassination of Murtala Mohammed, and handed over to an elected civilian president, becoming the first African military ruler to voluntarily…
The Nigerian Leader Who Had A Target On His Back
A 37-year-old Hausa-Fulani military officer from Kano, he came to power in a bloodless coup and was assassinated in a Lagos traffic ambush led by Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka exactly 33 days after…
From War Hero To Africa's MOST Corrupt Regime
Yakubu Gowon inherited a nation soaked in the blood of two coups. He then presided over a civil war that killed up to two million people. His government oversaw an incredible oil boom that turned…
Aguiyi-Ironsi & Nigeria's Six Months Of Blood
On January 15, 1966, a group of young Nigerian officers launched a coordinated assassination plot that killed the Prime Minister, the Northern Premier, and nearly every senior political and military…
Tafawa Balewa - Nigeria’s UNLUCKY Prime Minister
In 1914, Britain smashed two completely different territories into one colony — because it was cheaper. They rigged the constitution, found oil, changed the rules, and handed it all to a man who knew…
How America Made Al-Shabaab
The Bush administration classified Somalia as part of the "Global War on Terror." They saw a failed state, an Islamist movement taking power, and they saw a potential al-Qaeda haven. What they did…
How African Countries Are Getting Paid To Stay Poor
The IMF was created many years ago with the intention of providing loans to countries in financial need, but the conditions attached to these loans seem to be causing more harm than good for poor…
Africa's Richest Mafia You've Never Heard Of
On one remote hillside in northern Tanzania lies the only source of tanzanite on Earth — a gem a thousand times rarer than diamonds. This documentary follows how that single mountain became the…
Nigeria's Most Dangerous Mafia You’ve Never Heard Of
Beneath the dry, red soil stretching from Zamfara through Kaduna and into Niger State lies one of West Africa's most lucrative gold deposits. For generations, villagers dug these pits by hand, crude…
Africa's Most Ruthless Dictator - Teodoro Obiang
This is the story of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MXH-etGZ13klSj2QaUTPboh5O04n58VKIGC3ujCrlf8/edit?usp=drivesdk
The Lebanese Billionaire Who OWNS Nigeria
A Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire convicted of laundering a dictator's stolen billions has, three decades later, become the single largest private infrastructure contractor in the country — awarded…
Drug trafficking in Africa's Presidential villas
How A wanted drug lord infliltrated the President's Family. This is the story of the most dangerous highway in West Africa.My…
Trump's Invasion of Iran Is Worse Than We Thought
On February 6, 2026, diplomats from the United States and Iran sat down in Muscat, Oman, for the first round of nuclear negotiations since the Twelve-Day War of June 2025. Over the next three weeks,…
Why Everyone Wants A Piece Of The Democratic Republic Of Congo
This is the story about the DRC’s war with hundreds of armed groups battling for territory, resources, and influence. Decades of instability have become the country's status quo, creating an economy…
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