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Gowon, Africa’s bloodiest coup and a floundering Nigeria

By Chuks Iloegbunam TODAY is the anniversary of two critical political developments in Nigeria’s history. On July 29, 1966, Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon led a coup d’état that toppled the military government of Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi. To this day,
July 29, 2025

THE DAILY QUERY HARD BEAT: Why are all the ‘wonder’ natural aphrodisiacs (enhancement drugs) advertised, sold only on the web?

Have you ever noticed the explosion of advertisements on, and sale of ‘natural aphrodisiacs’ on the web? As we write, there are probably as many such ‘wonder working’ drugs as there are ‘doctors’ and ‘manufacturers’ ascribing improbable, way-out-of-this-world properties to them on
September 19, 2024

THE DAILY QUERY HARD BEAT | Still on N12bn ($8m) Olympics spend: With or without medals, was the outing worth the bucks? asks Ademola Tijani

The Daily Query Hard Beat is a weekly editorial insight into various aspects of the nation’s, even the world’s, socio-political, cultural and economic life. It is designed for editors at Daily Query to ask hard questions (hence the hard beat as in
September 11, 2024