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Exploitation and Instability in Nigeria: The Okar Coup in Perspective. By Sowaribi Tolofari Publisher: Press Alliance Network Limited, Festac Town, Lagos. Price: £12 In the early hours of April 22, 1990, Nigerians woke up to the sound of marshal music on their national radio. It had happened yet again. Except this was a novel kind of coup d'etat. In this book, the first to be written on the subject, Captain Sowaribi Tolofari, one of the officers central to the putsch, recounts and examines the factors and events that surrounded the action, outlining the reasons that informed the attempted coup, as well as the methods adopted to achieve its central objective. Get more information and purchase book
*Aiyekooto* by Victor Olabisi Onabanjo (Edited by Felix A. Adenaike) Publisher: Syndicated Communications Ltd, Ibadan Price: £12 Aiyekooto is a collection of works of one of Nigeria’s masters of the art of the pen. Aiyekooto, parrot, is the friendly and homely bird reputed for telling the truth as it is. In Yoruba, it means “the world resents the truth”. The late Victor Olabisi Onabanjo wrote his Aiyekooto column for the Daily Service and the Daily Express, now both defunct, between 1954 and 1962; and for the Nigerian Tribune between 1987 and 1989 Get more information and purchase book
The House in Session: Glimpses from the *Second Republic* by Abiola Babatope, Publisher: Aike Books, Ibadan Price: £10 The House in Session has been long overdue in the market. But it could not have come at a more auspicious time than now that a civilian government is once again trying to build democracy in Nigeria after many years of military dictatorship. Abiola Babatope was a member of the House of Representatives (from 1979 through 1983), elected on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) led by the eminent politician, nationalist and statesman Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
*House of War* by Dare Babarinsa Publisher: Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan & Tell Communications Limited, Lagos Price: £12 House of War is a chronicle of the bitter and bloody struggle for political power in Nigeria’s Second Republic, especially among the followers of the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo. This is the story about the schism in the Awo camp and how Awoists turned against one another in the great scramble for political office. The book exposes the politicians’ grand auction of principles and the political intrigues, double dealings, back stabbings, stealing of votes, arson and killings, that characterised the Second Republic, especially during the 1983 elections.
The Voice Of Reason By Kola Animasaun Publisher: Aike Books, Ibadan Price: £12.00 The Voice of Reason is a collection of columns written over the years by one of Nigeria’s renowned journalists Kola Animasaun.
*Who’s Who in Nigeria* (2^nd Edition) Editor: Bankole Makinde Publisher: Newswatch Books Limited Price: £32.00 Newswatch Who’s Who in Nigeria (2^nd Edition) is an update of the maiden edition which was published in 1990. It is a standard reference on Nigerians of outstanding accomplishment; the movers and shakers in Nigeria, captains of industry and commerce, titans of the academia, renowned administrators, great scientists, prominent statesmen, famous writers and journalists, barons of the bar and bench, military big-wigs, governors, ministers, commissioners and other leading personalities of the day.
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