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  1. The Abiola Paradigm: Shaping Nigeria's Tomorrow | ATL Nigeria

    Introduction A nation in flux, Nigeria buzzed with anticipation and trepidation. The political winds of change swept the landscape as the 1993 presidential campaign unfolded. Two titans, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the National Republican Convention (NRC), stood at the forefront of a...
  2. Oba Cahokia

    WI the Kingdom of Benin conquered all of present day Nigeria before Colonialism?

    How would this affect West Africa and how would this impact the British and French presence later on?
  3. Moshood Abiola becomes president of Nigeria in 1993.

    Moshood Abiola was elected presient of Nigeria during the 1993 elections, which were the final point of the transition from military rule initiated by Ibrahim Babangida. However, the election was nullifed by the National Electoral Comission with Ernest Shonekan becoming interim head of state...
  4. how would a dominion of west africa develop, what would it be like?

    the Dominion of West Africa in a timeline of mine "alt cold war" this a religion map of it circa 1959 blurple = christian green = muslim the two together are its territory i've had some basic ideas about lore for it but I've very little expertise on this area, so I would like some help and...
  5. What if Biafra won the Nigerian Civil War

    The Nigerian Civil War was a conflict fought in the late 1960s between the Nigerian federal government and the unrecognized secessionist state known as the Republic of Biafra. While Biafra fought valiantly and earned much international sympathy, it ultimately lost the war after two and a half...
  6. AHC: Biafra wins the Nigerian Civil War

    Your challenge is to have Biafra, rather than the Nigerian federal government, win the Nigerian Civil War.
  7. AHC: United Yorubaland

    Your challenge is to have Yorubaland - the cultural territory of the Yoruba people that spans parts of what is now Benin, Togo and Nigeria - be a united political entity by 1900.
  8. WI: Oyo Empire without Gaha

    Many historians believe that the decline of the Oyo Empire started with Prime Minister Gaha's intrigues and palace coups that began in 1754. He forced four separate Alaafins to commit ritual suicide, including two in the same year, before finally being executed. But his intrigues had caused...
  9. The Militant Doberman

    DBWI: Nigeria becomes a Republic instead of a Monarchy?

    I got another e-mail from a Nigerian prince, once again asking for my help in smuggling his wealth out of the country before the revolutionaries get to it. This got me thinking: what if Nigeria had become a republic instead of a monarchy upon gaining independence from Britain? How would the...
  10. AHC/WI Wank the shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Movement_(Nigeria) https://www.islamicmovement.org This movement otl success is incredible in a country so far away of Iran and shiism in general and with no previous history of shiism. How to make this movement and shia islam in Nigeria more powerful and...
  11. GauchoBadger

    WI: Failure of the Fulani jihads

    What if the Fulani religious leader Usman dan Fodio's jihad campaign against the Bornu empire in the 1800's had ultimately failed, preventing the rise of the Sokoto Caliphate? Could Bornu's weakening as a power player in West Africa not happen? What about the other, earlier-estabilished Fulani...
  12. GauchoBadger

    WI: No Nigerian Civil War?

    What if the Nigerian Civil War of the late 1960's, which saw rebellions spring up everywhere in the country (most notably Biafra) and left a lot of infrastructure and economic potential destroyed, had not happened? I mean, considering the country's ethnic composition, some civil strife was...
  13. Instead of amalgamation with Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria and Lagos form Goldiesia in 1914

    Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and Lagos Colony are merged to form a new white-minority ruled dominion called Goldiesia after George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (1846-1925) in 1914 instead of merging with Northern Nigeria to form a protectorate of Nigeria, how much European immigrants could...
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