No One Is Coming to Rescue Nigeria Only Nigerians Can Save Themselves. For over six decades, Nigeria has witnessed a turbulent dance between military regimes and civilian governments—each claiming to be the nation’s redeemer, yet repeatedly falling short. What remains clear, as we stand in 2025, is this undeniable truth: nobody is coming to rescue Nigeria. Only Nigerians can rescue themselves. Between the 1960s and the 1990s, Nigeria was caught in the grip of military rule, punctuated only briefly by civilian administrations. The cycle began with the first military coup in January 1966, followed by a bloody counter-coup in July of the same year. These upheavals culminated in the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970), a national trauma that exposed the fragility of unity and the volatility of military governance. The military justified its repeated interventions on the grounds of political instability, ethnic tensions, rampant corruption, and the need to restore national order. Iron...