I started writing about the lives of former Nigerian rulers from 1960— I started breaking down long periods from several books into 1500-3000 word essays. I had massive readership. But

I exhausted the books I had in my library. I Pitched the work to several media houses to get
funding so I could buy more books but got rejections. & #39;Not notable. Not our publication standard.& #39; Etc. I got tired of doing all that cutting and writing and editing. Grateful to @AlausaIssaSanni @osujichima47 and @sefadeola who contributed to the project. But I think the project
needs to return. When I get a break off work in December, I& #39;m going to dedicate between #50, 000- #100, 000 to wake up the project. This is going to cover book purchase & Facebook Ads. Yes. I want it to be everywhere when I resume. I know these stories. I& #39;ve been reading TELL
since I was a boy. I started writing them because many people did not have the privilege that I had. And we need these stories to be out. We need people to see that Murtala Muhammed is not a hero. That Babangida was a bastard. That Obasanjo is a beast. That 1983/4 Buhari is
2020 Buhari. We need to remind ourselves that Atiku has been in the corridor of power since Nigeria& #39;s 3rd Republic & was supposed to be MKO Abiola& #39;s deputy. We need people to know.

I wanted to carry the project all by myself initially because I did not want to be censored.
This was, in fact, why I did not pitch it in the first place. I guess this is where it is going back to.

May the Labour of Herbert Macaulay not be in vain. Amen.
You can read some of the previous episodes here:

How Murtala Muhammed perpetrated the Asaba genocide, initiated the making of Abuja into Nigeria& #39;s FCT, & got away with several war crime: https://theprincelyx.medium.com/nigerias-whitewashed-heads-of-state-the-kano-emperors-1-c0adcdc9a9ee">https://theprincelyx.medium.com/nigerias-...
https://theprincelyx.medium.com/nigerias-whitewashed-heads-of-state-the-kano-emperors-2-2bec9e793f11

How">https://theprincelyx.medium.com/nigerias-... Sanni Abacha came to power (off the back of Babangida, Buhari & Co). How his years were laced with so much brutality that at some point he didn& #39;t have to say a word before people were assassinated.
https://theprincelyx.medium.com/nigerias-whitewashed-heads-of-state-the-kano-emperors-3-f756d294ffe2

To">https://theprincelyx.medium.com/nigerias-... stay in power, Abacha devised several means including jailing or killing anyone that he thought was remotely a threat to him. This included Yar& #39;Adua, Obasanjo and Co.
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