s, many of the 700 died when they shouldn't have (Reuters, 1998, NY Times). It's things like these that set people off, and make them want more, and might even spark a revolution, or a coup or something.Over the past forty years, there have been many things that just keep piling on, and adding up: tensions between race, or religion, gender, money issues, but since this third republic took place, most of these matters have seemed to cool down a bit, and the country seems to be headed in a more stable direction. However, I'm sure it seemed like that the past seven times that someone took over, but in someone else's eyes, it wasn't good enough. Throughout the course of this essay, enough reasons have been established and pointed out to prove that another coup can take place at anytime. Nigeria has never been a very stable or reliable place; economically, morally, and especially militarily. Who knows, right as we speak someone might be planning to takeover Nigeria, but then again, we never do know. In fact, right now, someone might be planning to take over the U.S., but it's highly unlikely that they will succeed, since we are quite stable, and have many allies. However, Nigeria has friends, including the UN backing it up, but sometimes you can have all the power in the world, and some internal problems might be the end of you, and nobody can stop something that's been brewing up inside for a little too long (Jones 1998). Maybe there were chances to stop it, but maybe this spurted overnight, and might just breakout tomorrow morning. If the military has the numbers, and the artillery, then not even the most powerful nation can intervene and stop a coup. Nobody has stopped it the past six times, and even though Nigeria is much more established now, and much more have a stable, and peace making country, it is still never enough. Since the third republic started, three years ago, Nigeria has not made enough progress to rid its country...
