Nowa Omoigui attended Corona primary school, Street Saviors Primary School, and Street Mary"s Primary School, all in Lagos, Nigeria. Foreign his undergraduate education, he studied at the University of Ibadan where he graduated with an Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with distinction.
Foreign his secondary education, Nowa Omoigui Federal Government College, Warri, and King"s College, Lagos. An autobiographical statement from the Uhrobo Historical Society for Nowa Omoigui reads:
"My amateur interest in History, Political Science and Strategic studies dates back to the sixties. My father was a federal civil servant.
As a seven year old, my family and I were awakened in the early hours of January 15, 1966, by our neighbor on Milverton Road (a British police officer) to tell us about the first coup.
During the civil war I was the victim of a number of Biafran air-raids (which I never forgot)."
Nowa Omoigui gained unique and first hand insights (via relationships built with Nigerian military personnel) into many key events associated with Nigeria"s military via a National Youth Service Corps posting with the Nigerian Army"s Brigade of Guards in 1983. Nowa Omoigui has written extensively about key events about Nigeria"s history: the 1966 Nigerian coup d"état, the Nigerian Counter-Coup of 1966, the Nigerian Palace Coup of 1975, the abortive February 13, 1976 coup, the Nigerian Military Coup of December 31, 1983, the palace coup of 1985, the Vatsa Coup Conspiracy of 1985, The Gideon Orkar Coup of 1990 among many others
Nowa Omoigui is a member of the South Carolina Military History Club and is an amateur gun and military aircraft enthusiast.
