ANNIVERSARY
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2.7KIBB Steps Aside, Shonekan Takes Over
22 YEARS AGO — Public opinion turned against military “president” Ibrahim Babangida after his government had annulled the June 12, 1993, presidential...
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Afrobeat King Fela Anikulapo-Kuti Killed by AIDS
18 YEARS AGO – After several weeks of illness, Afrobeat maestro Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died of AIDS on Saturday, August 2, 1997, at...
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2.1KNigeria-Biafra War Breaks Out
48 YEARS AGO — For 18 months the clouds were gathering. The first military coup led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and...
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Coup! Orkar Moves Against IBB
25 YEARS AGO — Nigerians woke up to listen to the network news at 7am but heard an unfamiliar voice on Radio...
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1.1KThe ‘Dreamer’ Leads March to Montgomery
50 YEARS AGO – After several failed attempts, American civil rights activist and preacher Martin Luther King Jr began a successful march...
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1.3KDeath for Jobseekers
ONE YEAR AGO – With over 50 million young people searching for non-existent jobs in Africa’s largest economy, the advertisement of any...
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2.6KBloody Coup! Muhammed Assassinated
FEBRUARY 13 — Nigeria’s head of state General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was in the early hours of Friday, February 13, 1976, assassinated...
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892Doctrine of Necessity
5 YEARS AGO– On this day in 2010, the Nigerian Senate relied on the “Doctrine of Necessity” to make then vice-president Goodluck...
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Birth of a New Federal Capital
39 YEARS AGO – One of the great speeches he made during his 200-day rule of Nigeria was the one of February...
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2.4KReign of the ‘Cabal’ in Nigeria
5 YEARS AGO – At least two coups were averted in Nigeria on February 9, 2010. The first, which was already being...