ANNIVERSARY
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1.4KA Story Retold
I’ve lived through the “oil boom” and the time Independence Day was celebrated with great ceremony in schools and in homes. I...
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Eyeway Born to See Beyond the Present
ONE YEAR AGO — Eyeway.ng is like the biological child of an experienced gynaecologist. While the baby was in the womb, its...
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10.4KBuhari Overthrown in Palace Coup
30 YEARS AGO – As early as 6am, the voice of Brigadier Joshua Dogonyaro was on the airwaves to announce that a...
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2.9KIBB 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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2.3KNigeria-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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1.3KThe ‘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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1.4KDeath 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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2.8KBloody 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...