By Abdulkareem Macualey The February 13, 1976 coup d’etat attempt was a military attempt, which took place in Nigeria, when a faction of the Armed Forces Officers, led by Lt.-Col Bukar Sukar Dimka, attempted to overthrow the government of General Murtala Muhammed (who overthrew General Yakubu Gowon in a coup d’etat in 1975). General Murtala’s […]
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By Abdulkareem Macualay Late Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, was born to a Kaiama family,in present day Bayelsa State of Nigeria, on 10thSeptember, 1938. He was a celebrated Niger Delta nationalist and Nigerian civil war hero. Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro was a great visionary man, because he was one of the pioneers of minority rights […]
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Dateline 22nd January 1963, Nigeria was thrown into a mournful mood when a Boeing 707 aircraft operated by Alia, chartered by Nigeria Airways to fly Muslim pilgrims back from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Lagos crashed. The aircraft had diverted to Kano due to bad weather in the Lagos area when the crew team suddenly noticed […]
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