Tag: Nigerian history
June 18: Adamawa CoS Dies in Makkah, Kidnapper Evans leads Police to Hideouts, Damboa Attack
On June 18, 2018, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abba Jimeta, Chief of Staff to Adamawa Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow, died…
June 16 in Nigerian History: 2 killed, 33 vehicles destroyed in Abuja Police HQ Bombing
On June 16, 2011, a suicide car bombing at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja killed at…
June 10 in Nigerian history: Nigerian celebrity Ramon Abass Hushpuppi was arrested by Dubai Police
History shows how individual choices harden into institutions, norms, and constraints that define what the next generation can…
June 9 in Nigerian history: Abdulsalami Abubakar was sworn in as Head of State
History traces how people, ideas, and material forces reshape the world across time. It goes beyond dates to…
June 8 in Nigerian history: General Sani Abacha Died
History carries both flaws and virtues, and every thread of it shapes the people who inherit it. When…
June 7 in Nigerian history: How Six Young Traders Were Unjustly Killed By Police – Apo Killings
Nigeria’s history carries both weight and resilience. The country has endured crises that threatened its unity, yet it…
June 6 in Nigerian History: Ado Bayero, 13th Emir of Kano, Dies at 84
Nigeria’s story is shaped by defining moments that alter its trajectory. As Martin Luther King Jr. noted, “We…
June 5 in Nigerian history: Niger Delta Development Commission was established
June 5, 2000: Obasanjo Announces the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) On June 5, 2000, the Obasanjo administration…
June 3 in Nigerian History: How Dual Engine Failure Killed 159 in Lagos
History is the memory of the human race. As Will and Ariel Durant remind us, the historian preserves…
June 1 in Nigerian History: Sardauna Province Created, Mubi Bomb Blast, Niger Delta Session Threat
WITHIN NIGERIA highlights three out of notable events events that occurred on June 1 in the history of…
April 18: Today in Nigeria history, Obasanjo led administration rejected an opposition call to postpone election
Federal government rejected election postponement Gunmen kidnapped two Germans in Niger Delta Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer and…
April 16: Today in Nigeria history, an explosion hit a police station in Maiduguri
An explosion hit a police station in Maiduguri Court ruled that INEC unlawfully disqualified Atiku Abubakar from 2007…