Today in Nigeria's History August 26
August 26 1993 Ibrahim Babangida steps down after eight years as military head
of state and Ernest Shonekan is sworn in as the Head, Interim National Government.
2011 Explosion rocks the United Nations building in Abuja when a car
rammed into the building destroying three floors out of the building's seven.
Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing
which killed 23 and left 73 others injured. 1995 Human Rights lawyer Gani
Fawehinmi is arrested on arrival at Port Harcourt to address a rally organized by
his party the National Conscience Party by security agents and flown back to
Lagos in the same plane in which he arrived. He was told by the leader of the
team that they had orders not to allow him in enter Port Harcourt. Still on Gani
Fawehinmi in 1994, his chambers was invaded by 6 men wearing military uniforms who
shot at the building. 2 security guards were severely wounded from gunshot
wounds. A CNN reporter Bob Cohen filming the incident was deported from Nigeria.
2005 The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Ministry of
Petroleum Resources organize a bid round for the allocation of oil and gas
acreages. Conoil Petroleum owned by businessman Mike Adenuga became the first
indigenous company to be awarded a deep offshore block when it offered to pay
$100 million to secure the block. 2 other indigenous companies
emerged as oil block owners which are Oando PLC and Sahara Energy.
1991 9 new states are created by the
Ibrahim Babangida administration to make the total number of states 30. They are
Kebbi, Kogi Delta, Edo, Enugu, Osun, Jigawa, Taraba and Anambra
States. 1944 The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, a
political party is formally inaugurated with Herbert Macauley as its President and
Nnamdi Azikiwe as General-Secretary.
1957 Alban Uzoma Nwapa more known by his stage name Dr. Alban is born in Oguta,
Imo state. Today in Nigeria's History brought to you by Ojora, Olabisi
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