coups in nigeria
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How Dimka’s Lust for Woman Led to His Arrest After the Failed 1976 Coup
When Lt. Colonel Dimka realised that the coup was unsuccessful, he fled to Afikpo in the then Anambra State and…
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July 29 In Nigerian History: Aguiyi-Ironsi And Fajuyi Assassinated In Ibadan
Aguiyi-Ironsi (L) and Adekunle Fajuyi (R) Nigeria has seen the rise and fall of many military regimes since she became…
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What Happened On The Night We Were To Be Executed By Abacha’s Boys – Oladipo Diya
Lt. General Oladipo Diya (rtd.) Lt. General Oladipo Diya served as the Chief of the General Staff (Deputy Head of…
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Major Gideon Orkar And Other April 1990 Coup Plotters Awaiting Judgement
Sitting from left to right – Captain Harley Empere, Major Gideon Orkar, Captain Perebo Dakolo, Lieutenant Cyril Ozoalor and Lieutenant…
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Lt-Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo’s Speech after the Execution of Dimka and other February 1976 Coup Plotters
Dimka and other coup plotters executed by firing squad On the 15th of May, 1976, the perpetrators of the February…
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The death of Aguiyi Ironsi, Fajuyi and the lucky escape of Ironsi’s ADC, Andrew Nwankwo in 1966
Sub-Lieutenant Emmanuel Oladipo Makinde stands behind Commodore J.E.A. Wey (left) and Major General J.T. Aguiyi-Ironsi (speaking) at the first press…
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The Assassination of General Murtala Muhammed on February 13 1976
The nation was thrown into turmoil on the 13th of February, 1976 after the Head of State and Chief Commander…
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