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... extended until January 1993. In early 1989 a constituent assembly completed a constitution and in the spring of 1989 political activity was again permitted. In October 1989 the government established two parties, the National Republican Convention (NRC) and the Social Democratic (SDP)- other parties were not allowed to register. In April ...
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... by the pangs of history, except to say that right from the beginning there were schemes hatched to sabotage the West and the Action Group Party by the central government in collaboration with the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) and the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) parties, aided by traitors from the Western Nigeria ...
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... magnified by the disparities in economic and educational development between the south and the north. The AG was maneuvered out of control of the Western Region by the Federal Government and a new pro-government Yoruba party, the NNDP, took over. Shortly afterward the AG opposition leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was imprisoned on treason charges ...
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... and the deterioration of most democratic institutions. Obasanjo, a former general, was admired for his stand against the Abacha dictatorship, his record of returning the federal government to civilian rule in 1979, and his claim to represent all Nigerians regardless of religion. The new President took over a country that faced many problems, ...
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... In August 1983 Shagari and the NPN were returned to power in a landslide victory, with a majority of seats in the National Assembly and control of 12 state governments. But the elections were marred by violence and allegations of widespread vote rigging and electoral malfeasance led to legal battles over the results. On December 31, ...
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... cloth, weaving and dying it before sending it off in caravans to the other states within Hausaland and to extensive regions beyond. Biram was the original seat of government, while Zaria supplied labor and was known as the "Chief of Slaves." Katsina and Daura were the "Chiefs of the Market," as ...
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... as a religious center. Respect for the priestly functions of the oni of Ife was a crucial factor in the evolution of Yoruban culture. The Ife model of government was adapted at Oyo, where a member of its ruling dynasty controlled several smaller city-states. A state council (the Oyo Mesi) named the alafin ( ...
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... ) Dr. Nwafor Oziru agreed to transfer power to the Army, General Ironsi then became the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and Head of the Federal Military Government. On assumption of office he immediately promulgated a decree whereby the offices of the President, the Prime Minister as well as the Parliament were all suspended. ...
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... However, with some crash training, the division became the most feared and successful throughout the war. Enugu became the bastion of secession and rebellion and the Federal Government of Nigeria expected that its capture would mean the end of secession. The advance from Nsukka to Enugu began in earnest on 12 September 1967. The rebels ...
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... , 1966, when Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu and some group of Majors overthrew current president Nnamdi Azikiwe in a coup d'état, and declared himself Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria. Aguiyi-Ironisi was then overthrown and murdered in a coup the same year by General Yakubu Gowon, who held power for nine years until he was ...
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