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Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria pronounced dead after a long illness. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who was already the Acting President at that time succeeds him. The Government of Nigeria declares seven days of mourning. 1 October Nigeria celebrates the Golden Jubilee of her independence (50 years).
On 1 October 1960, Nigeria gained full independence from the United Kingdom on the basis of a federal constitution, with three large states having a weak central government over them. NCNC Chairman Nnamdi Azikiwe replaced the colonial Governor-General James Wilson Robertson in November 1960 [ 179 ] and Elizabeth II remained head of state for ...
Most of Nigeria's oil fields are small and scattered, and as of 1990, these small fields accounted for 62.1% of all Nigerian production. This contrasts with the sixteen largest fields which produced 37.9% of Nigeria's petroleum at that time. [185] Petrol was Nigeria's main import commodity until 2021, accounting for 24% of import volume. [186]
Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in what is now Nigeria.Since the 1900 political absorption into Southern Nigeria of the kingdom that it once served as a metropolitan center, the traditional monarchy has been either a tool of British indirect rule or a legally recognised traditional polity within the republic of ...
Keith Raniere, the ex-leader of NXIVM, was convicted in 2019 of seven counts that included racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, sex trafficking ...
The time on the symbolic clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight, the same as in 2023. Prior to that it had stood at 100 seconds to midnight, closer to destruction than at any point since it was ...
Not all chipmakers were benefitting from the AI spending boom on Wednesday; AMD shares slid about 7% after investors were disappointed by the company's outlook for its data center business.
Nigerian Television Authority, Benin Office. The Nigerian Television Authority or NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcast station. [1] Originally known as Nigerian Television (NTV), it was inaugurated in 1977 with a monopoly on national television broadcasting, after a takeover of regional television stations by military governmental authorities in 1976.