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Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja to Port Harcourt ().At about 14:08 local time (13:08 UTC) on 10 December 2005, Flight 1145 from Abuja crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport.
Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited the crash site on May 4, but during his speech angry locals pelted his convoy with stones, prompting the police to fire tear gas onto the crowd. [28] President Obasanjo also visited the crash site on May 6. His visit, however, was also met with fury as families of the victims accused him of "being insensitive".
Obasanjo began warning that Nigeria was headed towards another civil war along ethnic divisions, [177] and in May 1994 he and Yar'Adua launched the National Unity Promoters, a group dedicated to preventing this outcome. [180] In June, Abiola unilaterally declared himself Nigeria's president and was arrested for treason.
President: Abdulsalami Abubakar (until 29 May), Olusegun Obasanjo (starting 29 May) Vice President: Michael Akhigbe (until 29 May), Atiku Abubakar (starting 29 May) Senate President: Until 3 June: Abolished; 3 June – 18 November: Evan Enwerem; Starting 18 November: Chuba Okadigbo; House Speaker: Until 3 June: Abolished; 3 June – 23 July ...
The 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt was a military coup attempt which took place in Nigeria on 13 February 1976 [1] when a faction of Armed Forces officers, led by Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suwa Dimka, attempted to overthrow the government of General Murtala Mohammed (who himself took power in the 1975 coup d'état).
Olusegun Obasanjo was the first vice president (as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters) to become head of state when Murtala Muhammed was killed during the 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt, [10] while Goodluck Jonathan was the first democratic vice president to become head of state when Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died of Illness on 5 May 2010.
Date of death Date and age at assuming office Yakubu Gowon: 19 October 1934 (living) 1 August 1966 (aged 31) Murtala Muhammed: 8 November 1938 13 February 1976 29 July 1975 (aged 36) Olusegun Obasanjo: 5 March 1937 (living) 13 February 1976 (aged 38) Muhammadu Buhari: 17 December 1942 (living)
Nigeria's Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission, also known as the Oputa Panel after its leader Chukwudifu Oputa, was a commission that was developed following the collapse of the military dictatorship that controlled Nigeria until 1998. [1] It was created by newly elected President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. [2]