On the 15th of May, 1976, the perpetrators of the February 1976 abortive coup were executed by a firing squad at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos.…Click Here To Continue Reading>>
It was during this abortive coup, led by Lieutenant Colonel Buka Suka Dimka, that the Nigerian Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, was killed. Below is the speech rendered by Lt-General Olusegun Obasanjo (who succeeded Gen. Murtala) after the execution.…Click Here To Continue Reading>>
...Click Here To Continue Reading>> ...Click Here To Continue Reading>>The Supreme Military Council has been meeting to consider, among other things the…Read Full Story…>>>