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Read More »Nigeria since independence: Coups, Biafra war, Islamic law, other key events
– First coup – The first in a series of military coups takes place in 1966 amid dissatisfaction with progress since independence and frustration that most people in top government roles are northern Hausa-speaking Muslims. The main figures behind the coup are ethnic Igbo officers, from the mainly Christian south. …
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