Tag Archives: Asaba

Today in history, The Genocide of Asaba, Nigeria

October 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

October 7 will continue to be a date in Nigeria’s history; for the good cause, it was the day the first indigenous university in Africa, University of Nigeria Nsukka, opened its gates “to restore the dignity of man” in 1960. Exactly … read more »

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From Delta Government House to UK prison

April 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

IN early 1998, middle-aged Chief James Ibori, with an infectious smile and sacks of money, burst into the political sphere of Delta State like a tsunami. He swept through the state with a well-coordinated governorship campaign that left his opponents … read more »

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Nigeria: Explosion rocks Delta Government House

November 3, 2010 by benim

A bomb scare kept Judges away from the courts in Jos;   but things got even worse in Asaba, where an explosion in Government House blew off the roof of the Very Important Personalities (VIP) lodge and the adjacent private … read more »

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