TODAY IN HISTORY
• 2023 - Nigeria
Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said no going back on the Jan. 31 deadline to withdraw old naira notes. Emefiele made this known during the first Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 2023 after the Senate’ bid to extend the deadline for the circulation of old naira notes by six months. He said 90 days was enough for everyone who still has the old currency to deposit it in the banks. The lawmakers during plenary said the apex bank should shift its deadline till July 31
• 2018 - USA
Former doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.
• 2017 - Nigeria
Federal Government directed National Broadcasting Commission to investigate circumstances surrounding the shooting in South Africa of Big Brother Naija reality show.
• 2016 - Nigeria
Federal Government hiked the price of kerosene to N83 per litre from N50 per litre, ending subsidy on the product.
• 2012 - Nigeria
Boko Haram members surrounded police station in Kano, ordered civilians to get off the street, began chanting "God is great" and threw bombs into the station while spraying it with assault rifles.
• 2010 - Nigeria
Catholic Church in Jos condemned clashes between Christians and Muslims that claimed over 450 lives.
• 2010 - USA
Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit- bound airliner on Christmas Day by Mutallab and threatened more attacks on the US.
• 2005 - UN
United Nations broke with years of protocol and commemorated the 60- year anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps, directly linking its own founding with the end of the Holocaust.
• 1984 - USA
Apple Computer Inc unveiled its Macintosh personal computer.
• 1965 - UK
Winston Churchill, former prime minister ( 1940- 45, 51- 55), died from a cerebral thrombosis in London at age 90.
• 1946 - UK
The first General Assembly of the United Nations opened in London. 51 nations were represented.