TODAY IN HISTORY
2023 - Nigeria
The Supreme Court came to the rescue when it ordered that the old naira notes should remain in circulation beyond the February 10 deadline earlier announced. The apex court gave the fresh order barely two days before the deadline for the naira swap announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Three governors – Nasir ElRufai of Kaduna, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara had filed an ex parte motion before the Supreme Court petition for a temporary restraining order to stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and CBN from continuing with the deadline for the full implementation of the naira redesign policy.
• 2021 - Nigeria
The Federal Government said it will replace Bank Verification Numbers ( BVN) with the National Identity Numbers ( NIN). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Pantami, made this known after a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees in Abuja.
• 2019 - UK
Top players in Football paid their tribute to Cardiff City star, Emiliano Sala after his body was found in the wreckage of a plane which crashed. A body was recovered from the wreckage of a plane in the English Channel later identified as Sala, according to the Dorset police .
• 2016 - N’korea
North Korea launched Kwangmyŏngsŏng- 4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from across the world
• 2010 - Afghanistan
Over 2 miles ( 3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.
• 1974 - USA
The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returned to Earth after 84 days in space. • 2013 - USA
The U. S. state of Mississippi officially certified the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
• 2012 - Maldives
Pres. Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigned after 23 days of anti- governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the