TODAY IN HISTORY

• Valentine's Day

• 2022 - Nigeria

Police arrested super cop Abba Kyari and four other police officers for their involvement in a case of criminal conspiracy, corruption and tampering with exhibits in a case of illicit drug trafficking involving a perpetual transnational drug cartel.

• Spirited efforts were made by APC top shots, including officials in the Presidency to draft Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, into the 2023 presidential race.

• 2020 - Nigeria

48 hours to inauguration, Supreme Court sacked the Bayelsa APC governorship candidate, David Lyon due to discrepancies in certificates belonging to deputy governor- elect, Biobarakuma Degi- Eremieoyo and declared PDP’S Senator Duoye Diri governor.

• 2018 - S’africa

Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa and was replaced by Cyril Ramaphosa the next day.

• 2011 - Bahrain

As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising began with a ' Day of Rage'.

• 2005 - USA

Youtube was launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.

• 2005 - Beirut

In Beirut, 23 people, including ex- Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, were killed when equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT was detonated while Hariri's motorcade drove through the city.

• 2003 - Iraq

Iraq disarmament crisis: The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission ( UNMOVIC) Executive Chairman, Hans Blix reported to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq

• 1990 - World

The Voyager 1 spacecraft took photograph of planet Earth that later became famous as Pale Blue Dot.

• 1989 - Iran

Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

• 1949 - Israel

The Knesset ( parliament of Israel) convened for the first time.

• 1945 - USA

Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt met King Ibn Saud of

Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U. S.- Saudi diplo