TODAY IN HISTORY

• 2023 - Nigeria

Gen. Oladipo Diya died. He served as Chief of General Staff and deputy under military head of state, Gen Sani Abacha from 1994 until his arrest for treason in 1997.

• 2019 - Nigeria

The Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project labelled police as the most corrupt institution in the country, with the power sector as the second most corrupt institution.

• 2018 - Russia

Sergei Mavrodi, founder of MMM Ponzi scheme who defrauded millions of people around the globe, died of a heart attack.

• 2017 - Russia

There was Russia- wide anticorruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38 per cent of Russians supported protests and 67 per cent held Putin responsible for high- level corruption.

• 2016 - UK

The final print edition of

The Independent newspaper went on sale, ending its 30year appearance on British newsstands.

• 2015 - UK

Britain buried King Richard III with pomp 530 years after his violent death. His body was found under a parking lot in 2012.

• 2014 - USA

A New York jury found Osama bin Laden's son- inlaw and former Al- Qaeda spokesman Suleiman Abu Ghaith guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists.

• 2013 - USA

Pres. Barack Obama chose Julia Pierson as Secret Service director, the first woman to lead the maledominated agency.

• 2011 - Nigeria

Police charged John Akpanudoedehe, opposition guber candidate in Akwa Ibom, with treason after clashes killed four and left Pres. Jonathan’s campaign office in Uyo burnt.

• 2011 - UK

Oxford English Dictionary approved 900 new words including some Internetinspired expressions like LOL ( laughing out loud), OMG ( Oh my God) and BFF ( best friends forever).

• 2007 - Nigeria

89 people burned to death in Kaduna when a tanker caught fire as they were stealing fuel from it.

• 2005 - Italy

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stood in for Pope John Paul II during Easter Vigil Mass at the Vatican. He later succeeded John Paul, becoming Pope Benedict XVI

• 2000 - Russia

Russia elected Vladimir Putin as its second postCommunist president