TODAY IN HISTORY

• April Fools’ Day • 2023 - Nigeria

Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, was arrested by joint team of policemen and Department of State Services operatives for threatening to invite Indigenous People of Biafra to secure properties of Igbo people in Lagos.

• 2019 - Worldwide

World Wildlife Foundation sounded the alarm on plastics in the Mediterranean Sea after an 8- meter ( 26ft) sperm whale was found dead off Sardinia with 22kg of plastic in its belly.

• 2018 - Nigeria

Emotions ran riot as TeddyA was evicted from the Big Brother Naija house less then 24 hours after his lover and fellow housemate Bambam, was evicted.

• 2017 - Sweden

In Sweden, Bob Dylan received his Nobel literature diploma in a ceremony in Stockholm before leading a concert in the evening.

• 2016 - Nigeria

Army arrested Khalid Barnawi, a. k. a. Usman Umar Abubakar, leader of the militant group Ansaru, in Lokoja. Ansaru is a splinter faction of Boko Haram.

• 2015 - Nigeria

World leaders congratulated Pres.- elect, Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the elections. They also praised incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat. The stock market rebounded after the peaceful elections 23 people died across Nigeria jubilating the victory. • Ex- Inspector General of Police, Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf died in Abuja aged 83

• 2014 - Nigeria

Sharia court freed two men accused of gay sex and belonging to a homosexual club, saying the prosecution failed to prove its case.

• 2013 - Liberia

Moses Blah, the man who served as president for two months after Charles Taylor stepped down, died.

• 2012 - Congo

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, donated $ 500,000 to victims of munition blasts in Brazzaville, Congo, which killed 282.

• 2005 - Zimbabwe

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed the previous day's elections as "massive fraud", accusing President Robert Mugabe of treating the country like "his private property."

• 2004 - USA

Google introduced Gmail, e- mail service with one gigabyte of free storage. In 2007 the storage was expanded to free unlimited.

• 1976 - USA

Apple Inc. was formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.