TODAY IN HISTORY
• 2018 - Nigeria
The Federal Government queried Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, and an Abuja-based lawyer, Festus Keyamo. The reprimand followed corruption charges they filed against the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar.
• Boko Haram abducted over 100 girls from Government Girls' Science & Technical College, Dapchi, in Bulabulin, Yunusari local council of Yobe State.
• 2017 - Nigeria
Security staff at the Abuja House in London called in policemen to arrest The
Guardian correspondent who was on the premises to see Pres. Muhammadu Buhari and interview him The Presidency promised to get Buhari, who is on an indefinite vacation in London, to speak to Nigerians to douse controversies over his health status.
• 2017 - Gambia
Thousands gathered at Independence Stadium to witness inauguration of Pres. Adama Barrow and celebrate the country’s independence anniversary. Barrow ordered those detained without trial freed.
• 2014 - Nigeria
An attack on Bama, Borno State by Boko Haram left 115 people dead.
• 2013 - S/africa
Mamphela Ramphele, an academic and co-founder of the Black Conscious Movement, announced the creation of Agang, a new political party "to build the South Africa of our dreams," lambasting the 101-year-old African National Congress of Nelson Mandela for corruption and power abuse.
• 2012 - Mexico
Forty-four people were killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León.
• 2010 - USA
Golf star Tiger Woods apologized for his infidelity. He said part of his rehab would include a return to his Buddhist faith.
• 2008 - Cuba
An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president after nearly a half-century in power.
• 2005 - Nigeria
Soldiers descended on Odioma, Bayelsa State to hunt down a local militia leader who was accused of murdering 12 people from Obiaku. 28 people were killed and troops burned down Odioma.
• 1989 - Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini rejected apology of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, urging Muslims to "send him to hell" for committing blasphemy.