TODAY IN HISTORY

• 2003 - Nigeria • 1927 - Thailand

• World Soil Day • Intl Volunteer Day for Economic&social Development

• 2018 - Nigeria

Mrs. Aisha, wife of pres. Muhammadu Buhari, revealed that there are two men within Buhari’s administration who by their actions, are constituting an hindrance to her husband’s performance, describing them as clogs in the wheels of the administration, and that her husband would have done better if not for them.

• 2017 - Nigeria

Commuters groan in Lagos and Abuja as fuel scarcity worsened. Senate summoned Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, over fuel scarcity as fuel sold at N165 per litre.

• 2016 - Nigeria

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka came down hard on Nigerians who questioned the sincerity of his claim to tear his United States green card, vowing to hold a private funeral on January 20, 2017, day United States Presidentelect, Donald Trump, will be sworn in. He threatened to also move his foundation out of U.S. in protest against commentaries generated by the Green card issue.

• 2014 - Kenya

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, ICC withdrew their crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyatta said he was "vindicated" after the ICC'S decision.

• 2013 - S/africa

Nelson Mandela, first president of South Africa, died aged 95. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

• 2005 - USA

A new version of King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York City.

At the opening session of CHOGM in Abuja, the summit of Britain and its former colonies, British PM, Tony Blair, urged African leaders not to lift Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth.

• 1999 - Cuba

President Fidel Castro demanded that the United States return five-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who was rescued at sea, to his father in Cuba in 72 hours.

• 1955 - USA

US Montgomery Bus Boycott began in 1955. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a bus boycott and began the civil rights movement to end segregation.

Bhumibol Adulyadej, late Thai king, was born.