• 2020 - Africa

Ahmad Ahmad, president of the Confederation of African Football ( CAF) was handed a five- year ban by the world football governing body, FIFA over allegations of corruption & abuse of office as CAF president.

• 2017 - Nigeria

4 months into the indefinite suspension of Usman Yusuf, executive secretary of Nigerian Health Insurance Scheme, on allegations of embezzling over N700 million, he is still enjoying compliments of public office in contravention of public service rules. • Mohammed Katu, lawyer to ex- Chairman, Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, told the House of Representatives that his client was still receiving salaries despite report he was dismissed from service

• 2011 - Nigeria

Pres. Goodluck Jonathan fired Farida Waziri chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC). The president appointed the agency’s deputy, Ibrahim Lamode as acting chairman.

• 2011 - Yemen

Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

• 2005 - Liberia

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia and became the first woman to lead an African country.

• 2002 - Nigeria

Miss World organizers moved the beauty pageant from Abuja to London after 3 days of MuslimChristian bloodletting killed 215 people. The violence was triggered by This Day newspaper's report that Prophet Muhammad would have liked the event or picked a wife from the contestants. The newspaper apologised.

• 2001 - Hungary

The Convention on Cybercrime was signed in Budapest, Hungary.

• 1996 - Comoros

An Ethiopian Boeing 767 airliner crashed into the Indian ocean near Grand Comore Island. It had been hijacked after takeoff from Addis Ababa and ran out of fuel under hijacker demands to fly to Australia. 125 of 175 people died. The plane was destined for the Ivory Coast.

• 1992 - USA

World’s first smartphone, IBM Simon Personal Communicator ( simply known as IBM Simon), was introduced in Las Vegas. It was a handheld, touchscreen mobile phone and PDA designed by IBM.