Nigeria Today In History

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Tuesday May 05, 2009

Former governor of the old Anambra State, Chief C. C. Onoh, died aged 82. Onoh, a lawyer, had run for the governorship of the state in 1983 on the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) and defeated the much favoured Nigeria peoples Party (NPP).  Read More

Saturday May 05, 2001

Umar Musa Yar'Adua, 13th Head of State of Nigeria (2007-2010), died in office..  Read More

Monday May 05, 2025

Nigeria mourns the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar'Adu..  Read More