The Nigerian 1993 Presidential Election was an election held in Nigeria after almost ten years of military rule. The election was one of the fairest election held in the history of Nigeria. However, the election was not allowed to be completed as it was annulled by the Military Government of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on …
Nigerian 1983 Presidential Election was the second of its kind in which eligible Nigerian voters choose an executive president. Prior to the 1983, in 1979 when Nigeria returned to democracy, an election was conducted for the first time. Therefore, after four years another election was conducted. The Nigerian 1983 Presidential Election was conducted on 6 …
Nigerian 1979 Presidential Election was an election in which Nigerian citizens aged 18 vote for the president. The 1979 election was the first of its kind in the Nigerian history in which an executive president was voted. Prior to 1979, Nigeria have never practiced a presidential system. The Nigerian 1979 Presidential Election was held throughout …
Trans-Saharan Trade was a long distance trade carried out across the north Africa to the Sub-Saharan African States especially Western Africa between about 8th century onwards to about the 17th century. However, a minor trade continued across between the regions until the end of 19th century when the European states nearly occupied all of Africa. …
Nigerian States Military Governors was a list of military governors that were assigned to governed different states of Nigeria by the different military regimes from 1966 to 1979. Background to the Nigerian States Military Governors The Nigerian Army seized the power from the politicians or civilians after they staged a military coup that terminated the …
Nigerian Second Republic Governors has been a list of politicians who were elected and ruled Nigerian 19 Nigerian states government during the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic that lasted from 1979 to 1983. The Nigerian Second Republic Governors were elected on the platform of their different political parties. The registered political parties were five that included …
Iranian Revolution also known as Islamic Revolution was a political uprisings in Iran that brought about change in government from the monarchical Pahlavi dynasty to the Islamic republic. The Revolution was strategized and commanded by the then exiled leader Ayatollah Khomeini against the Iranian monarch Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. The Iranian Revolution started in the …
British Conquest of Kano was a time when the British army used force and brought the Kano Emirate under the British rule in 1903. Before the conquest, Kano Emirate under the Emir Alu Mai Sango resisted any British attempt of conquest. Background to the British Conquest of Kano By 1903, almost all of the northern …
The Kano Civil War was a war fought between the followers of two Kano royal cousins over the throne of Kano Emirate from 1893 to 1894. The two cousins who were the Grandchildren of Emir of Kano Ibrahim Dabo were Emir of Kano Tukur and Galadiman Kano Yusufu. Before the end of the Civil War, …
The Silk Road was a number of different trade routes that link east (specifically China and India) with the western world (specifically Europe). The routes were used by both Asian and European traders since around 130 BC to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 AD that led to the closure of the routes. Origin The …