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 * **Chapter** || **book page #s** || **Topic** || **Discussion
 * 1 || Page 3-8 || History of Nigeria ||  || Tony Lee ||


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 * Facts: **
 * Nigeria used to consist of loose federal states rather than being a state.
 * Nigeria gained independence in October 1, 1960.
 * A riot broke out in 1966, and military leaders seized control of Nigeria.
 * Christian Ibo took shelter in the eastern part of Nigeria because of the massacre by the Muslim Hausa.
 * A civil war broke out in 1970 and the Biafra, the Christian Ibo, surrendered to the federal government.
 * The return of civilian leadership was established with the election of Alhaji Shehu Shagari as president in 1979.
 * Oil was found in Nigeria which made Nigeria one of the wealthiest countries in Africa.
 * The military gained power again in 1984, and another coup occurred the following year.
 * Since then, Nigeria was ruled under military rule until 1993.
 * Recently, Nigeria was having trouble because of the constant fighting between the different religions.
 * The emergence of democracy in Nigeria on May 1999 ended 16 years of consecutive military rule.
 * In May 1999 violence erupted in Kaduna State over the succession of an Emir resulting in more than 100 deaths.
 * On October 1, 2001 Obasanjo announced the formation of a National Security Commission to address the issue of communal violence.

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