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Where Nigerian history happened. Pillar events plotted by site, era-coded.
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Text fallback: pillar events grouped by state (93 events)
Anambra
Borno
Enugu
- 30 May 1967Eastern Region declares the Republic of Biafra
- July 1967Nigerian Civil War begins
- August 1967Biafra invades the Midwest; federal forces retake territory
- 30 May 1967Republic of Biafra declared
- 6 Jul 1967Nigerian Civil War begins
- April 1968Some states recognize Biafra
- April 1968Tanzania recognizes Biafra
- 1968Gabon, Ivory Coast, and Zambia recognize Biafra
- 1968ICRC scales up Nigeria-Biafra operation
- September 1968ICRC airlift to Biafra established
- 1969Federal offensives tighten Biafra's enclave
- 12 Jan 1970Biafra surrenders; war ends
- January 1970Ojukwu leaves Biafra
- 10 Jan 1970Ojukwu leaves Biafra
- 15 Jan 1970Civil war formally ends
Federal Capital Territory
- 1992Presidential primaries are annulled
- November 1993Sani Abacha seizes power
- 17 Nov 1993Abacha removes the interim government
- 1997Another alleged coup plot gives Abacha a pretext
- 1997Alleged Diya coup plot triggers new arrests
- 8 Jun 1998Abacha dies
- 1998Diya coup trials raise renewed due-process concerns
- 8 Jun 1998Abacha dies suddenly
- 1999Constitution of the Fourth Republic takes effect
- 29 May 1999Obasanjo sworn in; Fourth Republic begins
- 29 May 1999Fourth Republic inauguration day
- 2000First full Fourth Republic budgets test fiscal federalism
- 1 Oct 2010Independence Day bombings in Abuja
- 2017#EndSARS begins as a digital protest language
- 2018June 12 recognized as Democracy Day
- June 2018June 12 recognized as Democracy Day
- June 2019June 12 becomes statutory Democracy Day
- October 2020#EndSARS mass protests
- 7 Oct 2020#EndSARS protests restart nationally
- 2020#EndSARS protests
- 29 May 2023Tinubu sworn in; fuel subsidy declared gone
- 29 May 2023Tinubu inaugurated and says subsidy is gone
- May 2026Fourth Republic enters its 28th year under reform stress
Kaduna
Lagos
- 1958Independence date negotiations settle around 1960
- 1959Federal election sets independence government
- 1959Civil service Nigerianization becomes urgent before independence
- 1959Independence constitution preserves federal parliamentary model
- 1959Final federal election before independence
- 29 Jul 1960Nigeria Independence Act passed
- 1960Balewa government begins the First Republic parliamentary order
- 1960Balewa's post-independence coalition management
- 1960Azikiwe as Governor-General under the Independence Constitution
- 1960Independence Constitution comes into force
- 1 Oct 1963First Republic inaugurated
- 1964Election crises expose the First Republic's fragility
- 15 Jan 1966Nigeria's first military coup
- 15 Jan 1966First military coup begins
- February 1976Dimka coup fails
- 1979Constitution establishes presidential Second Republic
- 1979Second Republic struggles with oil downturn and patronage
- 1981Oil-price weakness punctures Second Republic budgets
- 31 Dec 1983Buhari military coup ends Second Republic
- 31 Dec 1983Buhari coup terminates the Second Republic
- 1984Second Republic politicians are detained and tried
- 1984Special tribunals try Second Republic politicians
- 1990Gideon Orkar coup attempt
- 1990Gideon Orkar coup attempt challenges Babangida
- 1990Coup trials and executions reinforce regime control
- June 1993Babangida annuls the June 12 election
- July 1993Crackdown follows the June 12 annulment
- July 1993Independent media become June 12 battlegrounds
- 1993Courts question the legal basis of the interim government
- 1994NADECO forms to defend the June 12 mandate
- 20 Oct 2020Lekki Toll Gate shooting
- October 2020Amnesty publishes Lekki investigative timeline
- 20 Oct 2020Lekki Toll Gate shooting
- 2020Lekki Toll Gate shooting reports
- October 2021Judicial panel report on Lekki submitted in Lagos
Ondo
Oyo
Plateau
Rivers
Sokoto
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