19 Oct 1986Event
Dele Giwa is killed by a parcel bomb
Newswatch editor Dele Giwa was killed by a parcel bomb in Lagos.
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19 Oct 1986
Dele Giwa is killed by a parcel bomb
Newswatch editor Dele Giwa was killed by a parcel bomb in Lagos.
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Newswatch editor Dele Giwa was killed by a parcel bomb in Lagos. The case remains one of Nigeria's most notorious unresolved attacks on journalists.
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