On this day in 1964, Nigeria’s military leaders traveled to Aburi in Ghana to find a solution to problems facing the country and to avert an imminent military clash between the north and the east…
Also on this day in 2010, Nigerian soldiers shot 2 contract workers dead and injured 4 others at a Chevron plant under construction. This led to a riot and left several buildings destroyed and halted operations at the southern Escravos gas project.