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Biafran War
The Nigerian civil war, mostly known as the Nigeria-Biafra war which lasted from 6th July 1967- 15th January 1970 almost destroyed the unity of Nigeria. The civil war was fought to integrate and reunify the country. It is believed the war became inevitable because the Igbo people felt they could no longer co-exist with the Northern-dominated Federal government of Nigeria. -
DNA use in court for the first time
In 1986 was when DNA was first used in a criminal investigation by Dr.Jeffreys. The investigation used genetic fingerprinting in the case of two rapes and murders that had happened in 1983 and 1986. These crimes happened in a small town called Leicestershire, which is located in the United Kingdom. -
World Wide Web was created
The World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee. The organization where the World Wide Web was born in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) which located in close proximity to Geneva, Switzerland, wherein the year 1989. Tim Berners-Lee, an English scientist created the World Wide Web. Later in the year 1990, he developed the first web browser. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the process of internal disintegration within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR) which began in the second half of the 1980s with growing unrest in the national republics and ended on 26 December 1991, when the USSR itself was voted out of existence by the Supreme Soviet. -
Formation of the EU
The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace. The six founding countries are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. -
Adoption of Islamic Sharia Law
Adoption of Islamic Sharia law by several northern states in the face of opposition from Christians. Tension over the issue results in hundreds of deaths in clashes between Christians and Muslims. -
Paying of Debt To Paris Club
Helped by record oil prices, Nigeria became the first African nation to pay off its debt to the Paris Club of rich lenders, which had written off two-thirds of the $30bn debt the previous year. -
Chibok Girls Kidnapping
On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Boko Haram, an extremist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria. -
Migrant Slavery In Libya
Many of them leave home with expectations of getting to Europe and other destinations perceived to have better economic prospects for them, but they end up in the slave merchant nets in North Africa. The victims are put in camps and sold in open markets in Libya, while the international community watches in silence. -
Women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to drive
Women were allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia granted women the right to drive, a historic move that cracked open a window to new freedoms for women who have long lived under repressive laws. The measure was enacted by the country’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also eased other restrictions on women, leading some to hail him as a feminist reformer.
