ALAUSA ALERT, January 2014
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JANUARY
"The Great Mosque of Mopti was built under French supervision on the
island of Komoguel in 1935. The building was inspired by the style of the
Djenne mosque, based on the indigenous Manding heritage. Together
with the Great Mosque (1909) at Djenne, The Mopti Mosque represents a
development of sub-Saharan building that has come to be regarded as the
synthesis of local regional design."
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Premier of Western Region of Nigeria, campaigning
in Sokoto for his party, the Action Group, for the federal elections in 1959
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Jan 1, 1653 - Britain captured
four Dutch ships laded at Cadiz
with divers merchandise and
coined money belonging to
individuals to the tune of
700,000 ducats.
Jan 4 , 1754 - Columbia
University founded as Kings
College (NYC) .
Jan 16, 1756- England & Prussia
sign Treaty of Westminster .
Jan 11, 1849 - Elizabeth
Blackwell becomes 1st woman
in US to bag a medical degree
Jan 31, 1849Corn Laws
abolished in Britain.
Jan 31 1876- The United States
orders all native Americans to
move into reservations.
January , 1852- Police Court
established at Olowogbowo.
January 1, 1852 – Church
Missionary Society ( CMS) was
established in Lagos.
Jan 13, 1874- US troops land in
Honolulu to protect the king.
Jan 17, 1874 - Armed Democrats
seize Texas government ,
thereby ending radical
reconstruction.
January 13, 1886 – Settlement of
Lagos became an Independent
Colony.
January 1, 1888 – Inauguration
of parcel post arrangement
between Lagos and the United
Kingdom.
January 5, 1893 – Egba Nation
and the Colony of Lagos signed
an agreement on the
demarcation of boundaries
between both territories at
Abeokuta.
January 7, 1896 – The Colony of
Lagos was divided into four
districts; namely North West,
Central, North East and South
West for the purpose of house to
house mail delivery.
January 31, 1896- Inland Money
Order System was established,
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with trials in Epe and Ibadan.
January 15, 1966- First Military
Coup in the country, Prime
Minister, AlhajiTafawaBalewa,
Chief S. L. Akintola, Chief
Okotie- Ebohwere killed by
coupists.
January 18, 1966- Appointment
of Military Governors for the
four regions.
January 4, 1967- Aburi
conference on the Nigerian
political crisis held in Ghana.
January 15, 1970 –End of the
civil war as Col Phillip Effiong
formally surrendered on behalf
of the secessionists to the Head
of State, General Yakubu
Gowon at Dodan Barracks.
Jan 1, 1976 - Venezuela
nationalizes oil fields.
Jan 6, 1976 - Ted Turner
purchases Atlanta Braves for
$12 million.
Jan 12, 1976 - UN Security
Council votes 11-1 to seat
Palestine Liberation
Organization.
January 14, 1976- Federal
Military Government took over
four Psychiatric hospitals,
including that in Yaba, Lagos.
Jan 22, 1976- Bank robbery in
Beirut nets $20-50 million
(record).
January 3, 1978- Committee on
new National Revenue
Allocation Formula submitted
its Report to the Chief of Staff,
Supreme Headquarters,
Brigadier Musa Yar'Adua.
January 18, 1978 - Panel on new
National Anthem concludes
assignment.
Jan 6, 1987 - 100th US Congress
convened.
Astronomers at University of
California see 1st sight of birth
of a galaxy.
Jan 12, 1987- Britain's Prince
Edward resigns from his Royal
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Marines training.
Jan 13, 1987 - Seven top New
York Mafia bosses sentenced to
100 years each .
West German police arrest
Mohammed Ali Hamadi,
suspect in 1985 hijacking.
January 10, 1989- Passing out
ceremony of MAMSER WAI
Brigade volunteers at the
Armed Forces Resettlement
Centre, Oshodi.
January 17, 1989 – Launching of
the Lagos State Education
Policy.
January 21, 1989Commissioning of Lagos State
Transport Corporation ( LSTC)
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headquarters, Oshodi.
January 26, 1989
QUOTABLE
“ It is not disputable that the citizens who have
gathered in several parts of Lagos like Falomo,
Ikorodu and Ojota to mention a few have largely
conducted themselves peacefully, singing and
dancing while they expressed their displeasure at
the way that we have taken decisions that affect
them. That in my view should not offend those of us
in Government. If they have, it is my opinion that in
a constitutional democracy, it is the police that has
the responsibility for restoring law and order if civil
protests threatens the breach of the peace. This is not
justification for sending out soldiers to a gathering
of unarmed citizens. For me this is not a matter for
the military. The sooner we rethink and rescind this
decision the better and stronger our democracy will
be'.
Speech by
Governor Babatunde Fashola
Condemning the deployment of soldiers
to Lagos. Jan 16, 2012.
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