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NIGERIA'S COUPS AND CONSPIRACIES

Coups and Failed Coups

January 15, 1966
​Coup of the Five Majors
​July 28, 1975
​The Fall of Gowon
1985
​January 16, 1966
Ironsi's Ascension
1976
​Failed Coup
22 April 1990
​Orkar Coup
​July 28, 1966
​The July Rematch
1983
November 1993
​Abacha

Other Events

Awolowo Trial
1964 Plot
​Vatsa Plot
​Phantom Coups
To cite: Powell, Jonathan. "Nigeria's Coups and Conspiracies." In Powell, Jonathan and Salah Ben Hammou. Coups and Conspiracies in Modern Africa.
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