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.