On this day in 1999: General Abdusalami Abubakar signed a new constitution designed to smoothen the transition to civilian rule.
With the sudden death of General Abacha in June 1998 General Abdulsalami Abubakar headed the new military administration, and was immediately confronted with the Herculean task of drawing Nigeria back from the brink of collapse and restoring her image. Admirably, this administration rose up to the occasion. In August 1998, the Abubakar government appointed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct elections for local government councils, state legislatures and governors, the National Assembly, and president. INEC held a series of four successive elections between December 1998 and February 1999. Former military head of state Olusegun Obasanjo, freed from prison by Abubakar, ran as a civilian candidate and won the presidential election. Irregularities marred the vote, and the defeated candidate, Chief Olu Falae, challenged the electoral results and Obasanjo’s victory in court.
Also on this day 2005: Armed men kidnapped a Briton from an oil rig in southern region .
Equally on this day in 2007: In Port Harcourt, unknown gunmen kidnapped a Russian woman who worked for a catering company.Also on this day in
Also on this day in 2012: Three (3) people were shot dead while four (4) others including two (2) soldiers, were wounded when suspected Islamists opened fire at a wedding in Maiduguri. Two (2) of the suspected Islamists were arrested