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In 1983, the President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari issued an executive order mandating immigrants without proper immigration documents to leave the country or they would be arrested according to the law. The order was in alleged response to the religious disturbances that had engulfed parts of the country in 1980 (Kano 1980 Riots ) and 1981[1]. Most of the immigrants were West Africans and mainly Ghanaians. Over 2 million men, women and children were affected.                                                                      #worldfacts21

The late Emeka Ojukwu led the attempt to create a separate state in the south-east

  In 1980, with the oil revenue, Shagari finished building the Kaduna refinery, which started operating that year. Also with the oil revenue, Shagari concluded the construction of an additional steel plant and three rolling mills at  Ajaokuta . Shagari completed the Delta Steel complex in 1982. In 1983, Shagari created the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria at  Ikot Abasi . However, Shagari reduced the share of oil royalties and rents to state of origin from 30 to 2 percent                                                                                                             #worldfacts21

                                       Is the 1914 AMALGAMATION a blessing or a curse?                                                                     @worldfacts21

 Around the year 900 groups of Edo people began to cut down trees and make clearings in the rainforest. At first they lived in small family groups, but gradually these groups developed into a kingdom.   The kingdom was called  Igodomigodo.  It was ruled by a series of kings, known as  Ogisos,  which means ‘rulers of the sky’. In the 1100s there were struggles for power and the Ogisos lost control of their kingdom.  The Edo people feared that their country would fall into chaos, so they asked their neighbor, the King of Ife, for help. The king sent his son Prince Oranmiyan to restore peace to the Edo kingdom. Oranmiyan chose his son Eweka to be the first Oba of Benin. Eweka was the first in a long line of Obas, who reached the peak of their power in the 1500s.                                                 @worldfact...

 Bertram Patenaude of the U.S. is recognized by FIFA as having netted the first hat trick in World Cup history, scoring all three goals in a 3-0 win over Paraguay on July 17. However, some historians say Argentina’s Guillermo Stabile was the first to do it, with three goals two days later against Mexico. Some match reports list Patenaude’s second goal against Paraguay as credited to Thomas Florie. Bertram Patenaude                                               @worldfacts21