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Port Harcourt was named after a British man named Lord Lewis Vernon Harcourt who was a rapist and a paedophile.After he was exposed and faced with public condemnation he committed suicide in his London home on February 24 1922.  “In August 1913, the Governor-General of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard, wrote to [Lewis Vernon] Harcourt, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, that, ‘In the absence of any convenient local name, I would respectfully ask your permission to call this Port Harcourt.’ “The Secretary of State replied, ‘It gives me pleasure to accede to your suggestion that my name should be associated with the new Port.'”

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