An expert on felines said that cats can sense sickness in their human and animal friends [Source: BBC News ]. Jacqueline Pritchard, a British animal expert, told BBC News that she was certain that Oscar was sensing vital organs shutting down [Source: BBC News ].
The first military coup in Nigeria took place on January 15, 1966. The coup was carried out by young officers in the Nigerian army, and it was also a boldly one, making it the first bloody coup in the history of the country. The person in power at that time was President Nnamdi Azikiwe, while [â¦]
On May 30, 1967, Ojukwu declared the secession of the three states of the Eastern region under the name of the Republic of Biafra, which the federal government interpreted as an act of rebellion. Fighting broke out in early July and within weeks had escalated into a full-scale civil war. In August Biafran troops crossed the Niger, seized Benin City, and were well on their way to Lagos before they were checked at Ore, a small town in Western state (now Ondo state).