LAGOS - Nnamdi Azikiwe, whose overthrow as Nigeria's first president in 1966 set off a chain of events that led to the Biafran civil war, died on Saturday at the age of 91, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported yesterday.
Nigeria's first president dies
LAGOS - Nnamdi Azikiwe, whose overthrow as Nigeria's first president in 1966 set off a chain of events that led to the Biafran…
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