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10 Military coups that shaped Nigeria's history

This coup set the stage for the Nigerian Civil War. 1975 coup: On July 29, 1975, Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba, a close friend of Gowon's, announced on Radio Nigeria that he and other officers had decided to remove Gowon as head of state and commander-in-chief
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