Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle (26 June 1936 – 13 September 2014) was a Nigerian military officer and prominent military figure during the Nigerian Civil...
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Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi (born January 24, 1985) is a Romanian kickboxer and professional boxer. He is a two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship...
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Nigerian footballer Adekunle Ojora (born 1932), Nigerian businessman Michael Adekunle Ajasin (1908–1997), Nigerian politician Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian Army...
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area, using the bulk of the Lagos Garrison command under Colonel Benjamin Adekunle (called the Black Scorpion) to form the 3rd Infantry Division (which...
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Commando under Colonel Benjamin Adekunle. Then-Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo took over command of 3 Division from Benjamin Adekunle on 12 May 1969. He carried...
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having even one thing to eat before their capitulation. — Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle The Biafran government rejected daylight aid flights and a proposed...
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place in the major port of Calabar. The Nigerian forces were led by Benjamin Adekunle, while the Biafrans were led by Maj. Ogbo Oji. The aftermath was a...
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another Nigerian force headed south from Auchi towards Benin, as Benjamin Adekunle's 3rd Marine Commando division landed at Warri and promptly took Ughelli...
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officer, author and statesman who served as chief of staff to Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle of the 3 Marine Commando during the Nigerian Civil War. Alabi-Isama...
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State Brig. Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle (a Nigerian Army Brigadier and Civil War commander) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Adekunle) Ogundare...
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(b. 1963), lawyer and politician, former Governor of Lagos State Benjamin Adekunle (1936–2014), Nigerian Army Brigadier Bola Ige (1930–2001), lawyer...
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this community trauma, decades after the event. Murtala Muhammed Benjamin Adekunle 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom "Nigerian Civil War: How Asaba indigenes were...
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Owerri and Aba. In April 1968, the Commander of the 3 MCDO General Benjamin Adekunle began drawing up plans to invade the Biafran heartland and capture...
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Adebayo Adelakun, evangelist Lamidi Adedibu, aristocratic power broker Benjamin Adekunle, general Akinwumi Adesina, President African Development Bank, AfDB...
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Zainab Abubakar Alman Adekunle Fajuyi Akinloye Akinyemi Alexander Ogomudia Aliyu Mohammed Gusau Alwali Kazir Benjamin Adekunle (Black scorpion) Buba Marwa...
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looting in occupied areas; however, one of his wartime commanders, Benjamin Adekunle seems to give some credence to these claims in his book, while excusing...
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court of inquiry into the events. Gowon decide to replace Colonel Benjamin Adekunle, who was leading the attack on Biafra, but needed another senior Yoruba...
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troops of the Nigerian 3rd Naval Division under the command of Colonel Benjamin Adekunle. At this time, Calabar was being defended by the 9th Battalion of...
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Division (3MCDO) under the stewardship of "The Black Scorpion" – Colonel Benjamin Adekunle, where he participated in military offensive efforts on the Calabar...
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90, Welsh football player. Abdel Rahman Zuabi, 82, Israeli judge. Benjamin Adekunle, 78, Nigerian army leader. Bjørn Tore Bryn, 77, Norwegian news anchor...
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Colonel Benjamin Adekunle began making plans for an invasion of Aba, Owerri, and Umuahia in a military operation he nicknamed Operation OAU. Adekunle stated...
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driver 1935 – Sandro Riminucci, Italian basketball player 1936 – Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (d. 2014) 1936 – Hal Greer, American basketball...
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arrive. On September 17, 1968, General Benjamin Adekunle attacked Owerri. Utuk and his men overpowered Adekunle's troops and forced them to flee to Oguta...
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Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (b. 1950) 2014 – Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936) 2014 – Helen Filarski, American baseball...
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where he fought in the 12th Commando Brigade initially under Colonel Benjamin Adekunle and later Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo. Bamidele was commissioned as...
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and 1974. In 1967–1969, he was part of the Third Army commanded by Benjamin Adekunle. In 1975, he was appointed into the Federal Cabinet as the first minister...
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19, 1968, at the Capture of Port Harcourt by Nigerian general Benjamin Adekunle. Adekunle tried to take the Biafran capital of Umuahia and the 2 other...
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behind the concept of the sea-borne operations led by Lt. Colonel Benjamin Adekunle that captured Bonny in July 1967. When he died in a helicopter crash...
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replaced Adekunle Ajisebutu as the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command. Musowo, Temitope (17 March 2022). "Benjamin Hundeyin replaces...
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