The Nigerian Tide Vol. 7 No 1,703, 0ctober 2, 1978
Date
1978-10-04
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PortHarcourt,River state (4, Ikwere road, portHarcourt P M B 5072.): Newpaper corporation.
Abstract
• Village Terror: Pre-done attack on new year day alleged • Owerri council mounts rate drive • Winning the war of the robbers • FMG Votes N2.5 for highways in Niger.
Description
This front page from January 1978 focuses on Major-General Obasanjo’s New Year speech calling for strict national discipline. Other major stories details a violent pre-dawn attack displacing 6,000 villagers near Bonny, severe power rationing across several towns, a massive taxi strike paralyzing Lagos, and upcoming local government elections.