John Hewson (regicide) General Monck and the restoration of the monarchy. When his endeavours came to nought, on the restoration of the monarchy he fled to Amsterdam, where he died in 1662. Richard Neville (later Lord Braybrooke) in a footnote from his 1825 edition of Samuel Pepys' diary: John Hewson (regicide) Colonel John Hewson (Hughson) (died 1662) was a soldier in the New Model Army and signed the death warrant of King Charles I, making him a regicide. Before the English Civil War Hewson was a cobbler and then a shoemaker. When John Lilburne was his apprentice in the 1630s, he introduced Lilburne
Killing of Pro-Biafra Protesters (2015–2016) circumstances." Responding to the agitations for the re-secession of Biafra occasioned by perceptions of marginalisation, a former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, advocated for the restructuring of Nigeria to remove the impediments to the economic and political development of the country and put to bed cries of injustice. Killing of Pro-Biafra Protesters (2015–2016) The 2015–2016 Killing of Biafran Protesters refers to the killing of demonstrators demanding the restoration of the sovereignty of the Republic of Biafra by Nigerian security forces, especially the Nigerian army, across the southeastern parts of Nigeria. The demonstrations are spearheaded by several secessionist groups. In