claim: The Originals (TV series) is based on an American English language broadcast television network.
evidence: There have been a large number of successful and failed military coups in Nigeria since the country 's independence from the British Empire in 1960 .. British Empire. British Empire. Nigeria. Nigeria. A military coup is the violent or non-violent overthrow of an existing political regime by the military .. military coup. military coup. Between 1966 and 1999 the army held power in Nigeria without interruption apart from a short-lived return to democracy between 1979-1983 .. Nigeria. Nigeria. `` Military coups and military rule -LRB- which began as an emergency aberration -RRB- became a seemingly permanent feature of Nigerian politics .