Author Philip Effiong Jr. Releases “My Biafran Scar,” a Powerful Memoir of the Nigerian Civil War NH, UNITED STATES, ...

The former military leader, who governed Nigeria from 1966 to 1975, described the civil war — which lasted from July 6, 1967, to January 15, 1970 — as the most challenging chapter of his life. Former ...

A Nigerian court on Thursday jailed Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for life for "terrorism", ending a decade-old legal saga in which the prosecution sought the death penalty. Kanu, leader of ...

Introduction -- Historical background -- The path to war and its beginning -- The second part of the war : from mid-1968 to January 1970 -- Biafra's longevity -- Gowon and Ojukwu : an appraisal of the ...

Part One, titled The un-Civil War – Memories of a Biafran Child, is told through the eyes of a boy whose dispassionate and innocent rendition of this tragic experience highlights the misery and ...