·Says whoever does not want state police is a coward·'Why people give more information to B/Haram than to Federal Government'Brigadier General Godwin Alabi-Isama (retired) was one of the top players ...

Machine generated contents note: 1. Scholarly Trends, Issues, and Themes -- Introduction / Ogechukwu Ezekwem -- pt. I ON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGERIA-BIAFRA WAR -- 2. Background to the Nigerian Civil ...

CNN — Evelyn Okororie had just returned home from the market in Nigeria's Midwest region, when neighbors informed her that an airstrike had killed her mother, brother and three of her children. The ...

Biafra declared its independence in 1967 after a series of persecutions of the Igbo people within Nigeria. It fought in a conflict against Nigeria until 1970 when, despite the support from various ...

On May 30, 1967, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region of Nigeria an independent state—the Republic of Biafra. [Getty Images] Biafra Day is not just a day of remembrance—it’s ...

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

It was reported January 30th that, in an interview earlier, Ojukwu told United Press International that he would welcome U.S. intervention to end the bitter six-month old civil war caused by Biafra's ...

Pioneers of a new frontier -- The magical years -- A primary exposure -- Leaving home -- The formative years at Umuahia and Ibadan -- Meeting Christie and her family -- Discovering Things fall apart - ...

Frederick Forsyth's account of the Nigerian Civil War, mainly from the Biafran lens, is perhaps one of the most riveting you would find. Yet, it is remarkably deficient in its one-sidedness, for which ...

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, escaped the death penalty on Thursday 20 November when a Nigerian court sentenced him to life imprisonment for terrorism.