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 ...

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 ...

A pro-Biafran separatist group said on Friday it had lifted its call for a boycott of Nigeria's presidential and parliamentary elections this weekend. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wants ...

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 ...

Nigeria – often called the “Giant of Africa” – is Africa’s most populous country with over 200 million citizens. While travel brochures talk about vast lands and incredibly diverse people, its modern ...

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.

The verdict was handed in Kanu's absence - Copyright AFP Duc Thao The verdict was handed in Kanu's absence - Copyright AFP Duc Thao A Nigerian court on Thursday ...

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has urged people of the South-East and other Biafra-aligned communities to immediately obtain their Permanent Voter Cards ...

The Nigerian Civil war, which lasted from July 1966 to January 1970, remains the most significant event in the country’s post-independence history in ways reminiscent of the American Civil War. In the ...