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 ...

Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has recounted a civil war experience that nearly took his life after his command, 82 Battalion, came under heavy bombardment from ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an exclusive blog post by book reviewer and promoter, ToluBooks. "...In my opinion, which I believe most Nigerians would agree with, Igbos are the most enterprising people in our nation..." ...

Reviewed by Chima J. Korieh in Journal of African history (Cambridge, England) 60 (3) 2019, pages 501-502. In October 1967, early in the Nigerian Civil War, government troops entered Asaba in pursuit ...

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 ...