Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Nigeria would not have emerged victorious in the civil war without ...

Obasanjo emphasised the need for Nigeria to take history, particularly military history, more seriously as a tool for conflict resolution and national development. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo ...

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 ...

Nigerian-American writer Chinelo Okparanta speaks to Franklyne Ikediasor about her debut novel, Nigerian civil war and homosexuality in Nigeria. I first heard about Chinelo Okparanta’s novel earlier ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said disinformation played a significant role in the Nigerian Civil War that happened from 1967 to 1970. Obasanjo spoke at the sixth edition of the annual ...

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has described the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) as the most challenging phase of his life. He stated that his decisions during the conflict were guided ...

Lecture delivered under the joint auspices of the Geographical Society and the Federalist Society of Nigeria at the University of Ibadan on 16th May, 1970. CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK Indirect taxation ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described the Biafra civil war as the most painful chapter in Nigeria’s history, while also acknowledging the damaging impact of prolonged ...