Before the full-blown war, there was a military coup in 1966 (carried out by Maj. Nzeogwu which led to the death of Tafawa Belewa, among others), a counter-coup (led by Gowon, which led to the brutal
“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” — This was the statement adapted by a traditional ruler of the Bakassi community during the handover ceremony of
***written by — Christopher Griffin*** During the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970), France chose to support Biafra, but only on a limited scale, providing mercenaries and obsolete weaponry to Ojukwu
Mugabe was born to a poor Shona family in Kutama, Southern Rhodesia on 21 February 1924. Following an education at Kutama College and the University of Fort Hare, he worked as a school teacher in Sout
King Jaja of Opobo (full name: Jubo Jubogha ; 1821–1891) was a merchant prince and the founder of Opobo city-state in an area that is now the Rivers state of Nigeria. Born in Umuduruoha, Amaigbo, in
“Saro-Wiwa, who was chained in the legs and hands, was marched to the condemned cell which was directly opposite the gallows where he and others would be hanged. An eyewitness, Ibrahim Abdullahi, wh
