Archives Tag: Biafra
War Memories: Igbo Celebrates Biafra After 55 Years
April 19, 2022
Today is Remembrance Day. The Nigerian-Biafran War (1967-1970) evokes diverse feelings and emotions among various people in Nigeria. For so many Nigerians, the Biafran War was an ugly past in Nigeria’s history that should not be remembered, but for the Igbo people who made up the most of the defunct Biafran Republic population, the … Continue reading War Memories: Igbo Celebrates Biafra After 55 Years
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ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion(2)
April 19, 2022
If you’re reading this, that means you must have read Part One and find this series really interesting. Let us continue our journey. Some of the other early key actors in the Midwest invasion by Biafran forces were Lt. Col Emmanuel Ifeajuna (one of the 5 Majors that plotted January 15, 1966, coup) as the … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion(2)
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Social Media Video Of The Week: Scenes From Lagos In 1967
April 19, 2022
Nigeria isn’t what it was fifty years ago! There are a lot more people living in it now. Many of its cities are larger and more populated. The buildings are styled differently, so are the cars, popular fashion, and manners of speaking. Where monochrome TVs and rotary dial phones were the norms, polychrome high-resolution … Continue reading Social Media Video Of The Week: Scenes From Lagos In 1967
Did You Know? The Year 1970 Marked A Turning Point In Nollywood
April 19, 2022
Interestingly, the Nigerian film industry (now popularly known as Nollywood) is the biggest in Africa and on the scale of movie production, it’s also one of the leading industries in the world. However, the journey to this envious status has had its lows, highs and significant turns that have been but transformational for the industry. … Continue reading Did You Know? The Year 1970 Marked A Turning Point In Nollywood
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ThrowBack Thursday – Flora Nwapa: Nigeria’s First Female Novelist
April 19, 2022
Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa was a Nigerian author born in Oguta, on 13th January 1931. Flora Nwapa was the eldest of 6 children of Christopher Ijeoma – who worked with the United Africa Company (UAC) and Martha Nwapa – a drama teacher. Flora started her early education in Oguta from where she proceeded … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday – Flora Nwapa: Nigeria’s First Female Novelist
By adedoyin
The Nigeria/Biafra War: 50 Years After
April 19, 2022
It is my sincere hope the lessons of the bitter struggle have been well learned by everybody and I would like therefore to take this opportunity to say that I, Maj. Gen. Philip Effiong, officer administering the government of the Republic of Biafra, now wish to make the following declaration:That we are firm, we are … Continue reading The Nigeria/Biafra War: 50 Years After
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How can Nigerians Hold Politicians Responsible?
April 19, 2022
A video in which former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu was manhandled by some men of Igbo extraction in Nuremberg, Germany was in circulation over the weekend. Ekweremadu was scheduled to speak as a special guest of honour at the 2nd Igbo Annual Festival in Germany. The motive of the attack is still unknown, … Continue reading How can Nigerians Hold Politicians Responsible?
By adedoyin
Throwback Thursday: The Biafra Declaration (1967)
April 19, 2022
“Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, by virtue of the authority, and pursuant to the principles, recited above, do hereby solemnly proclaim that the territory and region known as and called Eastern Nigeria together with her continental shelf and territorial waters, shall henceforth be an independent sovereign state of … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: The Biafra Declaration (1967)
By adedoyin
Men You Should Know: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
April 19, 2022
The date? 4th November, 1933. The place? Zungeru, Niger state, Nigeria. The man? Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu: Military Officer, Nigerian Politician, Biafran icon, Ikemba! While the highlight of many greats is a rise from grass to grace,Ikemba was born in the glory of wealth and affluence, abundance of supply, with his hands in milk and teeth … Continue reading Men You Should Know: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
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ThrowBack Thursday: Ojukwu’s Final Days
April 19, 2022
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, in his elements, comes across as a man who exudes a rare charm. Though born into an aristocratic family, able enough to afford being trained at Oxford University until he got into the military, he fought nonetheless to be free of his father’s stronghold. He carried this sense of independence of thought … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Ojukwu’s Final Days
By adedoyin
Throw Back Thursday: The Accord in Aburi That Didn’t Stand
April 19, 2022
Between 4th & 5th January 1967, a few months before the Nigerian civil war began in July 1967, a few military officers from Nigeria dragged one another to a location in Ghana, named Aburi. They left the meeting with a consensus agreement historically known as the Aburi Accord. It is, however, well known today that … Continue reading Throw Back Thursday: The Accord in Aburi That Didn’t Stand
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Onyeka Nwelue Celebrates Soyinka In New Documentary Film, ‘Wole Soyinka: A God And The Biafrans’
April 19, 2022
Award-winning Nigerian writer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue is developing a documentary on Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, titled, “Wole Soyinka: A God and the Biafrans”. The Documentary The project which, according to Nwelue, was started in 2004 when he was 16, and is being developed at The Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center for African & African … Continue reading Onyeka Nwelue Celebrates Soyinka In New Documentary Film, ‘Wole Soyinka: A God And The Biafrans’
Discover Nigeria: The Zero-Sum Game and Why Nigeria Needs To Restructure Now
April 19, 2022
In economic theory, a zero-sum game is a scenario in which the gain or loss of utility by a participant is balanced by the losses or gains of other participants. In much plainer terms, one man’s loss being another’s gain. Nigeria has been this way for the past fifty-one or so years, after Major General … Continue reading Discover Nigeria: The Zero-Sum Game and Why Nigeria Needs To Restructure Now
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Away From Ethnicity –The Case of Biafra 3
April 19, 2022
My Dad used to laugh at ethnic sentiments. For him, none of us did anything to belong to our ethnic extractions. We just arrived and through no fault or effort of our own, we BECAME IBOS’, YORUBA’S, HAUSA’S, IDOMA’S and whatever else! Just by being born! If we all had a choice in the matter, … Continue reading Away From Ethnicity –The Case of Biafra 3
By chinedum
The Oduduwa and Arewa Republic (s) – The Case of Biafra 2
April 19, 2022
The case for Oduduwa and Arewa Republic (s) is no better than Biafra’s case. The one advantage both have over Biafra is their possession of natural borders. However, nations are not built by border possession alone. It takes more – like who among the Ijebus, Egbas, Ekiti, Oyo, Ilorin… will lead? Where will the capital … Continue reading The Oduduwa and Arewa Republic (s) – The Case of Biafra 2
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