Tag: Biafra war
Ohanaeze asks Gowon to apologize to Igbos over Biafra war
A chieftain of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who described Gowon’s remark as inflammatory, urged him to move for reconciliation.
Biafra: Uzodimma asks for special fund for south east states
Uzodimma made the call Wednesday, according to a release circulated by his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku.
Censor board approves viewing of ‘Half A Yellow Sun’
Nigerian censors on Friday approved the release of the civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun” after a more…
Sect Can’t Break Nigeria —Soyinka
Nigeria is suffering greater carnage at the hands of Islamist group Boko Haram than it did during a secessionist civil…
Nigeria’s Adichie says bestseller helped recall painful past
Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the bestseller “Half of a Yellow Sun”, said writing a novel about the Nigerian…
Police find Biafra war bombs, rocket launcher
The Nigerian police in Imo on Tuesday announced the recovery of weapons abandoned during the Nigerian Civil War, 43 years…
America’s Secret Files: The Untold Biafran story
TheNEWS’ World Exclusive Forty three years after the Civil War, the Americans have released their dossiers—21,000 pages of diplomatic dispatches…
Biafra : Awolowo replies Achebe from the grave
Nigeria’s literary legend, Chinua Achebe in his latest memoir on the defunct Biafra, accused a Nigerian political legend, Obafemi Awolowo…