I returned from Kigali a few days ago. The highlight of my trip was a harrowing visit to a museum commemorating the million or so Rwandese people who were slaughtered during a genocide that shocked ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu, has declared a sit-at-home on May 30, 2026 to mark the annual ...

Dr Sam Amadi, the director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, has condemned former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon's remarks regarding the Biafra war. In a critique posted on ...

Evelyn Okororie had just returned home from the market in Nigeria's Midwest region, when neighbors informed her that an airstrike had killed her mother, brother and three of her children. The year was ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared May 30, 2026 as a Remembrance Day for Biafran heroes and heroines and announced a sit-at-home across communities in the South-East.

Pioneers of a new frontier -- The magical years -- A primary exposure -- Leaving home -- The formative years at Umuahia and Ibadan -- Meeting Christie and her family -- Discovering Things fall apart - ...

On May 30, 1967, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region of Nigeria an independent state—the Republic of Biafra. [Getty Images] Biafra Day is not just a day of remembrance—it’s ...

The Nigerian Civil War was an iconically gruesome conflict, recorded in the newly ubiquitous medium of color television and the photographs of Don McCullin. Its immediate origins lay in a military ...

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ENUGU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nearly half a century after a civil war in which a million people died, 27-year-old Okoli Ikedi is part of a new protest movement in southeastern Nigeria calling for an ...

Nnamdi Nwannekaenyi Okwu Kanu is currently one of the most controversial figures in Nigeria. He is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, one of the Biafra separatist organisations, as well as ...