Atrocities against Ethnic Minorities in Biafra[edit] Minorities in Biafra suffered atrocities at the hands of those fighting for both sides… Read More
Media and public opinion[edit] Media and public relations played a central role in the war, due to their influence on… Read More
Israel[edit] From early on, Israel perceived that Nigeria would be an important player in West African politics, and saw good… Read More
International involvement[edit] Britain[edit] The British planned to maintain and expand their supply of cheap high-quality oil from Nigeria. Therefore they… Read More
War[edit] Shortly after extending its blockade to include oil, the Nigerian government launched a "police action" to retake the secessionist… Read More
Persecution of Igbo[edit] From June through October 1966, pogroms in the North killed an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Igbo, half of them… Read More
First Republic[edit] Nigeria's First Republic came into being on 1 October 1960. The first prime minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was a… Read More
Politics and economics of federalism[edit] The British colonial ideology that divided Nigeria into three regions—North, West and East—exacerbated the already… Read More
The Nigerian Civil War, commonly known as the Biafran War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), was a war fought between the government… Read More
HISTORY OF ANGLICANISM The growth of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) since the end of the Slave Trade has… Read More