IndependentRepublicofBiafra.1967July6.CivilWarbegins.1970January15.BiafrasurrendersandrejoinsNigeria.1.5millionlivelost,mainlytostarvation.1970December31PublicEducationEdict1970,publishedinEastCentralStateofNigeria,callingforthetakeoverofschools.Thiswasmaderetroactiveto26May1970.Thetakeover,managementandownershipofall...
The naval force part of the Nigerian Military took an interest in the First World War in the vicinity of 1914 and 1918 in the Cameroun against the Germans. As around then, the Royal Navy did not consider it fit to build up an utilitarian naval force for Nigeria; their seeing at that po...
History of Nigeria’s Economy: From Colonialism to the Present The history of Nigeria’s economy is complex, largely because of the country’s colonial era and the gradual transition out of… Nigerian Civil War Operation Unicord: The Battle and Capture of Nsukka in July 1967 ...
In October 1970, with the civil war behind him, Gen. Gowon set 1976 as the target date for Nigeria's return to civilian rule. Political change came slowly, however, and in October 1974, Gowon announced an indefinite postponement in plans for the transfer of power. The regime's recalcitrance...
Nigeria has had a turbulent history and continuing crisis, marked by upheavals such as riots, pogroms, a civil war or ethnic war as many more aptly prefer to call it and terrorismLawrence Chinedu Nwobu
Although Nigeria celebrated its independence in 1960, the second half of the sixties brought the chaos and disaster of the Nigeria Civil War. After a long series of ethnic riots and killings against the Igbo of eastern Nigeria, the Igbos seceded from Nigeria in May 1967, naming their new ...
Nigeria - Colonial History, Economy, People: After the British government assumed direct control of the Royal Niger Company’s territories, the northern areas were renamed the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, and the land in the Niger delta and along th
The civil war that resulted from the division of Nigeria was a major human disaster that should not be forgotten. Portrait of the Author as a Historian: Chinua Achebe The son of a country whose history had been written by outsiders, Chinua Achebe recognised the need for African literature with...
January 15, 2024 was the 54thanniversary of the end ofthe Nigerian civil war, and the end of the short lived secessionist Republic of Biafra which seceded from Nigeria’s south-east region. After Nigeria suppressed Biafra’s secession in 1970, Nigeria’s victory in the war, and maintenance ...
1967 (July 6): First shots were fired heralding a 30-month war between the Federal government and the rebel Republic of Biafra. 1970 (January 15): The civil war ended and reconstruction and rehabilitation begin. 1971 (April 2): Nigeria switches with amazing smoothness from driving on the...