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Ojukwu’s 1967 speech that necessitate secession of Biafra

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Exactly a day like today, 30 May 1967, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the then Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria declared the sovereign state of Biafra in a speech that got Ndigbo fighting for self independence from Nigeria. For three years, the defunct Country, Biafra, fought Nigeria in a civil war that claimed millions of lives. […]

A security guard stands in the empty Ogbaru Market as shops and businesses shut down to mark the anniversary of the Biafra independence declaration

Southeast shutdown for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration

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Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since the declaration of an independent republic of Biafra sparked a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks of the River Niger, most markets were closed and the streets were largely empty […]

Biafra: a painful chapter in Nigeria’s history

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Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking a brutal civil war that left about one million people dead. – Coups and secession – On May 30, 1967, the military head of Nigeria’s eastern region, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, declares “the independent Republic of Biafra”. His […]

I don’t want to be Biafra president – Nnamdi Kanu

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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, he does not intend to be president when the Republic of Biafra was eventually actualized. Kanu told Vanguard that he always preferred to operate from the background, pointing out that if the pioneer leader of […]

Tribute: IPOB declares May 30 ‘sit-at-home’ day

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The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared May 30 as the day all supporters of Biafra will sit at home without going anywhere or doing any work. This, it said, would be to use the day to honour the Igbo who had lost their lives in sectarian killings in the country from 1945 to date. […]

Nigerian secessionists greet Trump as help against Muslim north

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Over 1,000 southern Nigerian secessionists took to the streets on Friday to express the hope that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump might help counter Muslim influence in their country. Shouting “Biafra for Trump”, protesters held up U.S. flags and pictures of Trump in Port Harcourt, a major port city in the southeast, while also […]