Tag: Biafran War

Editor May 30, 2021

#BiafraRemembranceDay: 54 years after, scars of the war still haunt victims | A #YNaijaSpecial

“If we had achieved a Biafran state, we would have been better than today. Our economy would have been stronger because our people are industrious. But there can never be…

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Op-ed Editor March 1, 2017

Okey Ndibe: Meeting a man who fed starving Biafrans

by Okey Ndibe One of the fortunes of my frequent travels is that I meet fascinating people at different locations, even when I have no inkling of the possibility of…

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Op-ed Editor December 24, 2016

The Thread: “Before you start Igbo bashing, remember the thing doing you isn’t the thing doing the Igbos”

Igbos are trending on Twitter today, and it's got something to do with their outcry over the soldiers dispatched to the East who have mounted roadblocks and are allegedly seizing…

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Kolapo Olapoju May 15, 2015

Why Ojukwu thought I would never go to war – General Gowon

by James Sambo A former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says the leader of the defunct Biafra, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, never expected him to go to war because of…

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November 4, 2012

Simon Kolawole: Indeed, there was a starved country

Gowon and Awolowo could have done much more to help the dying and diseased civilians. And, clearly, Ojukwu fatally erred by refusing to accept the conditions for the delivery of…

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November 3, 2012

Opinion: No escape from the sceptre looming over us

by Kenechi Uzochukwu This generation is largely confused. From the biased accounts, many of the generation believe the war was fought between Awolowo and some hapless Igbo women and children…

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