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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer and political figure who served as the first president of Biafra, from 1967 to 1970. As the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the independent state of Biafra , Ojukwu led the Biafran forces during the ...
Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna // ⓘ (1935 – 25 September 1967) [1] was a Nigerian army major and high jumper.He was the first Black African to win a gold medal at an international sports event when he won at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu (née Onoh; born 5 August 1968) [1] is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. She currently serves as the Federal Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. [ 2 ]
The head of state as at that time was Gen Yakubu Gowon and the Biafran troop were led by Col Chukuemeka Ojukwu. [1] The war lasted for three years, from 6 Jul 1967 to 15 Jan 1970. Gowon had just been chosen as the Head of State after a coup d'état on 15 January 1966, which left the first Military Head of State Major General Johnson Ironsi ...
Debe Odumegwu Ojukwu, the eldest son of ex-President / General Ojukwu and a Lagos state-based lawyer was the lead counsel that championed the case. [ 76 ] MASSOB leader Chief Ralph Uwazuruike established Radio Biafra in the United Kingdom in 2009, with Nnamdi Kanu as his radio director; later Kanu was said to have been dismissed from MASSOB ...
Freshman 6-foot forward Naya Ojukwu entered the transfer portal Thursday. She transferred from the University of Utah to Gonzaga and was considered a true freshman during the 2023-24 season after ...
Emeka a biography by English writer Frederick Forsyth about his friend Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, head of the state of Biafra, a republic that seceded from Nigeria and was briefly independent. The book was published in 1982. In 1991 a revised edition was published. [1] [2] "Emeka" is an abbreviation of the Igbo name "Chukwuemeka".
News of the 2nd Division's success at Benin City and Ojukwu's decision to execute some of his top officers boosted federal morale. [16] Just after midnight on 1 October, Ojukwu delivered a speech over radio pledging not to abandon Enugu. [21] On 3 October, the Biafrans began evacuating their capital. [22]