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Biafra (/ b i ˈ æ f r ə / bee-AF-rə), [4] officially the Republic of Biafra, [5] was a partially recognised state in West Africa [6] [7] that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. [8] Its territory consisted of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group. [1]
Established in 1973, The Herald has correspondents in Kaduna, Kano, Kogi and Abuja. [2] Falilat Adetoun Olaoye and Clement Adeboye [3] was appointed the general manager of The Herald and Yomi Adeboye as editor in 2020. [4] [5] The newspaper is state-owned. [6] [7] The Herald is published by Kwara State Printing and Publishing Corporation. [8]
The American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive was an organization founded by American activists to inform the American public of the war and sway popular opinion towards Biafra. [200] Biafra became a topic in the 1968 United States presidential election and on 9 September 1968, future Republican president Richard Nixon called for Lyndon B ...
The Biafra Referendum, otherwise known as the Biafra self-referendum, was a self-determination poll organized and conducted by the Biafra Republic Government in Exile to determine the declaration of the restoration of Biafra, a partially recognised state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970.
Indigenous People of Biafra: Eastern Security Network: Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria: 2012 Nnamdi Kanu: Adaka Biafra Marine Commandos: None Conflict in the Niger Delta [32] Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND) None [33] Biafra Avengers: None [34] Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force: None [35]
On 24 November 2016, Amnesty International accused Nigerian security forces of killing at least 150 Biafra's secession peaceful advocates. The rights group also said Nigerian military fired live ammunition, with little or no warning, to disperse members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group between August 2015 and August 2016. But the ...
Historian S. E. Orobator, arguing that the invasion failed to severely hamper federal advances into Biafran territory, caused infighting in Biafra's military leadership, and dissipated popular sympathy for the secession in the Midwest [33] concluded that "In sum, Biafra would have benefited more from the Midwest had she maintained the existing ...
The president of Biafra was the head of state of the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state that consisted of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria. [1]