The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra...
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the country, most especially during the Nigerian Civil War, and has undertaken major operations abroad. Nigerian Army officers have served as chiefs of...
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Russian Civil War (1917–1922) Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) Syrian civil war (2011–present) List of civil wars List of...
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The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, and...
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of Nigeria (1963) John de St. Jorre, The Nigerian Civil War p. 36. John de St. Jorre, The Nigerian Civil War, p. 35 John de St. Jorre, The Nigerian Civil...
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (category Candidates in the Nigerian general election, 2003)
was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as President of the Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War. He previously...
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The blockade of Biafra by the Nigerian federal government during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) resulted in a famine that ultimately cost at least...
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Benjamin Adekunle (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
Maja Adekunle (26 June 1936 – 13 September 2014) was a Nigerian Army Brigadier and Civil War commander. Adekunle was born in Kaduna. His father was a...
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In 1967, a Civil war broke out in Nigeria, the war was between the Nigerian troops and Biafran troops. The head of state as at that time was Gen Yakubu...
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during the Nigerian Civil War within the then Federal Capital Territory of Lagos for the purpose of sensitization and protection of the civil populace....
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The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003. President Charles Taylor came to power...
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Division is a division of the Nigerian Army. The division is headquartered at Jos, Plateau State. The 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army dates to August–September...
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Biafra (category Nigerian Civil War)
to reclaim the territory of Biafra, resulting in the start of the Nigerian Civil War. Biafra was officially recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania...
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Aguiyi-Ironsi to be head of state of Nigeria. Consequently, the retaliatory events by Northern members of the Nigerian Army that led to deaths of many Igbo...
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Godwin Alabi-Isama (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
Nigerian Military School in Zaria, Nigeria and the Nigerian Military Training College (now Nigerian Defence Academy) in Kaduna prior to the civil war...
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1967 until 1970. At the beginning of the Nigerian Civil War, Biafra had 3,000 soldiers. This number grew as the war progressed, ultimately reaching 30,000...
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Anti-Nigerian sentiment is the dislike of Nigeria or Nigerians. Anti-Nigerian sentiment arose among Igbo people during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–1970...
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Yakubu Gowon (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
1934) is a Nigerian former Head of State and statesman who led the Federal military government war efforts during the Nigerian Civil War. Gowon delivered...
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the central government during the Nigerian Civil War. From the 1990s, a growing number of people in southeastern Nigeria such as Igbo and Niger Delta natives...
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of Nigeria (1999) at Wikisource Oyeneye, Oyesiku & Edewor 1993, pp. 179–180. "ICAO Trip Strategy: The Nigerian Experience" (PDF). International Civil Aviation...
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Eha Amufu (section Nigerian Civil War)
due to its historical involvement in the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970. Before the Nigerian Civil War, the town was small and primarily agrarian...
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a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria. The Nigerian government claimed that the deletion...
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Niger Delta (category Landforms of Nigeria)
Adaka Boro during Nigerian president Ironsi's administration, just before the Nigerian Civil War. Also just before the Nigerian civil war, Southeastern State...
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces,established 4 years...
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of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-84076-7. Biafra-Nigeria 1967–1969 Political Affairs (PDF)...
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Nigerian nationalism asserts that Nigerians as a nation should promote the cultural unity of Nigerians. Nigerian nationalism is territorial nationalism...
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Asaba massacre (category Civilians killed in the Nigerian Civil War)
October 1967 in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War. In August 1967, three months into the Biafran War, Biafran troops invaded the Mid-Western...
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Thailand, 1965–1983 in Thailand Cambodian Civil War, 1967–1975 in Cambodia Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970 in Nigeria Communist insurgency in Malaysia, 1968–1989...
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Republic of Benin (1967) (redirect from Republic of Benin (Nigeria))
on 19 September 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War as a puppet state of Biafra, following its occupation of Nigeria's Mid-Western Region, and named after...
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February 2018) was a Nigerian British-trained aeronautical engineer who served as a major in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War. Prior to joining...
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