Local people said the closures were either to commemorate the anniversary in support or because of widespread fears of violence. Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday ...
On May 30, 1967, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region of Nigeria an independent state—the Republic of Biafra. [Getty Images] Biafra Day is not just a day of remembrance—it’s ...
The Simon Ekpa-led Biafran Republic Government in-Exile (BRGIE), says South-East Governors and leaders in the region should desist from negotiating for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the ...
The leader of Biafra Independence Movement (BIM), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said non-violent principle towards the carving out of Biafra as a separate and independent state from Nigeria is still on ...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s declaration of support in a video for Ukraine has been altered and misrepresented on social media as Finland publicly expressing support for the secessionist Biafra ...
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 ...