All posts tagged "Biafra"
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18EDITORIALNdigbo and the Babangida Confession
Ndigbo’s 40 Acres and a Mule: The Babangida Confession EDITORIAL By IKENGAONLINE In Nigeria, even discussing Biafra is taboo. The war and...
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1.7KANNIVERSARYMatthew Hassan Kukah: 40 Years a Priest
By FRANCIS DAMINA – Most Rev. Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah was ordained as a Catholic priest on December 19, 1976, by the...
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1.4KLEADThe First Martyr for Nigerian Unity
A moment before he was shot, on July 29, 1966, Nigeria’s first military head of state Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi reportedly...
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1.3KLEAD STORIESNigeria’s Breakup: Danger Still Looms
We celebrated too early. Because this year’s polls ended well, we assumed that we had shamed the “prophets of doom” – those...
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OPINION
History’s Open Wounds
By ANIEBO NWAMU — One of my uncles had a phobia for the Voice of America (VOA), Africa Service, because of the...
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OPINION
Antidote to Igbo Thoughtlessness
By ANIEBO NWAMU — Former INEC chairman Maurice Iwu once hinted that he would not welcome election monitors to Nigeria in 2007....