NNEWI, Nigeria (AP) – The late leader of Nigeria’s breakaway Republic of Biafra received final honors Friday from a nation he once fought bitterly against in a war that saw 1 million people killed.

On 20 November 2025, a Nigerian court in Abuja sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment after finding him ...

ENUGU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nearly half a century after a civil war in which a million people died, 27-year-old Okoli Ikedi is part of a new protest movement in southeastern Nigeria calling for an ...

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described the Biafra civil war as the most painful chapter in Nigeria’s history, while also acknowledging the damaging impact of prolonged ...

Biafra declared its independence in 1967 after a series of persecutions of the Igbo people within Nigeria. It fought in a conflict against Nigeria until 1970 when, despite the support from various ...

For the second time in 14 months of cruel civil war, Nigeria’s federal government and Biafra’s secessionist regime were edging toward peace talks last week. Meeting in Niamey, capital of Niger, under ...

Evelyn Okororie had just returned home from the market in Nigeria's Midwest region, when neighbors informed her that an airstrike had killed her mother, brother and three of her children. The year was ...

Dr Sam Amadi, the director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, has condemned former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon's remarks regarding the Biafra war. In a critique posted on ...

A post on social media wrongfully claims that Alexander Stubb supports the Biafra separatist movement in Nigeria. View on ...

We may take the travails of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a case study. To understand why people like Nnamdi Kanu are angry with the Nigerian government, we must move beyond slogans, ethnic sentiments and media ...