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Lt.-Col. Effiong Announces Surrender of Biafra

Fellow Countrymen,As you know, I was asked to be the officer administering the government of this republic on the 10th of January, 1970. Since then, I...

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Ojukwu Interprets the Kwale Incident

In addition to the main invasion of August 1967, there were several incidents of Biafran incursion into the Midwest during the civil war. In May 1969 ...

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On Aburi we stand - The Distortion of Aburi Accord

By Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu

Anybody who was present at the Aburi meeting or has read the minutes, the communiqués, statements, and verbatim reports would be surprised that a per...

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LETTER FROM LT. COL. OJUKWU TO LT. COL. BANJO

From: The Military Governor,Republic of Biafra Enugu,22nd August, 1967.My dear Victor,1. For some time now, you and I have been discussing the circums...

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Gowon's broadcast to the nation - Dividing Nigeria into Twelve States

Dear Country men:As you are all aware Nigeria has been immersed in an extremely gravecrisis for almost eighteen months. We have now reached a mostcrit...

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The Republic of Biafra : Resolution by the Eastern Region Consultative Assembly

We, the Chiefs, Elders and Representatives of Eastern Nigeria, gathered at this Joint meeting of the Advisory Committee of Chiefs and Elders and the C...

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Ojukwu Secedes and Declares the Republic of Biafra.

Fellow countrymen and women, you, the people of Eastern Nigeria:Conscious of the supreme authority of Almighty God over all mankind,of your duty to yo...

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Chief Awolowo's Speech to Western leaders of thought In Ibadan, May 1 1967

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo

The aim of a leader should be the welfare of the people whom he leads. Ihave used 'welfare' to denote the physical, mental and spiritualwell-being of ...

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Recommendations made by the Representatives of the Regional Military Governors Meeting in Lagos on 9 August 1966

The meeting was declared open by the Head of the Federal Military Government and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces at 12 noon.In his opening addre...

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BROADCAST BY LT. COL. YAKUBU GOWON, AUGUST 1, 1966

‘No Trust or Confidence in a Unitary System of Government’: Lt.-Col. Gowon’s Broadcast on the Assumption of Office, 1 August 1966This is Lt-Col....

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