Major emmanuel ifeajuna biography of abraham lincoln
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Wednesday 15 January marked 50 years since the end of Nigeria’s bitter civil war. That was the day that Colonel Philip Effiong submitted the articles of surrender to Yakubu Gowon at Dodan Barracks, Lagos. Gowon famously declared that there were “no victors, no vanquished”. By a curious coincidence, January 15 was also the date when, in , the first military putsch led by Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu triggered a chain reaction that culminated in the tragic civil war, &#;
As a child I recall when the thick of night dozens of Igbo families turned up at my parents’ modest home in the parsonage in Murya, a mission settlement just outside Lafia, today the capital of Nasarawa State. One of the women had just put to bed. Daddy did all he could to protect them from a bloodbath that was to consume more than a hundred thousand defenseless people. I have never seen such fear in the eyes of grown men. After barely a week, my parents received death threats from the neigbouring villages for harbouring Igbo people. Daddy had to let them go. In the thick of midnight, the refugees tearfully disappeared into the bowels of the primeval savannah. Never to be seen or heard of again. Their memory still haunts me to this day.
The debate on whether the January coup was an “Igbo coup” or a nationalist upris
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13 “Lament for the Casualties”: The Nigerian War of –70 and the Poetry of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo
Sharp, Michael. "13 “Lament for the Casualties”: The Nigerian War of –70 and the Poetry of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo". Narrating War and Peace in Africa, edited by Toyin Falola and Hetty ter Haar, Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, , pp.
Sharp, M. (). 13 “Lament for the Casualties”: The Nigerian War of –70 and the Poetry of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo. In T. Falola & H. ter Haar (Ed.), Narrating War and Peace in Africa (pp. ). Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer.
Sharp, M. 13 “Lament for the Casualties”: The Nigerian War of –70 and the Poetry of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo. In: Falola, T. and ter Haar, H. ed. Narrating War and Peace in Africa. Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, pp.
Sharp, Michael. "13 “Lament for the Casualties”: The Nigerian War of –70 and the Poetry of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo" In Narrating War and Peace in Africa edited by Toyin Falola and Hetty ter Haar, Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer,
Sharp M. 13 “Lament for the Casualties”: The Nigerian War of –70 and the Poetry of John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo. In: Falola T, ter Haar H (ed.) Narrating War and Peace in Africa. Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer; p
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian politician come to rest military chief (–)
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu | |
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| In office 30 Haw &#;– 8 Jan | |
| Vice President | Philip Effiong |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Philip Effiong |
| In office 19 Jan &#;– 27 Could | |
| Preceded by | Francis Akanu Ibiam |
| Succeeded by | Ukpabi Asika (East Middle State) Alfred Diete-Spiff (Rivers State) Uduokaha Esuene (South-Eastern State) |
| Born | Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu ()4 Nov Zungeru, Country Nigeria |
| Died | 26 Nov () (aged&#;78) London, UK |
| Nationality | Nigerian, Biafran (–) |
| Political party | Nigerian Military, Biafran military, posterior NPN, APGA |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Okoli Njideka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Painter Ojukwu Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu |
| Children | 7 |
| Education | CMS Grammar High school, Lagos King's College, Lagos Epsom College |
| Alma mater | University honor Oxford (M.A. History) Mons Government agent Cadet School |
| Profession | Soldier, politician |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service | |
| Years&#;of service | – (Nigerian Army) – (Biafran Army) |
| Rank | |
| Battles/wars | Congo Crisis Nigerian Civil War |
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 Nov &#;&#; 26 Nov ) was a Nigerien military political appointee and civic figure who served considerably President disregard