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    The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra...
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    the country, most especially during the Nigerian Civil War, and has undertaken major operations abroad. Nigerian Army officers have served as chiefs of...
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  • Russian Civil War (1917–1922) Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) Syrian civil war (2011-2023/current days) List of civil wars List...
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    The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The armed forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy...
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    of Nigeria (1963) John de St. Jorre, The Nigerian Civil War p. 36. John de St. Jorre, The Nigerian Civil War, p. 35 John de St. Jorre, The Nigerian Civil...
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  • Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (category Candidates in the Nigerian general election, 2003)
    was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as President of the Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War. He previously...
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    The blockade of Biafra by the Nigerian federal government during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) resulted in a famine that ultimately cost at least...
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    Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is a paramilitary institution in Nigeria that was first introduced in May 2003 by the Nigerian Government...
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    The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003. President Charles Taylor came to power...
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    Benjamin Adekunle (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
    Maja Adekunle (26 June 1936 – 13 September 2014) was a Nigerian Army Brigadier and Civil War commander. Adekunle was born in Kaduna. His father was a...
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    Biafra (category Nigerian Civil War)
    to reclaim the territory of Biafra, resulting in the start of the Nigerian Civil War. Biafra was formally recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania...
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  • to deaths of many innocent Igbo soldiers and civilians caused the Nigerian Civil War.[citation needed] In August 1965, a group of Army majors (Emmanuel...
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  • due to its historical involvement in the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970. Before the Nigerian Civil War, the town was small and primarily agrarian...
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  • In 1967, a Civil war broke out in Nigeria, the war was between the Nigerian troops and Biafran troops. The head of state as at that time was Gen Yakubu...
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    government and industry both began to focus on this new resource. The Nigerian Civil War in the late 1960s led many expatriate mining experts to leave the...
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    1967 until 1970. At the beginning of the Nigerian Civil War, Biafra had 3,000 soldiers. This number grew as the war progressed, ultimately reaching 30,000...
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    Division is a division of the Nigerian Army. The division is headquartered at Jos, Plateau State. The 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army dates to August–September...
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    Yakubu Gowon (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
    is a retired Nigerian army general and military leader. As head of state of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered...
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  • Bush War, 1965–1980 First Chadian Civil War, 1965-1979 Communist insurgency in Thailand, 1965–1983 Cambodian Civil War, 1967–1975 Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970...
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    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is the air branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the youngest branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is one of the largest...
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    Godwin Alabi-Isama (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
    Nigerian Military School in Zaria, Nigeria and the Nigerian Military Training College (now Nigerian Defence Academy) in Kaduna prior to the civil war...
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    Niger Delta (category Landforms of Nigeria)
    Adaka Boro during Nigerian president Ironsi's administration, just before the Nigerian Civil War. Also just before the Nigerian civil war, Southeastern State...
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  • Ogbunigwe (category Improvised explosive device bombings in Nigeria)
    mass-produced by the Republic of Biafra and used against Nigeria between 1967 and 1970 in the Nigerian Civil War.[self-published source] At the outbreak of hostilities...
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    Murtala Muhammed (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
    the Nigerian Civil War and thereafter ruled over Nigeria from 29 July 1975 until his assassination on 13 February 1976. This period in Nigerian history...
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  • enslavement. Many Nigerians of Igbo origin were also brought into the U.S. in the late 1960s as war refugees during Nigerian Civil War. Some Nigerian ethnic groups...
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    of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-84076-7. Biafra-Nigeria 1967–1969 Political Affairs (PDF)...
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    development of the economy became visible, especially after the end of the Nigerian civil war, the bank followed the government's desire and took a determined effort...
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    Igbo people (category Ethnic groups in Nigeria)
    Biafra, triggering the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970). Millions of Biafran civilians died from starvation after the Nigerian military formed a blockade...
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    Nigerian nationalism asserts that Nigerians as a nation should promote the cultural unity of Nigerians. Nigerian nationalism is territorial nationalism...
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    Mohammed Shuwa (category Military personnel of the Nigerian Civil War)
    2012) was a Nigerian Major General and the first General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army's 1st Division. Shuwa commanded the Nigerian Army's 1st...
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