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Separatist sentiment has persisted in the southeast despite defeat in the civil war and the huge loss of life.
BIAFRA

Pro-Biafra supporters clash with Nigerian troops

Fifty years ago, a declaration of Biafran independence sparked a brutal 30-month civil war.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
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Buhari under siege on all fronts, only a year into his presidency

Economic woes and new calls for Biafran independence may signal the start of trouble in the country.

  • Geoff Hill
4 min read
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Nigeria faces high-noon moment

Boko Haram’s acts are a timely wake-up call for a nation that has slept through countless horrors, writes Ben Okri.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
The Nigerian film Half Yellow Sun is about the Biafran war.
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Nigerian censors bicker over Biafran war film

The Nigerian film board has delayed issuing a certificate for the film Half of Yellow Sun.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
A 2020 study found that the cost incurred by provincial and national governments from alcohol abuse was R17 billion
BEER

A local success: SABMiller’s Nigerian ‘Hero’ beer

"Oh Mpa," the Nigerian version of SABMiller’s Hero beer, is using a nostalgic appeal to local political ideologies to widen its marketshare.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
On August 11 1968
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Moving account of a nation at war with itself

Chinua Achebe breaks his silence on the conflict that shattered his homeland, writes Noo Saro-Wiwa.

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
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Genocide by any other name

Mass murder is now being described as ‘a preservation of national sovereignty’.

  • Percy Zvomuya
3 min read