Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole As Nigeria celebrates the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day set aside for the country’s fallen heroes, it is appropriate to take a brief look into the civil war which was one of the trying times in the country’s history. Here are ten things you should know about the civil war. 1. The Nigerian civil war otherwise known as Biafra war was fought from 1967 to 1970 and between the forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the forces of Biafra which seceded from Nigeria. 2. General Yakubu Gowon was Nigeria’s Head of State as of that time while the late Lt. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu was the leader of Biafra after serving as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966.