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On the right of the children of the Plaintiff to challenge Ojukwu’s will, the court held that “in order to have the locus to challenge the will they must first prove that they are the grandchildren of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and entitled to the benefits accruing therefrom.
Nothing I have written seeks to justify the January coup. I wish it never took place. I wish the hotheaded young ‘revolutionaries’ had reflected on their line of action or consulted saner heads. The deaths of our leaders that day need not have happened. I wish the British did not bequeath a skewered Nigeria to us upon independence, and the ineptitude of our politicians only worsened things.
Military experts have since floored the argument because his position did not make him a custodian of the armoury. Interestingly, extracts of the Police Special Branch report on the investigation of the coup excluded Unegbe’s name from the casualty list. As for Igbo politicians the fact that President Azikiwe was outside Nigeria when the coup occurred is suspicious. Major Ifeajuna is from Onitsha, Azikiwe’s hometown.
With women, there is never an end to a war – any war in which their husband’s interest is involved. When they win, they go for choice wines and propose
Punch Newspapers Sections Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has advised the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to emulate the footsteps of late Biafra warlord, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. Iwuanyanwu, who spoke when the leadership of the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders conferred on him the award of its grand patron in Owerri, the Imo State capital, pointed out that Ojukwu listened to his people. He said “Ojukwu did not ignore elders and he never declared Biafra on his own. It was the people from all walks of life – the academia, businessmen, civil and public servants – that called upon him to declare the state of Biafra and become its leader.
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.
Segun Adewole The Nigerian Civil War otherwise known as the Biafra War was fought from 1966 to 1970. It was between the forces of the Nigerian Government and the forces of Biafra which seceded from the country at that time. As Nigeria celebrates the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, it is appropriate to take a brief look at the key actors in the civil war. Here are eight of them: 1. Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu Nzeogwu was a young military officer who took part in the first military coup in Nigeria on January 15, 1966. He led a group of soldiers who killed Nigeria’s Prime Minister and the Premiers of the Northern and Western regions of the country. He died during the civil war.