[DOC] [TLE] C. Odumegwu Ojukwu - Wikipedia [PAR] Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933  26 November 2011) 
was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the military governor 
of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the leader of the breakaway 
Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. ... Ojukwu joined the civil service in Eastern 
Nigeria as an Administrative Officer... [DOC] [TLE] Nigerian Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Nigerian Civil War, better known as the Biafran War, (6 July 1967  15 
January 1970), was ... Odumegwu Ojukwu .... By the 1960s, Igbo political culture 
was more unified and the region relatively prosperous, with tradesmen and 
literate elites ..... On 30 May 1967, Ojukwu declared independence of the 
Republic of Biafra. [DOC] [TLE] Civil war in Nigeria - Jul 06, 1967 - HISTORY.com [PAR] In 1960, Nigeria gained independence from Britain. Six years later, the Muslim 
Hausas in northern Nigeria began massacring the Christian Igbos in the region,... [DOC] [TLE] Emeka Ojukwu: Soldier who led his people into the war of Biafran ... [PAR] Dec 12, 2011 ... Ojukwu addresses the media in 1967 at the start of the disastrous war ... 
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, to use his full name, proclaimed the ... But 
the region's oil wealth made Biafran independence intolerable to Nigeria ... and 
fairness forced him into the leading role he played in the Nigerian civil war. [DOC] [TLE] THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970: REVISITING A WAR OF ... [PAR] I argue here that the origin of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) could be traced 
to ... Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, to justify secession.8 The Southern 
and .... 20 A lack of interest in extending the party beyond the Northern Region .... 
127 31 Ojukwu declared independence of Biafra, Gowon declared a state of... [DOC] [TLE] The Banknotes of Biafra - P J Symes [PAR] Many collectors will be familiar with the events of the Nigerian civil war, and 
equally there will be ... Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu to govern the Eastern 
Region. ... So, on 30 May 1967, the Eastern Region was declared an 
independent republic ..... We had to do something quickly to save the near-
disastrous situation. [DOC] [TLE] DIM CHUKWUEMEKA CHRISTOPHER ODUMEGWU OJUKWU's ... [PAR] Odumegwu Ojukwu declared Biafra's Independence on 30 May 1967. ... Eastern 
Region and the continued pogrom in Northern Nigeria led Ojukwu to announce ... 
Gowon leading to the sequence of events that resulted in the Nigerian civil war .... 
the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Information with disastrous casualties. [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF NIGERIA [PAR] HISTORY OF NIGERIA including Historic regions, Fulani and Sokoto, British 
explorers, SS Alburkah, Trade and anti-slavery, British colonial rule, 
Independence and ... and his two sons lead the Fulani in an immensely 
successful holy war against the .... Odumegwu Ojukwu, takes the drastic step in 
May 1967 of declaring the... [DOC] [TLE] Republic of Biafra Bank Notes [PAR] Many collectors will be familiar with the events of the Nigerian civil war, and 
equally there will be ... Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu to govern the Eastern 
Region. ... So, on 30 May 1967, the Eastern Region was declared an 
independent republic ..... We had to do something quickly to save the near-
disastrous situation. [DOC] [TLE] Nigeria  Random Narrative - Stanford University [PAR] Nigeria has had an unusual susceptibility to civil war, given our model. ... (c) That 
of the majority group in each of the colonial regions vs. the plethora of .... Nigeria 
became independent on October 1, 1960. ... (the largest and smallest parties). .... 
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was disaffected, as many Igbo officers lost... [DOC] [TLE] Nigeria's Great Speeches | Nigerian History Channel [PAR] The Speech Declaring Nigeria's Independence by Nigeria's First Prime Minister 
... met in order to perpetuate the crisis and lead the Eastern Region out of Nigeria
. .... If it were possible for us to avoid chaos and civil war merely by drifting apart 
as ... OF BIAFRA BY CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU, ON MAY 30, 
1967. [DOC] [TLE] Midwest Invasion of 1967 - DAWODU NET [PAR]

Question: In 1967 Odumegwu Ojukwu declared this region independent of Nigeria, leading to a disasterous civil war
Answer: Biafra