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The fall of Enugu was a military conflict between Nigerian and Biafran forces in September and October 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War which centered around Enugu, the capital of the secessionist Republic of Biafra.
- 12 September-4 October 1967
- Nigerian victory
- Enugu and surrounding area, Nigeria
Dec 21, 2012 · Forty-two years after the end of the devastating civil war in which government troops fought and defeated Biafran secessionists, the dream of independence has not completely died.
Dec 29, 2023 · The rapid over-running of this area by the Nigerian soldiers from July 6, 1967 threw the civil population into a scenario of summary executions, looting and arbitrary commandeering of young women as sex slaves by the Nigerian occupying army.
- ngozika.obi-ani@unn.edu.ng
In the pre-colonial period, what is now Enugu State was a part of the medieval Kingdom of Nri and the Arochukwu-based Aro Confederacy before the latter was defeated in the early 1900s by British troops in the Anglo-Aro War. After the war, the British incorporated the area into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate, which was later merged into ...
Fifty years after the Biafran conflict, Nigeria is still battling to maintain its unity, with various groups, not just the Igbo, calling for the restructuring of Africa's most populous state.
Mar 30, 2016 · During the civil war, coal mine was established at Odagbor, later known as Okaba coal, which became the Nigeria Coal Corporation, while the one in Enugu was known as the Biafra Coal...
Aug 17, 2021 · Former Head of State, President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said he was involved in the fiercest battle in Enugu during the civil war of 1967 before the city was captured.
