Daily Archives: February 8, 2023

Events That Led to The Nigerian Civil War.

Between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra, the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War or the Nigerian-Biafran War, erupted from July 6, 1967, to January 15, 1970. To prevent the Eastern Region (Biafra) from seceding from the Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria went to war. The Hausa-Fulani-dominated federal…

Fela Feeds Yakubu Hay In 1970.

People are seen in the photograph watching the renowned Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, feed his donkey, Yakubu, which he named after the then-President of Nigeria, General Yakubu Gowon, at his Kalakuta Republic residence in Lagos.