The Biafran War was fought between the government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra from 1967-1970. Mr. Ndibe described the war as a failure of Nigeria to achieve a sense of nationhood.

A painting that sold for $1.8 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday was created to celebrate black beauty and promote peace in post-war Nigeria, says the artist's son.

PARIS — A pair of sacred statues that a Nigerian museum commission and protesters said were looted during the country’s 1960s civil war fetched $239,000 at auction in Paris on Monday.

FILE: Two children soldiers of the Biafran army, Moise, 14 (L) and Ferdinand, 16 (R) discuss in Umuahia on August 31, 1968 as the Nigerian federal troops continue their advance during the Biafran war.

Nigeria. The Nigerian civil war, which was fought from 1967 to 1970, was, like the American Civil War to the United States, the central event of Nigeria’s history.

The West African nation of Nigeria has suffered more than its share of violence and corruption, starting with its blatantly misrepresentative first election in 1960 and on through its genocidal ...

On July 6, 1967, civil war broke out in Nigeria between the country's military and the forces of Biafra, an independent republic proclaimed by ex-Nigerian military officer Odumegwu Ojukwu on May ...

The Nigerian Civil War was an iconically gruesome conflict, recorded in the newly ubiquitous medium of color television and the photographs of Don McCullin. Its immediate origins lay in a military ...