November 23 2020 | Radio Biafra There are arguably a few battles during the Biafran war more important than the ones at Oguta – but only a few. Oguta, is a small lakeside town in south-east Nigeria, and harboured thousands of refugees due to its proximity to the Oguta lake and seafood with its…
May 28 2020 | Radio Biafra The image so often associated with Africa – a child with stick-thin limbs and swollen belly – dates back to the first televised famine, the Biafra war. The man who understood the power of that image was an Oxford-educated Nigerian soldier, Emeka Ojukwu. Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,…
April 14 2020 | Radio Biafra A CASE OF BENUE IGBO It is no longer news that the predominant number of Igbo origin are in the present-day Benue state today in not less than four LGAs, namely Ado, Oju, Okpokwu and Obi LGAs. With recognizable number of populations that is not less than a…
January 15 of every year in the history of Nigeria means two different things to Biafrans and to Nigerians. To Nigerians, it is a day to mark the end of the civil war that started on July 16, 1967, and ended on January 15, 1970. To Biafrans, it is a day to remember the…
General Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, of blessed memory, selflessly championed the defense of the Biafran nation against the Nigerian military and her foreign allies between 1967 and 1970. Biafrans it should be clearly stated, were marked for annihilation by the Hausa-Fulanis and their Yoruba counterparts on a revenge mission schemed against Major Kaduna Nzeogwu led…
Asaba, in her day before the massacre was a quiet town of about 10,000 people, was a mile across the River Niger from the bustling and much larger market town of Onitsha. Ferryboats were used to travel between the two towns and a lot of commerce existed between both good communication and market transaction until…
The Recapture Of Owerri By Biafran Forces By the 14th of April, it had become obvious judging from the situation on the ground, that Umuahia was going to be lost. It was also clear that such an event would destroy completely the will of the Biafran people to continue the war. It was then…
Biafran Army Offensive To Clear Owerri Our minor successes on the Owerri front since the clearance of Oguta and Egbema oil fields, had been encouraging enough to tempt me into doing something better organised on a larger scale. In addition to pushing the enemy back all the way from Inyiogugu to Amafor on the…
Play/Listen To Galaxy Radio Interview With IPOB UK National Coordinator, Dr. Justice Ukachi-Lois Hosted By Dr. Aboo Rahtata on 20th May 2019. Topic: 30th May Biafra Heroes Day. Published by: Chibuike John Nebeokike For: Radio Biafra Media
The Invasion Of Owerri I was at 14 Division Headquarters at Obinze near Owerri on the morning of the 13th of September to congratulate Nwajei again and celebrate with him the recapture of Oguta. We had not even had a round of laughter yet, not to talk of drinks, when Mr. Ohanu, a Police…