During the civil war, her family changed their surname to "Damasus" in order to evade persecution by Nigerian soldiers in Asaba, Delta state, a location that was known for severe violence and ...

A retired civil war veteran, Col. Nasiru Salami, has expressed his disapproval of his children joining the Nigerian Army due to what he described as the poor treatment of retired military ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants ... when the short-lived Republic of Biafra fought and lost a civil war from 1967 to 1970 to become independent from the West African ...

Nigerians celebrate January 15 of every year as Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD). Also known simply as Remembrance Day, it ...

Popular Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus has disclosed that her family’s name was initially Ojukwu before the Nigerian civil war. She said this during an interview with popular media ...

In a statement issued at the press conference, the coalition said, “Fifty-five years after the Nigerian Civil war, which officially ended on January 15, 1970 the echoes from that war has continu ...

It also honors veterans of World Wars I and II as well as the Nigerian Civil War. It is instructive to note that, as a former British colony, Nigeria formerly celebrated Remembrance Day on ...

Nigerian actress Stella Damasus has made shocking revelations about her family's background during the Biafrian war The talented thespian disclosed this in a video interview with popular media ...

A civil war veteran, Col Nasiru Salami (rtd), says he cannot allow his children to join the Nigerian Army, decrying what he termed the poor treatment of retirees by military authorities.