Word: biafras
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Dates: during 1967-1967
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Taking its name from the Bight of Biafra, a coastal inlet, Eastern Nigeria had finally carried out its threat to secede from Nigeria and become an independent state. Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, 33, the East's regional governor, announced the step and unfurled the banner of his new republic at a 3 a.m. conference, then threw a morning champagne party...