The remainder stayed under Nigerian civil authority for two more years.

* 1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.

Since its creation the Nigerian military has fought in a civil war – the conflict with Biafra in 1967 – 70 – and sent peacekeeping forces abroad both with the United Nations and as the backbone of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) Cease-fire Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The great expansion of the military during the civil war further entrenched the existing military hold on Nigerian society carried over from the first military regime.

Anglophone ECOWAS members established ECOMOG, dominated by the Nigerian Army, in 1990 to intervene in the civil war in Liberia.

* January 12 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.

During the Nigerian civil war in the 20th century, relief agencies used the island as a base for flights into Biafra.

Denard missed out on mercenary activity in Biafra during the Nigerian civil war during the late 1960s.

* Funsho Williams, ( MSc 1974 ), Nigerian civil servant and politician.

The fall out from this led to a stand off between Ojukwu and Gowon leading to the sequence of events that resulted in the Nigerian civil war.

During the Nigerian Civil War, he commanded the Army's 3 Marine Commando Division that took Owerri, effectively bringing an end to the civil war.

Kabbah's government was revived nine months later as the military-rebel junta was removed by troops of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) under the command of the Nigerian led ECOMOG ( ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group ) and loyal civil and military defence forces, notably the Kamajors led by Samuel Hinga Norman.

Ekanem ( 2002 ) reported that those from Midim preferred to starve rather than violate their food taboo during the Nigerian civil war that lasted from 1967 to 1970.

The original intention of Murtala Mohammed and his fellow coup-plotters seems to have been to engineer the secession of the Northern region from Nigeria as a whole, but they were subsequently dissuaded of their plans by several advisors, amongst which included a number of high ranking civil servants and judges, and importantly emissaries of the British and American governments who had interests in the Nigerian polity.

English cottage housing and Victorian houses were used for housing Europeans and Nigerian colonial civil servants in the early 20th century until Europeans started trying to adapt their architecture to the tropical climate.

The causes of the Nigerian civil war were diverse, although, in his memoir, journalist Alex Mitchell blames " involvement of the British, Dutch, French and Italian oil companies whose battle for the rich Nigerian oilfields started the civil war and kept it going "

On Monday 29 May 2000, The Guardian ( Nigeria ) reported that President Olusegun Obasanjo commuted to retirement the dismissal of all military persons who fought for the breakaway state of Biafra during the Nigerian civil war.

In the House of Commons, Evans was true to his pacifist principles in being one of the few MPs to oppose the British government's support of the Nigerian federal government with supplies of weapons in the civil war against Biafra ( 1967 – 1970 ).

Notable tribes include the Annang. The major economic activities of the people of this area before and after the Nigerian civil war was palm produce exported through river port at Ekpene Okpo, Ntak Ibesit, a distance of about 8km from Abak town.

the Nigerian civil war, Abak Division was the major producer of palm oil and kernel exported through river ports at Ntak Ibesit and IKOT Okoro.

* Boro Isaac Adaka-a celebrated Niger Delta nationalist and Nigerian civil war hero.

* 1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.

After initial military gains, the Biafran forces were pushed back and in 1970 Biafra was reabsorbed into Nigeria after an estimated population of 3 million Biafrans including women and children had been killed through the war starvation policy of the Nigerian Government.

After two-and-a-half years of war, during which a million civilians had died in fighting and from famine, Biafran forces agreed to a ceasefire with the Nigerian Federal Military Government ( FMG ), and Biafra was reintegrated into Nigeria.

The British, Soviet, and U. S. support ( especially militarily ) of the Nigerian government played a major role in the outcome of the war.

The war saw a massive expansion of the Nigerian army in size and a steep increase in its doctrinal and technical sophistication, while the Nigerian Air Force was essentially born in the course of the conflict.

Because of the war Enugu witnessed a decrease in the number of non-Igbo, specifically non-eastern Nigerian residents.

The war began on 6 July 1967 when Nigerian Federal troops advanced in two columns into Biafra.

Although officially denied by the Nigerian government, Nigeria is known to have also provided secret military training at the Kaduna first mechanized army division and provided other material support to Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the Rhodesian Bush War ( Renamed Zimbabwe in 1979 ) of independence against white minority rule of Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith which was armed and financed by the regime in South Africa.

The University and its project-partners also operate an additional field-station in the Nigerian Montane Forests Project-this field station stands on the Ngel Nyaki forest edge in Nigeria.

The creation of the new country was among the complex causes for the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War.

French doctor Bernard Kouchner also witnessed these events, particularly the huge number of starving children, and, when he returned to France, he publicly criticised the Nigerian government and the Red Cross for their seemingly complicit behaviour.

Nigerian scams ( also called Nigerian 419 scams ), are a type of advance fee fraud and one of the most common types of confidence frauds in which the victim is defrauded for monetary gain.

Nigeria also contains many businesses that provide false documents used in scams ; after a scam involving a forged signature of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo in summer 2005, Nigerian authorities raided a market in the Oluwole section of Lagos.

The scammer may also use the confidence gained by the romance angle to introduce some variant of the original Nigerian Letter scheme, such as saying they need to get money or valuables out of the country and offer to share the wealth, making the request for help in leaving the country even more attractive to the victim.

See also List of Nigerian traditional states.

** Tuwo or ogi, a Nigerian sorghum porridge that may also be made from maize.

The University also places some emphasis on the study of art, running the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art.

* Ehi is also the Nigerian name for Angel

The president has also overseen a reduction of Kenya's dependence on aid by western donors ( which still remains significant though ), with the country being increasingly funded by internally generated resources, tax revenue collection having grown tremendously during his term, and also by increasing investment, grants and loans by non-western countries, mainly Japan, People's Republic of China and the Middle East, and to a lessor extent investment by South African, Libyan and Nigerian corporations, and even Iran.

Nigerian music also uses ostinato rhythms, in which a rhythmic pattern is repeated despite changes in metre.

Sowande was also an organist and jazz musician, incorporating these and elements of Nigerian folk music into his work.

*-( a ) n ( countries / continents: Africa → African, Albania → Albanian, Algeria → Algerian, America → American, Andorra → Andorran, Angola → Angolan, Antigua → Antiguan, Armenia → Armenian, Asia → Asian, Australia → Australian, Austria → Austrian, Barbados → Bajan, Bolivia → Bolivian, Bosnia → Bosnian, Brunei → Bruneian, Bulgaria → Bulgarian, Cambodia → Cambodian, Chile → Chilean, Colombia → Colombian, Costa Rica → Costa Rican, Croatia → Croatian ( also " Croat "), Cuba → Cuban, Dalmatia → Dalmatian, El Salvador → Salvadoran, Eritrea → Eritrean, Estonia → Estonian, Ethiopia → Ethiopian, Europe → European, Equestria → Equestrian, Fiji → Fijian, Gambia → Gambian, Georgia → Georgian, Germany → German, Guatemala → Guatemalan, Guinea → Guinean, Haiti → Haitian, Honduras → Honduran, Hungary → Hungarian, India → Indian, Indonesia → Indonesian, Italy → Italian, Jamaica → Jamaican, Kenya → Kenyan, / South Korea → / South Korean, Latvia → Latvian, Liberia → Liberian, Libya → Libyan, Lithuania → Lithuanian, Macedonia → Macedonian, Malawi → Malawian, Malaysia → Malaysian, Mali → Malian, Mauritania → Mauritanian, Mauritius → Mauritian, Mexico → Mexican, Micronesia → Micronesian, Moldova → Moldovan, Mongolia → Mongolian, Morocco → Moroccan, Mozambique → Mozambican, Namibia → Namibian, Nauru → Nauruan, Nicaragua → Nicaraguan, Nigeria → Nigerian, Palau → Palauan, Paraguay → Paraguayan, Puerto Rico → Puerto Rican, Romania → Romanian, Russia → Russian, Saint Lucia → Saint Lucian, Samoa → Samoan, Saudi Arabia → Saudi Arabian, Serbia → Serbian ( also " Serb "), Singapore → Singaporean, Slovakia → Slovakian, Slovenia → Slovenian ( also " Slovene "), South Africa → South African, Sri Lanka → Sri Lankan, Syria → Syrian, Tanzania → Tanzanian, Tonga → Tongan, Tunisia → Tunisian, Tuvalu → Tuvaluan, Uganda → Ugandan, United States of America → American, Uruguay → Uruguayan, Venezuela → Venezuelan, Zambia → Zambian, Zimbabwe → Zimbabwean ; cities / states: Alaska → Alaskan, Alexandria → Alexandrian, Andalusia → Andalusian, Arizona → Arizonan, Atlanta → Atlantan, Baltimore → Baltimorean, Bavaria → Bavarian, Bohemia → Bohemian, California → Californian, Catalonia → Catalan, Chicago → Chicagoan, Cincinnati → Cincinnatian, Corsica → Corsican, Crete → Cretan, El Paso → El Pasoan, Galicia → Galician, Hanoi ( Vietnam ) → Hanoian, Hawaii → Hawaiian, Iowa → Iowan, Karelia → Karelian, Kiev → Kievan, Madeira → Madeiran, Miami → Miamian, Minneapolis → Minneapolitan, Minnesota → Minnesotan, Moravia → Moravian, Nebraska → Nebraskan, Nova Scotia → Nova Scotian, Ottawa → Ottawan, Pennsylvania → Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia → Philadelphian, Pomerania → Pomeranian, Regina → Reginan, Riga → Rigan, Rome → Roman, San Antonio → San Antonian, San Diego → San Diegan, San Francisco → San Franciscan, San Jose → San Josean, Sardinia → Sardinian, Silesia → Silesian, Sicily → Sicilian, Sofia → Sofian, Sumatra → Sumatran, Tahiti → Tahitian, Tasmania → Tasmanian, Transylvania → Transylvanian, Tucson → Tucsonan, Tulsa → Tulsan, Utah → Utahn, Victoria → Victorian, Wallachia → Wallachian )

* Advance fee fraud ( also known as the Nigerian Letter )

The sentence also caused widespread outrage in the West, and a number of campaigns were launched to persuade the Nigerian government to overturn the sentence.

A small number of non-whites from outside the United States have also played in the NFL through the years, with notable examples from the past including running backs Rueben Mayes and Tim Biakabutuka ( both Black Canadians ) and Christian Okoye ( Nigerian ) and current examples including defensive linemen Israel Idonije ( also a Black Canadian ), Amobi Okoye ( also Nigerian ), and Osi Umenyiora ( Black British ) as well as fullback Jehuu Caulcrick ( Liberian ).