Nigeria Civil War: Conspiracies and Interest of the World Powers
Nigeria Flag and Biafra flag used between 1967-1970 Obviously, war is a business of interest. Just like the styled Russian invasion of Ukraine over fear of the west domination of the geopolitics of the defunct Soviet union, Nigeria had her fair share of international politicking of how the super powers wrestle for relevance in the post World War II era when the cold war peaked, climaxing into the Nigerian-Biafran Civil war of secession. As Chinua Achebe summarily spelled out in his book "There was a country", Harold Wilson, the PM of Britain maintained a firm stance about one the Queen's priced colony. UK would not support the breaking away of Nigeria in the guise of secession. That would mean, their preplanned neocolonialism programme would be challenged. Although, the BBC's Rick fountain in a story on Monday January 3, 2000 titled "secret papers reveals Biafra intrigue," shows how Britain would and currently was more interested in her oil holding than a &q