Biafran separatists claim that police killed 8 protesters calling for independence. [http:--wtop.com-africa-2016-01-nigerian-separatists-claim-police-kill-8-in-biafra-protest- (AP via WTOP)]date=August 2019

A Finnish court sentences Biafran activist Simon Ekpa to six years in prison for incitement, tax fraud, and terrorism, among other charges.
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Twitter suspends the account of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for 12 hours for posting a tweet invoking the violence of the Nigerian Civil War, where he fought as a major general, in his threats against the Biafran separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Authorities blame IPOB for a recent series of attacks on government buildings in Rivers State.
2021-06-2

Amnesty International reports Nigerian security forces have killed more 150 pro-Biafra demonstrators since August 2015.
2016-11-24

Dual Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri and Damaturu leave at least 77 dead, including 33 police, 6 soldiers, and 20 militants.
2014-12-1

Thirty-five Nigerian police officers are missing following an attack on a training school in Borno state.
2014-08-23

Thousands of people in south-eastern Nigeria attend the funeral of former Biafran secessionist leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu who died in London last year.
2012-03-2

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Biafran separatists claim that police killed 8 protesters calling for independence. [http:--wtop.com-africa-2016-01-nigerian-separatists-claim-police-kill-8-in-biafra-protest- (AP via WTOP)]date=August 2019

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