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Effiong: Biafra’s president, Nigerian hero

Effiong: Biafra’s president, Nigerian hero

He was the man saddled with the suicidal job of meeting with the Nigerians after Biafra had lost steam. General  Philip Asuquo Effiong was already a soldier the year Col. Olusegun Obasanjo was eight years old. He was commissioned before Generals Emeka Ojukwu and Yakubu Gowon.

WESTERN REGION’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY: Group calls for Oduduwa Republic

WESTERN REGION’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY: Group calls for Oduduwa Republic

Ibadan—AS prominent Yoruba sons and daughters marked the 60th anniversary of internal self rule of Western Nigeria,  led by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, hundreds of people who assembled in the ancient House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan yesterday called for the establishment of an Oduduwa Republic.