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  2. List of hotels in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Hotel Image Location Date established Notes References Eko Hotels and Suites: Lagos State: 5 star hotel; hosts AMAA, AMVCA and The Headies awards ceremonies [1] Federal Palace Hotel: Lagos State: location of Nigerian Independence declaration [2] Four Points by Sheraton: Lekki, Lagos State [3] [4] Golden Tulip Hotel: Lagos State: Ibis Hotel ...

  3. Biafra - Wikipedia

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    Since 2021, IPOB and other Biafran separatist groups have been fighting a low-level guerilla conflict in southeastern Nigeria against the Nigerian government. The group was founded in 2012 [ 99 ] by Nnamdi Kanu who has been the leader [ 100 ] and Uche Mefor , who served as the deputy leader.

  4. Godwin Ekejekwu Chikeluba - Wikipedia

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    The Group also developed friendly relations outside of Nigeria. There were trade relations between groups and individuals from India, China, and Europe. The group faced its most difficult period after the Biafran war in the early 1970s. The company was low in capital and reserve, as most of which had been loaned to the defunct Biafran ...

  5. Nnamdi Kanu - Wikipedia

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    Radio Biafra however, was established by the defunct Biafran government in 1967 with the aim of championing the Biafran cause. Kanu was a relatively obscure figure until 2009 when he started Radio Biafra, a station that called for an independent state for the Igbo people and broadcast to Nigeria from London. [11] In 2014, he founded IPOB. [11]

  6. Transcorp Hotels plc - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the Federal Government of Nigeria privatized NIRMSCO Properties Limited – the owner of the Nicon Hilton Hotel, Abuja at the time. As part of a consortium, Transcorp plc purchased a proprietary stake in the company and became the core investor, while the federal government retained the remaining 49 per cent.

  7. Republic of Benin (1967) - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Benin was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in West Africa that existed for seven hours in 1967. It was established on 19 September 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War as a puppet state of Biafra, following its occupation of Nigeria's Mid-Western Region, and named after its capital, Benin City, with Albert Nwazu Okonkwo as its head of government.

  8. Blockade of Biafra - Wikipedia

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    The Biafran government rejected daylight aid flights and a proposed aid corridor. Its leader Ojukwu argued that these routes would allow the Nigerian government to poison Biafrans and enable the bombing of Biafra. However, another reason was to preserve the clandestine routes from which Biafra continued to import arms and ammunition. [5]

  9. Ogbunigwe - Wikipedia

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    According to Biafran government claims at the time, the flying Ogbunigwe was the first rocket to be wholly designed, developed, mass-produced and launched in Africa. [ 12 ] [ self-published source ] It was used in combat in 1967, over one year before the launching of the first indigenous South African rocket in December 1968.