media presence in, 199–200, 210–11, 221
mental illness caused by, 195
mercenaries in, 222
Mid-Western Region, invasion of, 128–32, 259–65
military executions during, 135, 178
Nigerians, foreign arms to, 154
Nzeogwu, death of, 184
Ogbunigwe bomb, 156–57
oil, foreign interest in, 99–100, 102
and Ojukwu (Emeka), 122–25, 128–32, 135, 210–11, 213, 223–24
Ojukwu (Emeka) departure, events after, 223–28
Okigbo, Christopher, death of, 184–85
Organization of African Unity (OAU) position on, 96–99, 136–37
Owerri, recapture of, 217–18, 223
and Paul VI, 219–21, 230–31
radio broadcasts during, 183, 259–65
Red Cross aid blocked, 101, 230
refugees, 103, 169, 171, 174, 188
relief efforts, 154–55, 164–66, 169–71, 194
starvation, 195, 199, 209–10, 226, 231
and United Nations neglect, 211–13
Nigerian Broadcasting Company (NBC), 33, 35–37, 65, 70
Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS), Chinua’s job at, 30–31
Nigerian Coal Corporation, 67
Nigerian Foreign Service, 77
Nigerian military
and coup of 1966, 78–82
versus political class, 71–72
Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC), 79
Nigerian National Archives, 111