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Military● Elevated1h ago · Nov 3, 2026, 11:57 PM

Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (III), by Ochereome Nnanna

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

The purpose of this series is to explain why the young people of Igbo extraction now reject the offer to join the Nigerian Army. In the first part, we saw how the Army that Igbo senior officers once led with distinction became the instrument for their subjugation, both during and long after the Biafra War, […] The post Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (III), by Ochereome Nnanna appeared first on Vanguard News.

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