THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES
THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR, 1967-1970: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

Summary/Abstract: This paper dwells on the Nigerian Civil War. It argues that conflicts and crises usually emanate from societyas a result of competition over scarce resources. It espouses the contending schools of thought on the NigerianCivil War with specific attention to the colonial school of thought, the genocidal/religious school of thought, thedominion school of thought, and the economic school of thought. Besides, the paper analyses the debilitatingeffects of the Nigerian civil war. It concludes that the internecine war has negatively affected the Nigerian Statein all areas of life. In this wise, the study notes that all the conflicts that have the tendency of degenerating intowar should be properly manage in other to prevent a second civil war in the country.

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