by Mr Ademola Akinrele SAN | May 22, 2021 | Asaba Massacre 1967
Fundamentally, a memorial is built to reflect on the past, address in good faith the grievances occasioned, ameliorate the trauma, and bring dignity and closure to survivors and victims, thus promoting equity, tranquility, and harmony. The Nigerian Civil...
by Uche Nwokedi SAN, KSS | May 18, 2021 | Asaba Massacre 1967
How much of the past should we forget? Is it weakness or bitterness to remember? Does the death of many at once bring us regret? Is it painful or vengeful to remember? Do we have a morbid attachment to the past? to that deep loss that defines us at last? Our lives...
by Chijioke Okoli, SAN | May 17, 2021 | Asaba Massacre 1967
The land in Igbo cosmology is unqualifiedly sacred and in the pre and early colonial Igbo societies elaborate rites must be performed for cleansing whenever it is violated by certain egregious human misconducts like murder. Otherwise, the particular community in which...
by Stephen Kola-Balogun | May 15, 2021 | Asaba Massacre 1967
The Asaba massacre was a watershed moment in the Nigerian Civil War and in the history of modern day Nigeria. On 5th of October 1967, Federal troops entered Asaba and began ransacking houses and killing civilians. Over a period of 3 days more than a...
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