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What was the cause of the Nigerian civil war?

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The cause of the Nigerian civil war is discussed below.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Critical causes of the war in 1966 incorporated ethnoreligious disturbances in North Nigeria, a militant coup, a counter-coup and oppression of Igbo residing in Northerly Nigeria.
  • Administration over the profitable oil generation in the Niger Delta presented a necessary strategic role.
  • The Nigerian Civil War was a civil war in Nigeria contested between the administration of Nigeria and the secessionist republic of Biafra.
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