What was Gowon's controversial event while in power?
Corruption scandal
Economic crash
Nigerian Civil War
Failed infrastructure project
Answer
The Nigerian Civil War (also known as the Biafran War) was a civil war in Nigeria from 1967 to 1970. The war was fought between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra. The war was caused by ethnic and religious tensions between the Igbo people of the southeast and the Hausa and Fulani people of the north.
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