The cause of the Nigerian civil war is discussed below.
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.
