Volume 01, No.1, Jan 2015 Page1 Ezza-Ojiegbe and Mgbalukwu-Obeagu ISU Intermitent Conflicts of 1910-2007: A Review of Migration and Culture of Hospitality to Internally Displaced Persons Ani, Kelechi Johnmary* & Osisioma, Samuel Ugochukwu** Lecturers, Department of History and Strategic Studies, Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ABSTRACT: The Nigerian State from the era of amalgamation till date has experienced one form of conflict or another. Some of these conflicts became frontline issues for international and national debate, while others were completely localized due to the lack of interest of scholars and its negligence by the media in course of their agenda setting role. This paper looks at the Ezza-Ojeigbe and the Mgbalukwu-Obeagu Isu intermittent conflicts of 1910-2007. It adopted document analysis methodology to show that the conflict generated massive loss of lives and properties as well as the pull and push effects on internally displaced persons. It also accounted for the forms of hospitality these casualties of the conflict received and called for private-public partnership in proactively nipping conflicts as well as reducing multi-dimensional burdens on the victims of conflict in contemporary Nigeria. INTRODUCTION: The Ezza people have been presented as the unsung warriors of Igboland (Anyanwu, 2005A:17- 25). This is because of their history of brevity and gallantry in pre-colonial warfare across may Igbo communities as well as their history of warfare with their neighbours. They engaged in mercenary warfare in many places like the Ohofia, Edda as well as Abriba and adopted the strategies of warfare that easily leads to the destruction and victory over the enemies by those communities that invited and paid for their services (Isichie, 1977). It would be recalled that the rise of European imperialism witnessed massive opposition, revolt and armed opposition among the people of Igboland in general and Ezza in particular. In that era of colonialism, the Ezza people rose up in their numbers to challenge the increasing presence of the Europeans in Northeastern Igboland (Anyanwu and Ijoma, 1999; Anyanwu, 2004: 55-70; Anyanwu, 2003: 51- 62; Anyanwu, 2005B:1-6). While the Ezza people were traditionally migrating from one location to another, the wars of resistance with the British colonial lords pushed many of their townsmen to resettle in new Ezza colonies, outside their ancestral homeland. Ezza Ojiegbe is one of these new areas of Ezza settlements, outside their ancestral home, which are generally referred to as Ezza Diaspora (Onuoha and Ani, 2011: 1-14; Afoke and Nworie, 2010; Echiagu, 1998). It is in