A man called Nnamdi Kanu and his movement called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) single-handedly brings the whole of the south-east of our country to a standstill with his one day “stay at home order” and someone in the Presidency says they don’t consider him to be a leader of thought? Clearly the Villa […]
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Chief Donatus Nwankpa, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia, has advised pro-Biafra agitators to shelve their secession plan and negotiate to produce an Igbo president in the country. Nwankpa gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Sunday. The APC chieftain stated that the agitation […]
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says despite the “intimidation” the group is facing in its struggle, foreigners are still visiting its members. Kanu said this on Thursday while receiving Abdulkadir Erkahraman, president of international nations commercial association in Turkey. He received the Turkish diplomat in his hometown of Isiama […]
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Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), says he handed over Radio Biafra to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) but Kanu disappointed him. Uwazuruike said this on Monday in Kaduna during a meeting with Hamza Al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to the late […]
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In a statement issued after a meeting in Kaduna State on Tuesday, Northern youths asked Igbo people living in the north to vacate the region before October 1. Their order was premised on the shut-down of major towns in south-eastern part of the country on May 30, by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra […]
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By Reuben Abati It is sad that many Nigerians today talk glibly about the possibility of a coup or of military intervention in politics. They make it seem as if this democracy is something we can exchange for something else. We need to be reminded, as we celebrate democracy day 2017, how we got to […]
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The Police in Ebonyi on Saturday confirmed the arrest of some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in various part of the state for alleged unlawful sensitisation programme. The command’s spokesman, DSP Jude Madu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the arrested suspects also included members of the Movement […]
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At a function to mark 50 years after the failed secession of South East, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, said the “greatest responsibility of Nigerian leaders today is to give a pathway to unity in diversity”. Osinbajo emphasised the need for Nigerian leaders to give the younger generation the vision on a pathway to unity in […]
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Crisis seems to have hit agitators for a sovereign state as a main group, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) has pulled out of the celebration slated for Monday MASSOB has also disowned its founder, Ralph Uwazurike, and also denied being affiliated to a group called Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), […]
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Israel Kanu, traditional ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, says no inducement can stop Nnamdi Kanu, his son, from demanding an independent state of Biafra. He appealed to the federal government to withdraw the charges against his son and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu, who made the appeal in an interview […]
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