Chairman of South-East governor’s forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has responded to questions on why he and his colleagues to proscribe the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stressing that anyone who wants to foment trouble must be crushed. Speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, on Saturday, he […]
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After an emergency meeting in Enugu on Friday, South-east governors announced a ban on all the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in their geo-political zone. Earlier on Friday, the defence headquarters declared IPOB “a militant terror group”. According to some insiders, the governors succumbed to a directive from Aso Rock, as a […]
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The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has reminded the Nigerian army of how the Boko Haram insurgency started and warned against replicating it through the ongoing ‘Operation Python Dance 2’ in the south-east. The group gave the warning in reaction to clashes between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) since the commencement […]
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Gov. Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom has been appointed the interim chairman of the joint South-East/South-South Governors’ Forum. Udom emerged chairman at the first meeting of the forum held late Sunday night at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu. He told newsmen at the end of the closed door meeting that governors from the two zones […]
Continue ReadingThe Operation Python Dance inaugurated by the Nigerian Army in the south-east geo-political zone to curb crime in the area during the yuletide will end on December 27. The Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sagir Musa, made the disclosure in a telephone interview on Monday. The operation was launched to […]
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