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Deserted streets as sit-at-home protest begins in Nnewi, other towns

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, South-East Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Videos showing deserted markets and roads in the eastern part of Nigeria have emerged. A sit-at-home call was made by pro-Biafra groups, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The groups had on Monday morning staged a procession in Owerri, the Imo State […]

Biafra: Only fools learn from experience, the wise from history – Osinbajo

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Thursday, May 25th, 2017

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has asked Nigerians to learn from the history of Nigeria’s civil war rather than beating the drums of a second civil war, saying while the wise learn from history, experience remains the best teacher for a fool. In a keynote address, “Greater Together than Apart” delivered […]

Let’s beg Biafrain agitators – Obasanjo

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Thursday, May 25th, 2017

Let’s beg Biafrain agitators – Obasanjo Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, H.E. Olusegun Obansajo, Former President of Nigeria flanked by Alhaji Ahmed Joda, Former Perm. Sec., Information, Education & Industry during the “Biafra, 50 years After” Event held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. 25th May 2017 Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for […]

I am a Biafran, says Iwuanyanwu

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Monday, May 1st, 2017

g ENUGU- Against the background of prosecution of the leaders of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, publisher of Champion newspapers, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has said that he belongs to Biafra and that he remains a Biafran as an Igboman. Iwuanyanwu who was reacting to the recent release of Kanu from prison detention said was […]

Southeast governors struggle to curb pro-Biafran agitations

Posted by admin Biafra, Governors, Headlines, South-East Monday, April 3rd, 2017

Group charts way forward for eastern states A fresh move to contain the agitations by pro-Biafra groups, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), was launched yesterday by governors of the South-East region. The move, which will see the governors meeting with leadership […]

Messages of Ahiara – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | March 8, 2017 – At a point during the civil war, my family lived at Ahiara, Mbaise. Then, Ahiara was a rural community tucked almost equidistant between two sleepy, little towns: Owerri and Umuahia. The presence of a military hospital, a detachment of Army Supply and Transport, a […]

Biafra: FG re-arraigns Kanu, others over terrorism charges

Posted by admin Biafra, General Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and three others were yesterday re-arraigned by the Federal Government before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court. They were arraigned on an 11-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, illegal possession of firearms and terrorism. Before […]

Biafra: ECOWAS Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s case to Feb 9

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has adjourned Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental human rights case against the Federal Government till February 9 for final hearing. The presiding judge, Micah Wright, who initially adjourned the case to November 8 following an application by the defendant adjourned till February 9. ECOWAS Court Mr. Kanu was not in court […]

IPB, other separatists can’t divide Nigeria – Shettima

Posted by admin Biafra, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Monday, October 10th, 2016

The Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has said that neither the Indigenous People of Biafra nor other separatist agitators can divide Nigeria. Shettima, who is the governor of Borno State, said this on Monday in Kaduna at a summit organised by the Northern Elders Forum. Shettima said it was foolhardy for anyone to […]

Igbo’ll not forget Biafra, Ikedife tells Buhari

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

Igbo’ll not forget Biafra, Ikedife tells Buhari — 28th September 2016 • President afraid of Biafra – IPOB From Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka Former president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife has described as day-dream, the thinking by anybody including President Muhammadu Buhari, that Ndigbo would forget Biafra or jettison the self determination struggle. Consequently, […]