Tag: arewa youths
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Biafra: Kalu meets Arewa Youths, says ‘I’ll speak with Nnamdi Kanu to drop secession plans’
…says agitations affecting Southeast’s economy Former Governor of Orji Kalu Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu on Tuesday said that he will dialogue with leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu to drop their secession agitations as that was beginning to adversely affect Southeast’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Kalu spoke in Abuja at…
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IPOB backs Igbo quit notice
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday backed the three-month quit noticed served on Igbo living in northern parts of the country by Arewa youths. In a press statement made available to our correspondent in Awka by IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, the group commended the northern youths and Arewa Elders Forum for…
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Northern Elders back Arewa youths, condemn governors who disown group
The Northern Elders’ Forum, on Friday, expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbo to leave the region within three months. The Forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups. Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson, told newsmen in Zaria on Friday that it…