Tag: Biafra
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Biafra: If I were in your shoes, I will invite, dialogue with Kanu – Obasanjo tells Buhari
…Condemns military invasion of the the region Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said there was nothing bad if President Muhammadu Buhari invites and dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a way of fighting a long lasting solution to the current unrest in the East. The former Nigerian leader said…
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu petitions UN, US, EU others over alleged invasion of his country home
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has petitioned the United States of America, USA, European Union, EU, and the United Nations, UN over the alleged invasion of his country home by operatives of Nigerian Army last Sunday. In the petition dated September 14 and signed by his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor,…
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Lagos, Abuja, other cities Igbos dominate, invest in are part of Biafra land – MASSOB
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Thursday declared that Lagos; Nigeria’s commercial hub and Abuja; the nation’s capital territory and some other cities where Igbos live, work and have investments in are all part of Biafra. Speaking at Awgu, in Enugu, during a rally organised to welcome the…
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Nnamdi Kanu’s agitations for Biafra is nonsense – Edwin Clark
…condemns Arewa quit notice on Igbos Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday condemned the agitations for Biafra nation led by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Clark spoke on the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt, Senator Shehu Sani, visited him in Abuja. He also condemned the…
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FG using Nnamdi Kanu to destroy Biafra – MASSOB founder, Uwazuruike
The founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said the Federal Government is using the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to destroy Biafra. In an interview in the current edition of The Interview, Uwazuruike accused Kanu of working hand-in-glove with the…
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Police deploy more personnel to Sout East, S/South over Biafra’s threats
The Police have deployed more personnel to the South-East and South-South regions to forestall any breach of peace, Punch reports. This may be connected to the continued call of Biafra agitators that election will not hold in Anambra State this year. The Force told Punch that the Counter-Terrorism unit, the Intelligence unit and other conventional…
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Nnamdi Kanu rejects Southeast Governors’ plea, insists on actualization of Biafra
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Wednesday rejected the plea of the governors of the Southeast zone of Nigeria during a meeting between the pro-Biafra group and the politicians. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the governors had invited Kanu to drop his secession agitation, embrace a ‘One Nigeria’ agenda and also…
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Nnamdi Kanu dares Buhari, says ‘come arrest me in Biafra land’
…Insists on boycotting Anambra and 2019 general elections The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has said anyone who makes attempt to arrest him again in ‘Biafra land will be crushed to pieces.’ TheNewsGuru.com reports that Kanu was reacting to recent moves by the Federal Government to effect his rearrest after…
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Okupe warns Buhari against use of force on Biafra agitators
Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has warned the Federal Government against the use of force to resolve the various agitations by component parts of the federation. Okupe said, President Muhammadu Buhari administration should initiate a process of addressing those grievances in well-coordinated manner. He expressed this…
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IPOB rejects withdrawal of quit notice, asks Igbo to leave North
Indigenous People of Biafra has rejected the withdrawal of the quit notice issued to Igbo in the Northern part of the country by the Arewa youths. The Arewa youths, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Groups, had ordered all Igbo residing in the North to vacate the region before October 1, 2017. Speaking through…