Delusion is a terrible affliction and treating those that have won the hearts and minds of millions of Igbo youth in our country with contempt and disdain will prove to be a costly mistake for the Buhari administration
Browsing: Indigenous People of Biafra
As the Igbo agitations persist and assume threatening dimensions, we submit that there is need to ensure that they are given the opportunity to exercise the right to self-determination as entrenched under the aforementioned international statutes to which Nigeria is a signatory
They said this was to allow the Igbo have their dream country, Biafra
The army had set up the Board of Inquiry to investigate the allegations contained in a series of Amnesty International reports accusing military officer of human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings during their engagements with Boko Haram and IDPs in the North-East, and member of IPOB in the South-East.
War costs more than data plan on a digital device; it’s more than virtual experience on a console. Nigeria’s civil war cost more than one million lives, displaced and disrupted the lives of millions more, and left even a greater number stranded with permanent scars
The group, a representation of elders of South East, flayed the campaign launched by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra to secede from Nigeria
The governor made the condemnation in a statement by his media aide, Emmanuel Nanle, on Friday in Jos
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal when he briefed State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, which was presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo
Although resolutions of the meeting were not disclosed, it was however gathered that it was used to strengthen relationships among other Igbo groups in the agitation as well as provided opportunity for advice on the Biafra struggle.
Indigenous People of Biafra and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra had declared May 30 a public holiday for their supporters to commemorate 50 years of the declaration of Biafra.
The Indigenous People of Biafra and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra had declared a May 30 a public holiday for their supporters to commemorate 50 years of the declaration of the secessionist state of Biafra
IPOB and MASSOB had urged the people to sit at home on May 30 to observe the groups anniversary
Ekweremadu and Umahi made the appeal during an Interdenominational church service organized by the Ebonyi State Government to mark this year’s Democracy Day in Abakaliki
Kanu, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Umuahia on Monday, said such measure would help to foster peace and douse tension in the country
Dr. Victor Oye, the National Chairman of the party, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka, Anambra State on Monday that the party was happy that the rule of law had been observed on the matter
The warning was given in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, Usen Omorodion, in Abuja on Sunday
Kanu regained freedom on Friday evening
Justice Binta Nyako had on Tuesday April 25 admitted Kanu to bail on health grounds
Kanu was let free from Kuje Prison in Abuja on Friday evening after meeting the bail conditions as pronounced by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday
Kanu was granted bail earlier this week