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1. Our country is passing through turbulent times. This seems to be as a result of the growing culture of impunity, greed and graft among the political elite, as well as the injustice and inequity in political appointments and the distribution of social amenities. While public officers and their cronies obscenely amass ill-gotten gains at the expense of the masses, the growing army of unemployed youths are daily assailed by deepening frustration as they behold a future that seems to promise them little or nothing. Consequently, agitations of disillusionment and dissatisfaction are growing louder across the nation, especially in the…
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https://www.chathamhouse.org/livestream Use this link tomorrow to watch live from Chatham House: Next Generation Nigeria: Participation, Accountability and National Cohesion Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, will examine Nigeria’s efforts at nation-building, the reality of citizenship, as well as power-sharing and devolution as strategies for strengthening democracy and accountability. Event time: 27 September 2017 – 12:00 to 13:00
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Rest In Peace Rashidi Yekini. Yekini remains the man who scored the highest number of international goals for Nigeria (37). Portugal fondly remembered him on the 18th of August. But here in his home country Nigeria, not a mention, not to talk of a remembrance celebration. What a government. There is urgent need to change the change ASAP.
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I was in the first cabinet that was overthrown by the military in this country. I entered parliament on December 12, 1959. And I remained in Parliament until January 15, 1966, when the Government was overthrown. I was the Federal Minister of Education in that cabinet. I woke up in the morning in my official house in Ikoyi to discover that my telephone was not working. I had never experienced coup before nor did I know that it was a coup, thinking it was just a telephone fault; until a colleague of mine in the cabinet Chief Abiodun Akerele, came…
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Pro National Conference Organization (PRONACO), a Pan Nigerian Movement initiated under the leadership of late Chief Anthony Enahoro and Prof Wole Soyinka to resolve Nigeria’s perennial Constitutional challenges, has announced plans to reconvene its adjourned National Confab following persistence of the logjam over the restructuring of Nigeria According to the group’s spokesperson, Olawale Okunniyi, who addressed the press in Lagos on Monday, the move to reconvene the Nigerian peoples’ Confab, which adjourned in May 2007 has become necessary following series of consultations with eminent Leaders of thought and we’ll meaning political leaders in the country over restructuring and self determination…
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Nigeria’s foremost strategic security consultant, Max Gbanite will be buried on the 6th of October, Oblong Media can report. The Harvard trained security expert died on Monday, August 14 in New Jersey, northeastern United States. Gbanite who until his death, was the President/CEO of Milliken-Hill Group, Ltd., a United States, registered company with Offices in New Jersey, and a subsidiary, Milliken-Hill International, Ltd., in Nigeria, assisted the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), on advisory capacity, in its collaboration with the United States Small Business Administration (USSBA) in organizing the first investment promotion seminar held at the then World Trade Center…
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/ipob-written-letters-many-countries-saying-nigeria-perpetrates-genocide-fg/
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-24/why-nigeria-is-facing-secessionist-fervor-again-quicktake-q-a
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Former Minister of Education, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Thursday declared his readiness to deliver the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) back to the presidency in 2019, if he emerges the national chairman of the party in the December 2017 national convention of the party. The Professor of Political Science stated this while playing host to members of the Concerned PDP Mid-Rangers (CPDPMR) who paid him a solidarity visit at his campaign office in Abuja. Adeniran, who was a one time Ambassador to Germany, also pledged to put an end to impunity and imposition of candidates which he said, scuttled the growth of…
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Our attention has been brought to an interview published on pages 46-47 of The Nation Newspaper of Sunday, September 24, 2017, granted by the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay (SAN). In the said interview, Sagay described the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as “the most unprincipled group of people” who are “encouraging and accepting rogues” in the party. He said: “When I say ‘rogues’, I don’t mean stealing. In literature, when you say someone is a rogue elephant, it means people who are running riot and destroying the party.” The Webster…
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For 35 years, Anthony Enahoro, Afenifere, Ben Nwabueze, OPC, ọhaneze, MEND, MASSOB, Awolowo, and other reputable Nigerians tried and begged for restructuring, the north rebuffed them. No body even took them serious. Nobody listened. Then a little known rabble-rouser ran a pirate radio station from his matchbox room in Peckham. In three years he made the hitherto unfashionable and impossible thing central to our national politics. Elrufai was in London yesterday talking restructuring. They fought in Ondo in a meeting on restructuring, there is a Yoruba declaration. Northern elders are shifting ground while pretending to grandstand. You don’t have to…
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Nigeria government extra-judicial move by invading the residence of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu with military armoured tanks and whisking him away on September 14, 2017 is the height of court contempt by the executive arm of the government in a democratic Nigeria. Let not the world forget in a hurry that Nigeria Federal High Court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako granted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu bail on the ground of deteriorating health condition but with the military capture of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his parents as ordered by Nigeria government on September 14, 2017 against the judicial procedures in Nigeria, Mazi…
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First, for those who think this is all about Jonathan and Buhari. It is not. Igbos were disappointed that Jonathan did not win. But those whose candidates lose elections lick their wounds. It is allowed. It happens when your candidate loses election. Why did the Igbos invest so much emotions in Jonathan, a non-Igbo Ijaw? It was more because of the fear of their experience in the past 50 years. Nigeria has placed an embargo on any Igbo man becoming Nigerian president. Jonathan was the next best thing. Other parts of Nigeria have supported their sons to the presidency. Some…
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We the family of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide under the command and leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wish to urgently draw the attention of the civilised world to the dastardly plot being perfected by the APC Hausa Fulani led Islamic government of Nigeria against peaceful unarmed members of IPOB residing in Biafra land in the next few weeks. IPOB Intelligence Unit have uncovered elaborate plans by the Islamic APC government of Buhari to incriminate IPOB members in order to justify their controversial and unpopular proscription of IPOB with the attending laughable tag of terrorist organisation against a world…
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In his Book ‘The 50th Law’ prolific writer Robert Greene opined that in today’s world, just like every other thing Warfare has evolved, the first to roll out tanks and military hardware (active aggressor) usually suffer the heaviest casualty and loss. This is so because wars are now prosecuted by allies and proxies and to win more allies you must be seen as vulnerable and endangered. Contemporary warriors understand this new phenomenon hence they came up with a strategy of war called Passive aggression. A passive aggressor baits, taunts and VERBALLY attacks his enemy ruthlessly all in a bid to…
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https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/09/24/asiwaju-tinubu-disagrees-buhari-osinbajo-restructuring/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Today September 25th in the year 1967, this brave and fearless young man was born into the family of HRH (Sir) (JP) Israel Okwu-Kanu in Isiama Afaraukwu, Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State. Hate him or love him, in just about 2 years, he was able to ignite a serious debate about the wholesome restructuring of our dear country Nigeria using Biafraexit as his bargaining tool in dealing with an extremely stubborn northern establishment. Something that seemed impossible even before his birth. He is also the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, which was recently illegally declared a “terrorist organisation”…
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Sometimes I wonder if Nigerians have ever paid any attention to the National Anthem. Can a nation truly and technically be bound in Freedom? How can one be chained up and at the same time be a free man?, Nigeria my beloved country, something is terribly wrong somewhere; why this prolonged quest of freedom from one of the major stakeholders for over 50 years now? Social Media has apparently made it so difficult to use excessive FORCE to control a group of people. The history of Nigeria that Nigerians were prevented from studying for so many years is all over…
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/25/restructuring-nigeria-lazy-atiku/
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http://citizengo.org/en/87221-house-representatives-stop-ngo-regulatory-bill?tc=wp&tcid=39934742
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Beyond sentiments, it needs to be emphasised that Nigeria is a sovereign state, with a defined territory recognised by the international community. She is a member of the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), among others. This territory includes the South-east region. While the right to self-determination is guaranteed under the international systems, specifically the United Nations and African Union, this right has laid down procedures that must jbe religiously followed. For instance, while the call for referendum is legal; they do not come by fiat. Referendum is the ultimate result…
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The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday, sued the Federal government of Nigeria and the Nigerian army for proscribing its activities and tagging it a terrorist organisation. At a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, IPOB prayed the court to set aside the order of injunction proscribing its activities.The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati, on Wednesday in Abuja, granted Federal Government an interim injunction proscribing activities of the group. Kafarati granted the injunction in chambers after the Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had approached the court with an exparte motion urging…
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The recent vindictive proscription and designation by way of blue-law presidential proclamation (done on a Sunday)and court ex-parte order; of the Indigenous People of Biafra (dominated by the Igbo Race) as a terror race or “terrorist organization” by the central Government of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari and Prof Yemi Osinbajo is shockingly riddled with far reaching and generational consequences. It is a mortal sin and a heinous crime against a race that can never be healed or forgiven in generations to come. Telling a three year old child (now in code law) carrying a Biafra banner during a peaceful…
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/24/biafra-buhari-ipob-massob-others-islamic-leaders/amp/
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/24/biafra-nnamdi-kanus-brother-reveals-ipob-next-line-action/amp/
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https://m.guardian.ng/news/noa-calls-for-peace-as-igbo-lawyers-urge-buhari-to-curtail-violence/
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http://thenigerialawyer.com/pedro-san-ubani-reacts-to-court-ruling-asks-ipob-to-challenge-it-in-court/
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The Nigerian Bar Association has a tradition of holding governments accountable to the people. The glorious era of former NBA President Alao Aka-Bashorun among others has always been recalled with pride by many lawyers. This is consistent with the hallowed role of the lawyer as a defender of the rights of the average person and or the oppressed. The average lawyer, nay Nigerian, always looks up to the NBA to show the light in moments of national crisis. This is also in tune with the perception of NBA as the _conscience of the nation._ It was the inimitable Martin Luther…
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In one way or another, we all have felt the sting of man’s capacity to wrong his fellow man. But we are also endowed with the God-given spirit to overcome adversity and to make of old enemies, new allies and even brothers. We must clearly articulate our objectives. That which we cannot think clearly, will not be attained despite the magnitude of our exertions and expenditure to achieve it. One cannot be assured that an architect’s fine design will result in a fine building. Much can go awry during the process of transforming idea into brick and mortar. However, we…
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http://thenationonlineng.net/northern-governors-blame-southeast-politicians-for-zones-backwardness/
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Whatever becomes of what is said this day, let it be noted that we gathered under this roof in the spirit of democratic discourse and enlightenment. In the fateful procession of time and events, Justice, Progress and Compassion shall eventually overcome the awful strength of their opposites. In one way or another, we all have felt the sting of man’s capacity to wrong his fellow man. But we are also endowed with the God-given spirit to overcome adversity and to make of old enemies, new allies and even brothers. I stand before you as a faithful believer in sentiments such…
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Thirteen years ago, Gbenga Adeboye passed on to eternity. He was laid to rest in May 2003. An indigene of Ode-Omu in Osun State, he is known for several rib-cracking jokes and his radio programme on the then OGBC 2 FM Station had everyone in the South West glued to their radio sets for the duration of the show. One of the best stand-up comedians from this country, Gbenga Adeboye once shared a joke about a white tourist that came to Abeokuta during the Masquerade festival. As he took the ‘Oyinbo’ man round the ancient city, they came across a…
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Ladies and Gentlemen,This is to inform you that the Invasion of Alaigbo by the Nigerian Army which began on the 8th of September, 2017 aborted the formal announcement of the withdrawal of the campaign of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) against the holding of November 18th Election in Anambra State. To appreciate what had happened, I would like to put this unfortunate event in a proper historical perspective so that the world can appreciate the pains which we all feel over the on-going tragic slaughter and humiliation of innocent unarmed Igbo youth. The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), is a…
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http://punchng.com/military-onslaught-has-made-ipob-stronger-kanus-brother/
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A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said restructuring will bring much needed balance to the country. The former Lagos State governor, however, said he was against the split-up of the country. Tinubu’s assertion followed repeated pronouncements by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that Nigeria’s unity is settled and not open to negotiation. Tinubu, who was the keynote speaker at the annual dinner of the King’s College Old Boys’ Association, on Saturday, described Nigeria as a nation that had not sufficiently defined its governance. The APC leader said, “We are like the…
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“Kanu is funded by rich Igbo men who believe that their fate lies in his hands. He could do what Ojukwu could not do – and the Igbo would have their sweet revenge against the Nigerian state with a resurrected Biafra.” At last the governors of the Southeast woke up to the dangers posed by Nnamdi Kanu to the interests of their geo-political zone and the corporate existence of the Nigerian state. He is not just the newest irritating boil on the nose of the Nigerian state, but also a dangerous pied piper in Igbo land. The governors knew this…
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Part of the reason why Igbo political action is defective is that we talk too much, and act miserably. The current situation with the current regime in Nigeria demands more action, than talk. With all due respect sir, all that you have written below is truth. But it is truth that is already well known. You are making emotional appeals to stones. You cannot squeeze water from stones. You would be more effective tonight, if you invited 10 of your closest friends, and acquaintances home to your house for dinner, and convince each to contribute just $100 to the IGBO…
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Let us take a journey into the timeline of how you are a likely terrorist and what went down leading to where a group that has not killed anyone, a totally non-violent group became a terrorist group. You see these things are not by mistake, they were anticipated early enough. . When we said it is not safe and reasonable to have the entire heads of security agencies come from one religion and a section of the country, you shouted us down that the president can appoint his family members or friends if he wishes and that the constitution allowed…
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“Nnamdi Azikiwe was not only the most powerful, and most emblematic figure of Nigerian nationalism, but that Nigeria’s failure stems largely from its promotion of the alternative politics of his political opponents, over Zik’s nationalist ideology.” Obi Nwakanma. – One Nigeria is not Northern, but Zikist Igbo ideology. – Igbo greatest gift for the preservation of Nigeria must include vigorous articulation of self-determination of Regions within One indivisible Nigeria. In the year 2002, this writer published a detailed revelation concerning Nigeria’s future. (Listen Nigeria! A revelation for the future!) Most of the topics raised in the revelation have come to…
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NUMBER OF SENATORS , HOUSE OF REPS MEMBERS AND LOCAL GOVT AREAS FOR EACH STATE IN NIGERIA . 1. Anambra: 3 Sen, 11 Reps, 21 LGC’s 2. Enugu: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 17 LGC’s 3. IMO: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 27 LGC’s 4. Abia: 3 Sen, 8 Reps, 17 LGC’s 5. Ebony: 3 Sen, 6 Reps, 13 LGC’s — SOUTH EAST has 15 Senators,43 House Reps and 95 LGC’S. 6. Rivers: 3 Sen, 13 Reps, 23 LGC’S 7. Bayelsa: 3 Sen, 5 Reps, 8 LGC’s 8. Delta.m: 3 Sen, 10 Reps, 25 LGC’s 9. Edo.3 Sen.9 Reps, 18 LGC’s 10.…
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http://www.tori.ng/news/74610/buharis-un-hypocrisies-american-media-huffington-p.html
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The biggest crime committed against the Ogoni people was the killing of Ken Saro Wiwa and his eight colleagues. Their crime was that they mobilized their people against the exploitation of their land. The tribunal was headed by Justice Ibrahim Auta. Other members of the tribunal were Justice Etowa Eyo Arikpo, Lt Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (the incumbent Comptroller General of Customs), while the government prosecutor was Mr Joseph Bodurin Daudu SAN. The Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), the highest decision-making body of the Abacha regime that took the decision to kill Saro Wiwa comprised General Abacha, Maj. General Patrick Aziza…
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For the past four days, I have been holidaying in The Seychelles, a beautiful Island with beautiful people on the Indian Ocean. Before I came here, I knew I would find unparalleled natural beauty. My friend, Michael Moszynski, the founder CEO of the drum award winning LONDON Advertising, had sold me on The Seychelles as a holiday destination and even volunteered to arrange a private island for me. When I got here, the first surprise for me was that the very first person I walked past at my hotel on Eden Island recognized me. He was aware of my activities…
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AMID IPOB CRISIS… ‘It is better to restructure and correct imbalance’ “Being more pragmatic, separating the nation into small pieces resolves nothing and creates additional problems”. With these words, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Saturday, warned against any attempt to spilt Nigeria. Tinubu noted that gargantuan challenges were facing the country but explained that they were not enough to call for the dismantling of the federation at a time some parts of the world were taking advantage of integration. Whereas he did not make direct reference to the secessionist agitation by the now…
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Was I surprised that the Federal Government (FG) declared the unarmed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organisation? No! I am only surprised that many Nigerians were surprised. For those who were surprised, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, cleared their surprises. He said: “All I know is that IPOB has engaged in terrorist activities, viz: clashing with the national army and attempting to seize rifles from soldiers, using weapons such as machetes, Molotov cocktails and sticks, and mounting roadblocks to extort money from people, among others”. On the other hand, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, lectured Nigerians…
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If the whole matter was as straightforward as winning the War of Wits and Dialectics with El-Rufai, his “North”, APC or even the wider Status Quo (forces which include some Igbo elements), I would, as the Americans do, say, Let’s Roll, but things are a lot more complicated than that. Whether anyone here sees/believes it or not, the contest for the soul of Nigeria clearly goes deeper than the “Restructuring” debate being dubiously erected afresh by the so-called North as represented by characters like El-Rufai, and his rogue-APC, is a huge ruse, distraction and diversion, designed to buy time for…
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http://247ureports.com/upelekete-the-python-dance-of-death-by-law-mefor/
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It’s again looking like a very odious trance Upon Southeast turf now reigns operation python dance The unfolding military actions is reeking with ominous nuance You wonder the wisdom in subjecting the entire region to snake romance On unarmed civil dissenters they have chosen to pounce Only the unwary doubts it’s a decoy beyond mere IPOB trounce The operation seems designed to subdue and trounce It sometimes looks like it’s a test of a whole region’s endurance Everything drips of systematic loathing and arrogance Beyond utterances not much is being done to give southeasterners assurance It’s rather a sequential dispensation…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State Chapter and a Pro-democracy and non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have raised the alarm at the growing suppression of media rights in Imo and Kaduna states. The two bodies condemned the recent banning of the THISDAY and Vanguard Newspaper reporters, Messers Amby Uneze and Chidi Nkwopara by the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, from covering government activities, thereby stopping them from carrying out their constitutional duties of reporting and holding the government accountable in the discharge of their constitutional duties to the people. In a release signed by the…
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Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has said the recent military clampdown on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its subsequent proscription are not the solutions to the Biafra agitation. According to him, so long as Nigerian youths remain unengaged in meaningful employment, they would be disposed to joining forces with individuals or groups leading agitations of all sorts. He blamed Biafra agitation on leadership failure over the years in the country but called for dialogue with those who are agitating in order to look at meaningful solutions that can give them hope. Obi told the Sun newspaper:…
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Old pirates, yes, they rob I, Sold I to the merchant ships, Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit. But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty. We forward in this generation Triumphantly. Won’t you help to sing These songs of freedom? ‘Cause all I ever have, Redemption songs, Redemption songs. Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for atomic energy, ‘Cause none of them can stop the time. How long shall they kill our prophets, While we stand aside and look? Some say it’s just…
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http://thewillnigeria.com/news/opinion-the-leadership-curse-of-south-east/
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Old men and women who chased former military leaders out of town, are back in the trenches again. The group met yesterday night in Lagos and issued a damning verdict: Nigeria is back to dictatorship. At the meeting were several NADECO chieftains among whom were Dr Amos Akingba, Chief Ayo Opadokun, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and a host of others from across the country. The statement was made available to Irohinoodua. Full statement is listed below: The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a Platform of distinguished Nigerians committed to securing and PROTECTING Democracy in Nigeria believes it is time once again to…
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/ipob-ants-hyenas-purveyors-falsehood/
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/restructuring-not-afraid-wont-stampeded-northern-elders/
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http://punchng.com/group-seeks-orjis-arrest-prosecution-over-alleged-n2-6bn-misappropriation/
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LONDON: The so called “terrorist group IPOB” applied to protest in London. They were granted permission and they matched the streets of London in their numbers. Those were not onitsha and Aba traders, neither were they some random hustlers in London. Some of them are lecturers in Universities and staff of blue chip corporations. NEW YORK: The same terrorists applied to protest at UN headquarters in New York. A Pro Nigeria group also applied for counter protest. The terrorist IPOB were granted permission to protest while the pro Nigeria group were denied. IPOB danced and told the world their mind…
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https://www.naijiant.com/guestcolumn/christopher-okigbo-martyr-tribute-chudi-offodile/
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http://citizengo.org/en/87221-house-representatives-stop-ngo-regulatory-bill?tc=wp&tcid=39906209
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Buhari just signed the order designating IPOB as a terrorist group while his Attorney General has already initiated the process of legalizing it ~~News. Boko haram is an Islamic terror group fighting to enthrone Sharia law throughout Nigeria and beyond. In pursuit of this goal, the terror group has killed thousands, displaced millions, bombed numberless homes, schools, hospitals and market places including police headquarters here in Abuja, United Nation’s building and uncountable number of police stations and army barracks leaving behind a tale of wars and woes. Hundreds of school kids have had their throat slit open while thousands of…
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The President’s Speech delivered at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept 2017, towed the same tone as the previous ones he delivered. Very mundane and vague lacking in substance. But the most consistent observation of his speeches is the irony and contradictions of what he appeals to the UN body and what he does at home as a President. It is so hypocritical as it is embarrassing that you’ll ask of rhe global body what you have vowed and vehemently refused to even discuss at home. The President has used the two key words he rejected at home to…
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Barely two years to the end of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s second term in office, Imo State government’s loan portfolio has hit an unsustainable level, comprising N93.27billion domestic loan and $60.22million foreign debts. At a conservative exchange rate of N305 per dollar, both the domestic and foreign debt stock amount to N112.4billion as at December 30, 2016, the highest among five states of the South East. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Debt Management Office (DMO) show that Anambra State has the least domestic loan stock of N3.99billion. However, the state (Anambra) has $62.88million foreign debt stock,…
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Three days after a leader of the House of Representatives criticised Senate President Bukola Saraki for his views on the proscription of the separatist group, IPOB, more lawmakers have joined in criticising the number three citizen. A group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives, under the aegis of Progressive Caucus, described Mr. Saraki’s statement as shocking beyond belief. The senate president had in a statement on Monday described the Nigerian military’s declaration of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organisation as illegal. He also said the South-east governors who announced the proscription of IPOB had no…
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http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/21/interview-transpired-nnamdi-kanu-south-east-governors-elliot-ugochukwu-uko/
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http://thewillnigeria.com/news/hypocrisy-of-buharis-presidency-stinks-huriwa/
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https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/next-generation-nigeria-participation-accountability-and-national-cohesion
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Please listen carefully to this recording of the former Executive Secretary of the Human Rights Commission
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•. Mr. Ikenna Mbazuike-Amechi (A Lagos-based legal practitioner) Designating the Indigenous People of Biafra a terrorist group is not the right step to take. The decision to tag them a terrorist organisation is also procedurally wrong. Again, IPOB is not known to carry arms, though I do not agree with what IPOB is fighting for because I do not think that the issue of Biafra is necessary at the moment. I believe in the corporate existence of Nigeria, but the group still has a right to agitate if its members feel they want a new country. It, however, does not…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday successfully blocked an attempt by embattled former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to return to Nigeria from London to face trial. Mrs. Alison-Madueke had fled to London shortly after she left office in May 2015, and has stayed away from the country since then. She later became an object of interest to the UK National Crime Agency which has since then being investigating her for corruption and money laundering. Already some assets linked to her in that country have been frozen. Those familiar with the matter say she is barred from travelling out…
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The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah for one month. The party has also refereed Senator Buruji Kashamu to its disciplinary committee for action. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said Ubah, who was a governorship aspirant in Anambra State, got suspended for disregarding a query issued him by the leadership of the party. On Kashamu, Adeyeye said the leadership of the party had queried the senator representing Ogun East over some of his actions which the PDP considered inappropriate and detrimental to the…
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to name the “treasury looters” he alleged were sponsoring the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB. Mr. Mohammed at a news conference in Lagos on Sunday alleged that “politically disgruntled ” and “treasury looters” were sponsoring IPOB, whose agitations for independence had become a thorny issue in the Nigerian polity. He said the intention of the sponsors was to divert attention from the efforts of the President Muhmadu Buhari administration and obliterate its laudable achievements. “They believe that by sponsoring this group to destabilise…
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https://www.naij.com/1126418-you-a-disappointment-igbo-elders-rochas-okorocha.html
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Professor of law and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption has the leadership blasted the All Progressives Congress. Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) has thrown a jab at the All Progressives Congress while supporting military’s declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. He revealed that IPOB exhibited characteristics that justified being described as a terrorist organisation. While speaking about the APC, the law professor described the party’s leadership as “a failure”. He said this in an interview with The Nation. “As for the leadership of…
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With the alleged plan of the former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to return to the All Progressives Congress, the Borno State Chapter of APC has rejected him. According to a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the Borno state party chairman Maina Bashir and state secretary, Abdullahi Mala on behalf of the Borno APC Coalition, the state party chapter expressed concerns over Ali Modu Sheriff political antecedent. The state party executive expressed satisfaction in the leadership of the party by the governor, Alhaji Kassim Shettima said they would not appreciate anybody that would join the party…
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Nigeria: At least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra activists killed in chilling crackdown
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused the Igbo of playing the worst politics in Nigeria, saying the Hausa and Yoruba don’t need Igbo to win election. Okorocha’s statement has drawn the ire of Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, and Igbo National Council, INC, which accused him of never identifying with Igbo cause. This is even as Ibeku traditional rulers in Umuahia North Council Area of Abia State have called on the Nigerian Army to release, dead or alive, their colleague and father of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Eze Israel Kanu, saying that since the invasion and…
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A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Athanasius Achonu has accused the All Progressives Congress of riding roughshod over the people and failing to keep its promises to them. He spoke with Adedayo Adejobi who presents the excerpts. What is your view of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to receive treatment in the United Kingdom? It’s not his fault that he’s sick, besides he’s not a young man anymore. The only thing I have against it is that Nigeria can afford to bring the best equipment money can buy and doctors to the villa, to take care of the president.…
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Imagine a Television Reality Show that can create direct and indirect employment for over 200 thousand Nigerian youths and stimulate an Economic Revolution that will usher in a new generation of Nigerian Multimillion Naira Entrepreneurs. House mates from all the 36 states and the FCT will uncover, promote and project New Economic Potentials in their states from the Local Government areas especially. As the Nigeria Rebirth Project team travels round the world and the 36 states, they travel with the Economic Blue Print of this Show. For sixty days, over 200 Million viewers across the world will watch as a…
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1. December 18th-20th 1980_ Kano, Kano State_ Islamic Revivalists (Maitatsine group) attacked Christians and burnt churches; over 4,000 Christians were killed and their properties worth millions of naira lost. 2. October 25th-30th 1982_ Kaduna, Kaduna State_ another Maitatsine riot; over 50 Christians estimated dead. 3. October 30th 1982_Kano, Kano State (Sabon Gari Municipality)_2 Churches burnt to ashes, 6 more destroyed. 4. December 26th-29th 1982_Maiduguri, Borno State_Maitatsine riot: over 100 Christians lost their lives and properties destroyed. 5. February 15th -2nd March 1984_ The Gongola State (Jimeta-Yola) _ The Maitatsine group attacked Christians; over 500 Christians were killed. 6. April 23rd-28th…
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Fellow Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my country, Nigeria, I congratulate you Mr. President on your election and Mr. Gutteres on his first General Assembly outing as our Secretary-General. I assure you both of my country’s solidarity and cooperation. You will indeed need the cooperation of all member States as we are meeting during extra-ordinarily troubled and dangerous times. Let me also thank former Secretary-General Mr. Ban ki Moon for his service to the United Nations and wish him peaceful retirement. 2. The previous year has witnessed many far-reaching developments.…
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Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, We’re in the midst of a great revolution, a revolution in Israel’s standing among the nations. This is happening because so many countries around the world have finally woken up to what Israel can do for them. Those countries now recognize what brilliant investors like Warren Buffet and great companies like Google and Intel, what they’ve recognized and known for years: that Israel is the innovation nation — the place for cutting-edge technology in agriculture, in water, in cyber security, in medicine, in autonomous vehicles — you name it, we’ve got it. Those countries now…
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Who is kidding Who in this geographical expression call Nigeria. “In 1976, Niger state split from Sokoto; In 1991, Kebbi state split from Sokoto; In 1996, Zamfara state was split from Sokoto. Niger State consists of twenty-five (25) Local Government Areas; Kebbi State consists of twenty-one (21) Local Government Areas; Zamfara State consists of fourteen (14) Local Government Areas; and Sokoto State consists of twenty-three (23) Local Government Areas. Sokoto, a single state prior to 1976, was divided three times between 1976 and 1996 into four (4) states. These four (4), states have between them 83 Local Governments. Do note…
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Before you crucify Igbo people, read… But ask yourself, did the Igbos put guns on anybody’s head before buying up Alaba, Ajegunle, isolo and Oshodi in Lagos. Did they use juju before the Ibadan surrendered Iwo Road to them? And what were we looking at before the Igbos took over Isida and Adeti in Ilesa. Where were the YORUBAS when the Igbos thrived and built 90% of the Hotels at Abuja. Was there a law that excluded the YORUBAS from selling building materials? Dei Dei building materials market in Abuja is 90 % Igbo owned. So the more we point…
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WHEN YOU ARE NOT BLINDED BY ETHNIC HATE , THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF COMMONSENSE -PRESIDENT OF OHANEZE. I remember a time in this Country when all the six Ministers in Jonathan’s kitchen Cabinet were all Igbos. Ayim Pius Ayim was Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was in charge Finance, Emeka Wogu was in Labour and Productivity, Berth Nnaji was in Power and Energy. Dieziani Madueke was the powerful Minister for Oil. The six of them outside the Federal Executive Council would meet and decide what and what not to be discussed at the larger…
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https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/15229/ohanaeze-warns-fed-govt-obtaining-frivolous-court-order-ipob?utm_source=NND&utm_medium=twitter.
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On paper the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is dead. The five Governors of the South East states proscribed the body a few days ago. They, instead, advised all aggrieved groups in the region to articulate their positions on all national issues and submit them to the Committee of Governors, Ohaneze Ndigbo and the National Assembly members from the region through the Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum. The action of the governors is futile because they have no power to ban any association, even a rascally one like the IPOB. The 1999 Constitution confers on groups and individuals…
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The 10yr old boy who was killed during the demolition of Eke-Ukwu Owerri by Gov.Okorocha led Imo State Government has been buried today. Farewell Somto.
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Only gullible, uninformed and untrained onlookers would fail to realise that it was the south east governors, for fear of loss of relevance in the south east, that collectively instigated Buhari to come to their aid in dismantling and proscribing IPOB. How wrong they were, how badly they miscalculated. IPOB or no IPOB, we must ensure that the south east governors, their cronies and acolytes, never ever scheme their way back into government come 2019. They must be schemed out of power, so that they and some of their predecessors can pay for their crimes against the citizens of south…
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