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The National President of the Oodua People’s Congress, Chief Gani Adams, has reacted that the Federal Government must hold talks with the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and others agitating for Biafra for peace to reign. According to Adams, it is only through...

Fresh trouble is brewing in Onitsha, Anambra State, following an alleged abduction by the military of 18 injured members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and MASSOB, from a private hospital where they were receiving treatment, New Telegraph reports. The disclosure came yesterday, just as...

It is noteworthy that most Eastern elites are rather quiet on their personal views about the raging pro-Biafra agitation. The reasons for the stance are not far fetched. The Easterners of non-Igbo extraction are understandably cautious and apprehensive that a Biafran State could translate them...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, has raised the alarm over a perceived threat to his life and property. He has asked President Muhammadu Buhari for extra security, Daily Sun reports. In a petition over a publication by Sahara Reporters, in which the...

Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has canvassed support for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying it was the easiest way an Igbo man could occupy the presidency at the end of his administration. Addressing guests after...

The President of Igbo Youth Congress (IYC), Mr Bright Ezeocha, says he is afraid that the use of violence against pro-Biafra protesters by the government might give rise to the creation of a terrorist group in the manner of Boko Haram in the East. Ezeocha said this in an interview with the...

The youth wing of the pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lauded former military Heads of States, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Yakubu Gowon for their support for Igbo presidency. National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in an...

The Inspector-general of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase says Biafra campaigners are testing the patience of the police, threatening to clampdown on protesters. Arase warned the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) activists to “stop threatening...

Ibrahim Babangida, former military president, says he will vote for an Igbo president in 2019 if he find anyone. Speaking with The Interview, a magazine focused on leading professionals and politicians, IBB, as he is fondly called, described the agitation for Biafra republic as a distraction...

The Federal Government has reached out to some leaders of thought in the South-East to intervene in the growing pro-Biafra protests in that part of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari has also received the assurances of state governors in the geopolitical zone that the issue has being...

Senator Athan N. Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) representing Imo North, has attributed the on-going agitation for the realization of Biafran state as a result of unemployment among the youths which is worsening economic situation in the country. The senator, who spoke over the...

Recently, there has been a renewed struggle for the Republic of Biafra by members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Nigeria and outside the country. Nearly 50 years after the Biafran War (July 6, 1967 – January 15, 1970) which almost destroyed the...

The Nigerian army has threatened to bring down the full weight of the law against groups or individuals threatening the unity of the country, according to TheCable reports Addressing journalists in Damaturu, capital of Yobe state on Thursday, Sani Usman, spokesman of the army, laid emphasis on...

See how Dr. Damages a.k.a Rudolph Okonkwo is seriously Making Mockery of Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu in this video.

President of Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, while speaking with PUNCH correspondent on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said Ogbonnaya Onu and Chris Ngige deserved ‘more influential’ ministries than Science and Technology, and Labour and Productivity, respectively. Okechukwu Enalama...

Those who are conversant with history of Nigeria will recall that the Biafra war was not just fought on the battle field, the media played a very great role in fueling and shaping the course of the war. Biafra agitators are back again despite mistakes of Ojukwu in the civil war, this time they...

Chairman of Progressives Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, is currently arranging a crucial meeting with other governors in the South-East, over the growing agitation by protagonists of Biafra, saying the protests could not be in the interest of the south-east...

According to unconfirmed reports, two persons have been reportedly shot dead by the Soldiers at the Biafra protest currently going on in Onitsha. It will be recalled that the inspector General of Police earlier warned the group popularly known as Indigenous People of Biafra against mass protest...

The Imo State governor and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has advised people of the South-East zone to refrain from harboring bad blood against people of other parts of the country, if they are serious about producing the country’s President in the future...

Biafra supporters have staged a peaceful protest in Hong Kong calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra that was arrested by police operatives while returning from London. The protesters gathered at the Amnesty International headquarters waving Biafran flags and...