IPOB PRESS RELEASE We note with grave concern the orchestrated and coordinated attempt by certain unscrupulous Lagos based Igbo Efulefus who may have run out of money to fund their bogus lifestyle, to use IPOB to endear themselves to their Fulani masters. The comment reported in the Saturday Sun newspaper of May 5, 2018,…
ABURI — 4th/5th JANUARY, 1967 In an attempt to find a solution to Nigeria’s problem, yet nevertheless preserve Nigerian unity, the Supreme Military Council met at Aburi, Ghana, on 4th and 5th January, 1967. The principal objects of this meeting were threefold: firstly to review questions concerning the organisation of the Nigerian…
POGROM— 29th SEPTEMBER, 1966 On 29th September, as the Constitutional Conference was still sitting in Lagos, events occurred which will always rank as of the utmost significance in the social and political history of Nigeria, events which made fundamental changes in the structure and pattern of Nigerian society and government. On that day…
THE AD HOC CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE On 12th September, 1966, the proposed Constitutional Conference began its sittings. Gowon called upon the Conference to discover a form of political association best suited to Nigeria in the light of recent developments. A Unitary form of Government and a complete break-up were expressly ruled out. He suggested…
Amnesty is the act of an authority officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted. It includes more than pardon in as much as it obliterates all illegal remembrance of the offence. Amnesty is more and more used to express freedom and the time when…
I am grateful for the insight the meeting between Trump and Jubril offered me to critically examine the mindset of those of us that call ourselves IPOB faithfuls. As more facts continue to emerge and reactions to wit, it has dawned on me that after all said and done, your average Hausa Fulani Alimajiri…
The good people of Biafra (Christians in Nigeria), for decades, have been seeking for their independence from Nigeria. Ranging from the time of the Biafran Warlord, Gen. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu till present time that the people of Biafra has gotten a new leader in the person of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the…
29th JULY, 1966 As a result of the strong opposition which had manifested t itself to the “unification” decree, Gen. Ironsi undertook a series of tours of the Nigerian provinces to seek the advice of the traditional rulers. In the early hours of 29th July while staying in Ibadan with the Military Governor…
BIAFRA The case for INDEPENDENCE GEOFFREY BIRCH DOMINIC ST. GEORGE BRITAIN-BIAFRA ASSOCIATION 46 Tytherton Road, London, N.19 Tel: 01 272 2931 © February 1968 Reprinted March 1968 Second reprint June 1968 FOREWORD My experience in several ex-British colonies has convinced me that in far…
Biafrans had relentlessly fought to the point of no retreat no surrender, the remaining 5% to restore her nation’s heritage, dignity as the final stage-frightened Nigeria government to organize a referendum for Biafrans to determine their fate or debate on the matter arisen. The term referendum is not new in modern comparative politics, is…