JOHANNESBURG — It is, in South Africa’s political parlance, the season of the two centers of power. In December, Cyril Ramaphosa was elected leader of the African National Congress and, given the party’s pre-eminence, he immediately became the nation’s president in waiting. That left President Jacob Zuma — the former leader of the party who had backed Mr.…
WASHINGTON — The United States banned the export of weapons and defense services to South Sudan on Friday in a reflection of the Trump administration’s growing frustration over that nation’s grinding civil war. The ban has little practical effect, since the United States does not sell weapons to the country. But the announcement on…
Biafrans I wish to notify and equally remind my faithful, focused, determined and fearless Biafrans working assiduously for the project of Biafra nation which is about the Biafra proposed referendum around the corner, set to be unveiled in no distant time. It is pertinent to let you know that much is expected from all…
The Federal Government has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB ) of using fake videos of mass killings, harvested from other parts of Africa and doctored to look current, to mislead the international community and win their support. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this when he addressed…
To understand Nigeria you need to know the history to explain the politics. When the British arrived in what became Northern Nigeria, there were by then let’s say for argument’s sake two nations ruling the North predominantly the Fulani and then also the Indigenous Hausa, the latter of which the Hausa kingdoms were constantly…
For Nigeria and much of the world around us, it is not in controversy that, on or about 14th September 2017, the Nigerian Army breached Nnamdi Kanu’s home in Umuahia, Abia State. It is also not in controversy that Nnamdi Kanu and other persons, including his family members and visitors, were inside the premises when…
October 15, 1968 Observer Team Claims No Evidence of Genocide A team of foreign observers reported today that there was not evidence supporting the allegations of genocide in the region of Eastern Nigeria, where secessionist Biafrans are making a last stand against federal troops. The team published its report following a visit to…
October 11, 1968 Canadian MPs Charge Genocide by Nigeria The Canadian Government has rejected the report of two opposition members of Parliament who recently visited Biafra and reported that the Nigerian army practiced genocide against the Igbos. Mitchell Sharp, the Minister of External Affairs, told a special committee of the House of…
I have taken much of my ample time to recall on what happened at elder Kanu’s residence leading to the total disappearance of the royal monarch and his wife coupled with their immediate son who also doubles as the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, a legitimate body representing and fighting…
August 14, 1967 20:00 GMT Excerpts From Brig Victor Banjo Broadcast on Benin Home Service As Biafran Troops Storm Into Mid-West “… The 29th July 1966 Federal Military Government, came into being as a result of a mutiny in which the primary action was directed at the elimination of a particular ethnic group…