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…
January 12, 1970 Pope Cautions Gowon on “Reprisals or Genocide” against Biafrans Pope Paul VI acknowledged today that the Nigerian authorities had promised to respect the human rights of their apparently defeated Biafran adversaries but he warned, as he did yesterday, against further bloodshed. He also sent a message to the Nigerian head…
January 31, 1968 Dick Tiger Joins Biafran Army Dick Tiger, world light heavy weight champion has joined the Biafran army. Tiger joined the Biafran army as a Lieutenant. “I know this is really a forgotten war as far as the rest of the world is concerned,” said Tiger. “Nobody really cares about Africa;…
The Nigerian government has earmarked huge sums of money from 2018 budget in her unrelentless and futile bid to engage and defeat the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Following the Federal Executive Council’s meeting held recently in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal Capital City, the information and Communications Minister – Alhaji Lai…
The statement credited to the former president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was carefully timed to deliver a devastating blow to the scavenging class of political prostitutes in Igboland that shamelessly went to hawk their wares in Abuja a few days ago. The shameless endorsement of Buhari for 2019 by these bunch of undignified…