Before we continue our discussion today, I want to correct an error in last Sunday essay, namely, the statement that Isaac Adaka Boro’s insurrection was quickly and violently put down by the Balewa government. Actually, the government of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was toppled by the military coup of January 15, 1966 in which…
Ohaneze Ndigbo – the said apex socio-cultural group of the Igbo ethnic group – is today divided over which presidential candidate to be supported during Saturday’s election. A faction of the group led by its president, John Nnia Nwodo, endorsed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, while the opposing faction led by the embattled Secretary-General, Mr. Uche Okwukwu,…
It is sympathetic to note that the fictional leaders-of-tomorrow in Nigeria who are currently the victims of absolute deprivation, still go about in a visionless manner, giving the shifty politicians responsible for their misery, continued backing to continue in their savagery in the name of getting Nigeria “working again” or “moving to the next level.”…
I woke up today with this prophetic quote of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu where he said that ONLY 100 MEN IS ENOUGH TO RESTORE BIAFRA. As days become weeks and months become years, the reality of this statement continue to wear flesh, forming life into reality. For these past months I have been thinking. And my…
IPOB Press Statement The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has made a passionate appeal to Israel and other world governments to prevail on Nigeria Government to stop killing our members as well as other Biafra agitators who visited Nigeria before Christmas and beyond from different countries. Biafrans abroad are humiliated and hunted down in…
Among all these voices demanding change in Nigeria, the loudest remains that of Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB. They have been killed for their quest for Biafra. They have matched one million men on the streets to demand a better Nigeria, a better Africa. They have chosen civil disobedience as their weapon, and that has…
IPOB PRESS RELEASE The Nigerian Army is at it again. Yesterday they shot dead two young men in Owerri. Last night and this morning they have commenced their abduction of Biafrans in Aba. Biafrans are now the longest suffering race in human history. One day the anger will no longer be controllable and the…
Figuratively speaking, politics in it’s genuineness, means using what you have and the power at your disposal, to diligently render service to the masses while the masses in return, having tested and trusted the actor, duly reciprocate by giving such, maximum and passionate support. This is bereft of any external influence and monetary inducement. Stressing…
Civil disobedience simply defined, is rightful expression by mass opposition against government policy or acts inimical to the well-being of the people. It is a methodology in which forced change is advocated through the influence of public opinion. This particular civil exercise has a long history of popular resistance against tyranny and anti-people’s policies. It…
When the going gets tough, the tough get going, 2019 Nigerian general elections seems to be another battle lines drawn between the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Federal government of Nigeria. International organizations and election observers are set to observe with keen interest who will take the leadership of the said Presidential…