Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, H.E. Olusegun Obansanjo, Former President of Nigeria flanked by Alhaji Ahmed Joda, Former Perm. Sec., Information, Education & Industry during the “Biafra, 50 years After” Event held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. 25th May 2017 Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for dialogue with Biafran agitators. Obasanjo speaking in…
From a congested rehabilitation centre in Calabar, southeastern Nigeria, a look of vacant sadness crosses Christopher Ejiofor’s face as he casts his mind back 50 years. Today, the still-muscular 71-year-old is a traditional chief in Enugu state. But back in 1967, he had freshly graduated from studying aeronautics engineering in the UK. Unbeknownst to the…
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Wednesday declared that its sit-at-home order scheduled for May 30 had been extended to 10 areas in northern Nigeria and Abuja. It gave the 10 areas to include: Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Makurdi, Gigawa, Jalingo, Yola and Lafia. It added that the order would also be observed in Ibadan, Benin,…
Published by Family Writers Former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has said that the worst thing President Muhammadu Buhari did is to remand the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in prison. Omokri said that that singular action had made Kanu one of the most…
Foreign journalists visit Kanu By Tim Tochukwu For Biafra Choice Writers For many foreign journalists across the world, Biafraland is the place to be at the moment. They all want to be part of the Biafra Heroes Remembrance Day (known simply as Biafra Heroes Day). This year’s celebration is special because it marks 50…
Biafra Choice Writers A Biafran who has been in Nigerian politics for years, Maxi Okwu, has unequivocally and unashamedly declared his support for Biafra’s sit-at-home to be held on May 30, 2017. Writing on his Facebook wall, Okwu declared: “Now we wait to exhale with the mother of all 50th anniversaries on 30th…
I believe that it is not only the height of naivety but also deeply insulting to say that the way to stop the Biafran agitation is to offer the Igbo cake. Quite apart from that I find it curious, incredulous and somewhat patronising that those behind the “Biafra at 50” event,…
(Intersociety, Onitsha Nigeria: 25th May 2017)-The leadership of Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) gladly congratulate the entire management, players and teeming global fans of the Manchester United Football Club of England for winning yesterday (24th May 2017) the 2017 EUROPA League Championship trophy and securing automatic qualification for the next UEFA Championship…
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu; IPOB Leader visited a powerful Niger Delta activist; Ann-Kio Briggs in his continuous consultation for Biafra restoration The ordeal of my maternal grandfather, Late Samson Ezeh, in the hands of the Nigeria troops during the Biafra Genocide of 1967-70, is one story I will never cease to talk about until justice is…
25th May 2017 ENUGU— The immediate past Governor of Imo state, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim has described the late literary icon, China Achebe, as “a man with awesome credentials and an eagle on the Iroko,” adding that the Nobel laureate is the greatest gift God gave to the Igbos as a people and Africa as a whole.…