January 15 of every year in the history of Nigeria means two different things to Biafrans and to Nigerians. To Nigerians, it is a day to mark the end of the civil war that started on July 16, 1967, and ended on January 15, 1970. To Biafrans, it is a day to remember the…
Asaba, in her day before the massacre was a quiet town of about 10,000 people, was a mile across the River Niger from the bustling and much larger market town of Onitsha. Ferryboats were used to travel between the two towns and a lot of commerce existed between both good communication and market transaction until…
A new Irish documentary reveals how Irish missionaries risked their lives to save millions from starvation during the Nigerian Civil War. Known as the Biafran War, it raged from 1967 to 1970 between the government of Nigeria and the eastern region of Nigerian that had broken away, which called itself the Republic of Biafra. Assisted by…
Uncle Sunday Onwuka, was a promising young man of seventeen when the war broke out. The genocidal Nigerian army murdered him in cold blood. He was such a loving personality the survivors of the war passed his story down to my generation. Listening to the stories told about him I have always broken down…
On Thursday 30th May 2019, Biafrans all over the world, will be solemnly observing yet another memorial for our slain heroes and heroines who spiritedly and sacrificially poured out their blood in order that we may live. There is an African adage which says that: “Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it…
It is important to bring to the notice of humanity that 30th of May annually, is very sacrosanct in the history of Biafra and Biafrans. As that very unique date draws closer this month, Biafrans all over the world are warming up to accord it in line with irrevisible historical choice, definitive commemoration in…
Miss Anthonia Nkeiruka Ikeanyionwu, aged 20, was among the fallen heroines who met their untimely death during the picketing at Ojukwu gateway, Onitsha Head bridge on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB). Tragedy struck when few weeks to the end of the year, bullets from the guns…
Since the freedom fighting movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), unified the entire Southeast and South-South geopolitical space into “Biafra,” many Biafrans’ finest and brightest men and women, artisans, students and civil servants have volunteered for selfless services to restore the lost nationhood. Their duty is difficult and their service in peaceful demonstration…
Nigeria is known for terrorism,. Apart from breeding Boko haram and having grand patron of Fulani herdsmen rule them from his grave, their penchant for blood , the blood of Biafra is second to none . In the last 24 months, over 2,000 innocent souls have been brutally murdered in Nigeria. They killed our men,…
The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide has decreed a total lockdown of activities in the entire Biafra territory come Wednesday 30th May 2018, even as Biafrans the world over, unreservedly put finishing touches to arrangements billed to commemorate this year’s Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day, which that date signifies. The…