The Biafran: July 2016

Sunday, 31 July 2016

History they want us to forget: How Danjuma, Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Buhari and other Arewa militants assassinated Ironsi, Fajuyi and over 300 Igbo military officers

The ancient city of Ibadan comes alive on Friday July 29, 2016 as dignitaries from all walks of life converge to remember that gallant,brave and outstanding soldier, Col Adekunle Fajuyi, who was murdered 50 years ago by Northern military officers who massed on the capital of the Western Region to take out then Head of State, Major General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi.

Pastor Tunde Bakare slams Northern elders over opposition to restructuring

Tunde Bakare, the general overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, has flayed Northern elders who are opposed to the call for Nigeria’s restructuring.

Bakare spoke on Friday, July 29, 2016 in Ibadan at an event organised to mark the 50th year anniversary of the assassination of the first military governor of the defunct Western Region, Lt.-Col. Adekunle Fajuyi.

I am not a prophet of doom. Restructuring of Nigeria is inevitable - Atiku Abubakar again ewarns northern elders

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has again reiterated that the restructuring of the country’s system was inevitable.

Atiku, who said this at the Memorial Conference of the former military Governor of the defunct Northern Region, Late General Hassan Usman Katsina on Saturday, said the fragile unity of the country was being threatened with sentiments.

Crackdown on Niger Delta militants will set off a chain of events that will lead to the end of Nigeria - Fani-Kayode

“On 29th July 2016, CNN reported that “the Nigerian government is preparing troops for a crackdown in the Niger Delta if peace talks fail”.

This is sad and ominous. As United States Senator Ted Cruz once said “the light of truth is stronger than the terror of darkness”. It follows that the biggest mistake that the Buhari administration can possibly make is to attempt to “crack down” on the Niger Delta and kill innocent civilians.

The Arewa Militants who murdered Ironsi and Fajuyi 50 years ago are still calling it shots in today's Nigeria. Perpetrating their evil deeds

Fifty years ago today, on July 29th 1966, a man by the name of Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi gave his life in defence of our country and the then Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi.

His killers were a group of northern army officers who participated in the so-called northern “revenge coup” of July 29th 1966. No less than 300 Igbo army officers were slaughtered that night together with a handful of yoruba soldiers, including Fajuyi.

Aguiyi Ironsi: The Igbo Martyr who died to safeguard the nonsensical Nigerian Unity

A moment before he was shot, on July 29, 1966, Nigeria’s first military head of state Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi reportedly told his assailants, “Shoot me and you shoot Nigeria.” The goons did not budge. They emptied magazines of Stein guns into his body and that of Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, military governor of Western Region.

It's Official! Nigerian military launches air attack against Niger Delta Militants. Scores reported killed during aerial bombardment

Nigerian army rains bombs on creeks of the militants
About 114 suspected militants killed in the attack on their camps in the south-west

At least 114 suspected Niger Delta militants are feared killed and scores of others wounded in attacks on their camps in Ogun and Lagos states. The Nigerian army, Air Force and Navy, commenced the bombardment on July 28 under the operation “Crocodile Laugh” in readiness for a showdown with militants in the Niger Delta.

Delayed Nigerian restructuring will lead to disintegration -Yoruba leaders warn

Yoruba leaders from all walks of life on Friday converged at the International Conference Centre, at the Nigeria's premier University University of Ibadan and insisted without further delay on the restructuring of Nigeria, failure to do so they say pose nothing but a grave danger to Nigeria's fragile unity.

[Under Buhari] "There was frustration in the [Nigerian] society between 1984 to 1985 ". We had no choice than to REMOVE him - Babangida blasts Buhari. Déjà vu?

Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has given reason while he and colleagues overthrew Muhammadu Buhari in 1985. According to Babangida, Buhari’s junta was overthrown in 1985 because there was extreme frustration in the society under his tyrannical rule.

The Mockery a.k.a Exercise Crocodile Smile: Nigerian Army fooling itself by conducting Amphibious military exercise in the hilly and terrestrial Enugu terrain. Shys away from the Niger Delta creeks

Nigerian army is currently conducting a supposedly Amphibious [Marine] military exercise in the hilly terrestrial terrain of Enugu State, which is a sharp contrast to the flat and swampy mangrove forest of the Niger Delta, which it s preparing to attack. A great number of Biafrans are at the moment making fun of Nigerian Army for the military exercise it is holding in Enugu, the Enugu State capital. The Biafrans, who are making this comment, describe the Army as bunch of cowards trying to deceive gullible people.

Dark clouds settle over Buhari's Nigeria as hunger-stricken families resort to stealing pots of soup to survive

General' Muhammadu Buhari's ineptitude and wickedness have finally succeeded in pushing Nigeria to the brink of hell! The unprecedented hardship in Nigeria at the moment has reached a level that many families go to bed hungry. The degree of hunger has increased to the extent that families have resorted to stealing pots of soup to survive.

Nigerians, prepare for revolution

Many of us who read the recent story of a parent who pledged his child for a bag of rice in Kano felt scandalised. I have been searching for clues from the current government in Abuja on how the nation’s precarious economic situation will be solved. I have seen little or nothing. Rather, what comes out as news everyday frightens me the more.

Buhari plots to replace Buratai with General Ahmadu Mohammed 'sacked' by Jonathan for leaking information to Boko Haram

Buhari plots to replace Buratai with General Ahmadu Mohammed sacked by Jonathan for leaking information to Boko Haram

Do you remember the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army? The man whose infuriated soldiers shot at at their barracks, for leaking top secret information to Boko Haram elements, enabling the terrorists to successively launch successful ambush attacks on the soldiers. It got to a point that many soldiers were being brought back dead to their barracks forcing the young army officers to attempt killing the GOC. That GOC Ahmadu Mohammed who was said to have been sacked, by the Jonathan’s administration is to emerge as the Chief of Army Staff [COAS].

Biafra Day celebration: Igbo women mourn murdered IPOB members

They wore black attire and most of them wailing; they have been saddened beyond consolation.

It was indeed a sad day for the Igbo women who had gathered to conduct a mass burial for members of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) who were extra-judicially killed by the Nigerian armed forces on May 30, this year, when they gathered for the Biafra Day celebration at Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State.

Change Blues - A must watch highly comical Buhari-bashing song. "Buhari no let Nigeria scatter for your head!"

After the election wey dey do we still dey wait for the change.

All dey promise wey dey make it don be say na fake!

Wey dey money wey dey food?

Buhari you don turn Nigeria into two - 95 vs 5 percent.

No let Nigeria scatter for your head!

This is a must watch video. Straight to the point and highly analytical.
Watch and enjoy.

Caveat Emptor: Customary Government of Biafra is a ruse - IPOB Press Statement

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) hereby notifies the International Community and Biafrans in particular that there is no such thing as Customary Government of Biafra. At this stage, we (IPOB) are simply freedom fighters and the leader of IPOB is Nnamdi Kanu who was given the mantle of leadership of IPOB by the High Command of the Biafran Army on the 30th of May 2014 at Enugu. The ceremony bestowing leadership of IPOB on Nnamdi Kanu was documented and can be viewed on YouTube using the following link

Junaid’s Jeremiads, Buhari’s Burden

If—and I put a big ‘if’ here—Junaid’s allegations are true (as I write, there had been no refutation from the Presidency), then President Buhari is guilty of the basest privatisation of political power in Nigeria’s history. His defenders may say there’s no explicit law against such an act, but it would represent an egregious moral affront.

Buhari is an Islamic Militant. Operating 'Military Democracy' and 'Islamic Political Militancy' - Archbishop Chukwuma

The Anglican Archbishop of Enugu Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of running a “military democracy” type of government in Nigeria.

God will continue to punish Nigeria until Nnamdi Kanu is released

When the dust settles over the numerous calls for separation and restructuring in Nigeria, the world will know that it all started with the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu. Fortuitously, Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s public approval rating was 80% in October 2015, the same month he illegally kidnapped Nnamdi Kanu. Ever since, Buhari’s personal political standing as well as Nigeria’s economic well-being has nose-dived to 30% approval rating as at July 2016. As Prophet Nwoko had predicted, “Heaven will strike if Nnamdi Kanu is not released.”

#GodBreakNigeria: See why God has not and will NEVER bless Nigeria

God does not bless what he did not create! God did not create Nigeria and as such He will never bless it. That is why Nigeria have continued to suffer. And until #GodBreakNigeria, Nigerians will continue to suffer. Nigeria was created by Frederick Lugard, a satanists, therefore it can be adduced that Satan created Nigeria. Why would God bless what Satan His arch enemy created?

Nigerian Finance minister begs Nigerians in the Diaspora to pump in money to beef up the dwindling and highly mismanaged economy

Nigerian Finance minister begs Nigerians in the Diaspora to pump in money to beef up the dwindling economy

The Federal Government has called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to see the current economic realities in the country as good opportunities for them to participate actively in the ongoing efforts to reposition the nation’s economy.

Release Nnamdi Kanu now to calm frayed nerves - Ohaneze tasks Buhari

The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to unconditionally release the director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention.

#GodBreakNigeria: The new prayer in town - God Break Nigeria! (make it viral)

In order to save Biafrans and other nationalities from the evil clutches of Hausa-Fulani oligarchs, Femi Fani Kayode has advocated a new prayer point of God Break Nigeria.

In a recent article he released soon after being regaining freedom from the terror dungeon of the EFCC, Fani-Kayode stated the following:

Whoa! See onions now being grown in Biafra

Very soon Northern Nigerian farmers will be begging for buyers of their products. Biafrans have taken up the challenge and have gone back to farming. Many Biafrans have gone into experimental tomato and onion farming among others.

The following pictures show very sumptuous onions being harvested from the lands of Biafra.

Aboki chop your onion chop your suya. . .Biafrexit all the way!

© Ozan Kose, AFP | Turkish soldiers at Istanbul’s Taksim Square as people protest against the military coup on July 16, 2016.

Turkey’s coup brought to you via plotters’ WhatsApp posts

Transcripts of WhatsApp messages reportedly exchanged by a group of Turkish coup plotters reveal a chilling tick-tock of how the July 15-16 putsch unfolded, from a smooth start to a harrowing finish.

If the recent Turkish coup attempt was effectively foiled on FaceTime, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned to social media to issue his call on Turks to take to the streets, the putsch plot appeared to have unfolded on WhatsApp.

Nigeria's third Mahdi and the last of the Amalekite kings - Femi Fani-Kayode

Forgive me for my curious silence over the last few months but this was due to circumstances beyond my control.

As you know I was locked up in President Buhari's gulag and I was not allowed to write from there.

Needless to say I missed all my readers. I have chosen to share my views about our nation today because I am aware of the fact that President Buhari has not finished with me yet and I may be picked up and thrown into detention on other trumped up charges very soon. This government will do and say anything to silence my voice but they shall not prevail.

Stop appointing your classmates, they can’t fix Nigeria’s economy - Dr Ezeife warns Buhari

Elder statesman, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to do away with selfish tendencies in his appointments.

Ezeife warned that Nigeria’s economy is in crisis, adding that the way forward for Nigeria was to urgently map out ideas to take it out of doldrums.

Following the cash crunch that has gripped the Nigerian economy, sources within presidency are saying the president and his cabinet members, should be forced to resign for their inability to manage the economy, Post Nigeria reports.

Zombie System of governing: The Disposition of Nigeria governors

‘Laughter they say doesn’t show friendship. The word which is spoken is agreed to by a nod of the head. It is not by staring hard that one sees the road or understands what is going on. He who bathes in tears knows himself. If advice is given to a head but it doesn’t hear, when it enters the bag, it hears. Seeing but not speaking is characteristic of elders, while speaking but not listening is characteristic of younger people.’

These were her humble soliloquies in 2010, before she cuddled the mother earth and kissed the world goodbye. I had earlier promised my grandmother that I would be guided by her blameless and spotless lessons and teaches about life. But as I continued to experience certain irreversible vicissitudes, which I was imperilled to by nature, I decided in the end to disagree with one of her salient axiom which says; seeing but not speaking is characteristic of elders, while speaking but not listening is characteristic of younger people.

The reason behind my irrevocable verdict towards this particular maxim is going to be a story for another day. Today, what is valid in my consciousness is; seeing but not speaking is characteristic of YOUNGER PEOPLE, while speaking but not listening is characteristic of ELDERS. You either concur or you dissent. Sedentary by her graveside after so many years with my small Kachibo three finger battery radio, the gospel of Fela Kuti kept echoing like the vibration sound that was orchestrated by the first ‘Ogbunigwe,’ local bomb that was built by the Biafrans during the Nigeria Civil War.

Ah! Fela is a god slipped from my maw audibly. Tilting my head left and right to see if I was joined by any uninvited guest or her spirit, the preacher shrieked louder and louder saying: Zombie o, zombie (Zombie o, zombie) Zombie o, zombie (Zombie o, zombie) Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go (Zombie) Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop (Zombie) Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn (Zombie) Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think (Zombie) Tell am to go straight A joro, jara, joro No break, no job, no sense A joro, jara, joro Tell am to go kill A joro, jara, joro No break, no job, no sense A joro, jara, joro Tell am to go quench A joro, jara, joro No break, no job, no sense A joro, jara, joro Go and kill! (Joro, jaro, joro) Go and die! (Joro, jaro, joro) Go and quench! (Joro, jaro, joro) Put am for reverse! (Joro, jaro, joro…)

Sobering and shedding tears with my inner eyes drenched like a sinner who couldn’t wait for dawn to swallow the dusk, before he or she could run to a nearby catholic church for confession, as my ears were enthralled by his honest truth. Lastly, I was able to relate the ‘Zombie’ that he was preaching about with the recent languid attitude of some of our Governors in this recent time. The portrait which his gospel framed in my subconscious mind became blatant that most of our Governors are practicing the ‘Zombie System of Governing.’

Describing some Governors as something that is more immobile than an effigy of a god will not be a bad idea. Come to think of it; the effigy of a god is motionless in most cases right? But yet it’s efficacy can’t be undermined. If you doubt this effigy analogy, kindly pay a visit to the Eze mmuo, chief priest of your land for more clarification. In fact, the effigy is far better and more productive than some Governors in Nigeria today. Calling some of them a piece of tree trunk won’t be bad either, because they can’t think and make good use of their brain. They don’t even understand what innovation, entrepreneur and creativity are all about. No wonder Fela referred to individuals that exhibit such lethargic mannerism as ‘Zombie.’

Most Governors of this country have failed to look inwardly into the various towns and villages that sum up their state, taking into cognizance the gigantic resources that litters on all their nook and cranny, and as well strategizing a means of exploring and transforming these resources that are inform of human, agriculture and mineral blessings, which God concealed in their domain into baskets of money. Some of them are tenderfoot in the area of understanding the role that the principle of comparative advantage plays in economic development, revenue building and accumulation of excess money (income) for a state. Bailout Funds to rescue states that couldn’t pay for the services their citizens rendered suddenly became a perfect panacea to remedy this madness, by the Federal Government of Nigeria in this 21 st century. What a shame!

Where is this country heading to?

Fani Kayode once wrote that our country is on her way to ‘Kigali,’ but the reality is that ‘Kigali’ is a heaven, when compared to where Nigeria is heading to. Do you know where our country is tilting towards? Yes! Your guess is as right as mine. This country is on her way to ‘Hades.’ Do you know why? It is simply because we the citizens have sold our conscience to corruption, mediocrity and wickedness. We have jettisoned to uphold truth, no matter how miniature it appears. We have chosen to crown thieves our leaders. Religion and ethnic differences are the ‘two brothers in the hood’ that we have succeeded in immortalizing, and these evil now cohabit with us.

The Agricultural history of Nigeria is intertwined with its political history. In the 1920s and mid 1930s, their existed a resurgence in the Agricultural activities of this nation, and this period was referred to as the ‘Faulkner Strip Layout’ era. Faulkner provided an experimental statistical design for green manufacturing, fertility, livestock, intensification, rational cropping and expansion of research activities and training programs for Department of Agriculture. In the same way, other facilities for training individuals and junior staff in Agriculture were made available. Scholarships were as well awarded to some students in Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad and Yaba High College.

These initiatives as at that time played a wonderful role in securing a laudable position for Nigeria in the area of Agriculture. But sooner than envisaged, the spiraling and hostility of the Second World War truncated the success story of these initiatives. Few years after the war, the reverse became the case. All the States in Nigeria are endowed with unquantifiable natural resources and relatively good weather for agriculture and other economic activities that will enhance and boost the economy of each state, yet Nigerians suffer in the midst of plenty.

So sad! The poverty rate of this nation when compared with other African Countries can simply be defined as a long walk that leads to nowhere, despite her high GDP. A survey that was currently conducted in this country showed that less than 40% of Nigeria land is cultivated, despite the country’s enormous population and level of unemployment. Having taken a critical look at the role Agriculture played in the past before crude was discovered, it is obvious to note that Agriculture contributed more than 80% to the country’s budget then. My questions now are these; why then did we kill our good son (Agriculture)? What was his crime? I totally believe that the list of importance of Agriculture to the Nigeria States is endless.

I’m of the opinion that if our Governors can put on their thinking caps and carryout a comprehensive survey of their respective regions, in order to ascertain the abundant resources, which these regions are bequeathed with, with the sole purpose of investing and tapping from these resources that proliferate in their region, the option of bailout funds will automatically be substituted by a long lasting and boosting economic policies. The return on investment of this decision when executed properly will certainly be enough for the State Governors to pay all their bills and even have surplus money (income) for savings and other things.

Did you know what some State Governors did with their own so called ‘Bailout Funds?’ I will tell you. Most of them used the money to purchase Prado Jeeps and other cars for their friends and family members that were smuggled into the corridors of power, leaving their state workers starving without paying salaries. Is this what the funds were meant for? Mr. Governor, please answer. What a reprehensible and coldhearted act. The earlier we decentralize power, making it mandatory for the states to provide at least 70% of their working budget, the better for us. Most Governors are so lazy and they lack the entrepreneurial skills to come up with good and long lasting economic ideas. What they do is to seat back and wait for allocation from Abuja to embezzle. Ndi aruru ani, wicked people. Igbo aphorisms say that; the works that we do are the things by which we are remembered. If an old woman stubbornly builds herself a spacious compound, her dead body is carried to her own soup. Rat, don’t chew the doctor's bag on purpose, and doctor, don’t starve the rat on purpose.

One who doesn’t agree agrees on the death mat and one who serves benefits buys the service. Most Nigeria Governors have settled for the ‘Zombie System of Governing’ their people and this is very bad. If you can’t create your state’s revenue by coming up with good and long lasting entrepreneurial and innovative ideas, and as well pay salaries, please, kindly handover to someone that is capable of doing so and stop waiting for bailout funds. It is also pertinent for you peopled to understand that Nigerians are not fools. Mr Governor, always remember that a grasshopper which was killed by the Okpoko was deaf. (Emeka is a young Nigerian writer and public affairs analyst. He is a member of Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management (IPDM), The Royal Life Saving Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN)) {Email: emekaubesie@yahoo.com, Twitter: @emeka_ubesie}

Sunday, 24 July 2016

Killing of Christians and rise of State Jihadism in Nigeria: Before Reprisal Radicalism Explodes & Turns Nigeria Into Widespread Bloodshed

KILLING OF CHRISTIANS AND RISE OF STATE JIHADISM IN NIGERIA- Before Reprisal Radicalism Explodes & Turns Nigeria Into Widespread Bloodshed

(Onitsha Nigeria, 24^th of July 2016)-Borrowing from the investigative and statistical findings of Open Doors and its Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Pearce, Christians are facing State coordinated and State-abetted persecution in Nigeria. The persecution of Christians, according to the respected international anti Christian persecution watchdog, is carried out by three groups: Islamist Boko Haram terror group, Muslim Fulani herdsmen and the Muslim religious fanatics oiled by political elite as well as top politico-security appointees. In other words, while Christian killings are perpetrated by the trio of terrorist Fulani Janjaweed and Boko Haram groups and government security agents; the present Federal Government under Gen Muhammadu Buhari is deepening and consolidating its pursuit of radical and annihilative policy of State Jihadism; thereby encouraging reprisal radicalization and undermining the unity, Constitution and secularity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Buhari's DSS lies! Frames up journalist, Jones Abiri as a militant and coup plotter

Nigeria’s security officials have accused the publisher of Nigeria’s Weekly Source newspaper, Jones Abiri, of terrorism and spreading coup rumour.Mr Abiri, also known as General Akotebe Darikoro was arrested on July 21.

Stop this Presidential Hooliganism. Respect rule of law - Soyinka hits Buhari on indiscipline

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Saturday in an exclusive interview with newsmen in Abeokuta, advised 'General' Muhammadu Buhari to stop being tyrannical in his governance and desist from what he described as presidential hooliganism and diplomatic excessive display of Methuselahnic political vendetta.

IPOB, NDA activities: Real reason why Ihejirika, Minimah were Indicted

Army Officer Disclosed That The Retired Army Chiefs’ Refusal To Intervene Or Nip In The Bud The Activities Of IPOB And NDA

FRESH explanations on the indictment of two former Chiefs of Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika and General Kenneth Minimah by the Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment in the armed Forces between 2007 and 2015 have emerged.

Igbo leaders can’t control IPOB. They are well determined and highly motivated – Chekwas Okorie

The presidential candidate of United Progressives Party (UPP) in the last general elections, Chief Chekwas Okorie, said that the worsening socio-economic situation in the South East and South South is responsible for the continued Biafra agitation by IPOB.

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Nigeria must restructure or breakup - General Alani Akinrinade warns

The stark reality is that it is difficult to keep Nigeria one the way it is now
People are discontented and the economy is down. We are a different people. It is a fallacy to say that there is one Nigeria. Yes, we are all black people, we are all Africans. But first and foremost, I am a Yoruba man.
APC govt taking Nigerians for idiots by including restructuring in its manifesto and reneging on the promise

As debate rages over some basic national questions, an elder statesman, respected Yoruba leader, and former Chief of Defence Staff, General Alani Ipoola Akinrinade (retd), in this interview admonishes the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to do a restructuring of the country to avoid an imminent break up and also to amend the Constitution to allow any constituent part wishing to leave, to do so peacefully.

Excerpt:

Nepotism in Buhari’s govt, the worst in Nigeria’s history –"Cry-Cry- Baby" Junaid Mohammed

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, former Joint House Leader of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, as well as a member of the Defence Committee in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, speaks about the Buhari administration’s anti-corruption war, the arms probe and other national issues.

Excerpts:

Nnamdi Kanu will have the last laugh: A Prophet Patiently Waiting For His Last Laugh

Next time you see the cheerful man on this picture, simply call him a prophet; Call him the Nostradamus of our time.

You know why?

Buhari cannot keep Nigeria together by force. The next conference Nigeria will have is to discuss her breakup – Ankio Briggs

Buhari cannot keep Nigeria together by force – Ankio Briggs

Ms. Ann-Kio Briggs, a rights activist, is a spokesperson of the Ijaw Republican Assembly (IRA). She spoke to Daniel Abia of the Independent newspaper. As a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, she maintains that the non-implementation of the conference report aimed at repositioning the country will undermine Buhari's government. According to her Buhari cannot keep the Nigeria together by force or coercion.
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Killing of unarmed pro-Biafra supporters by military must be urgently investigated -Amnesty International

An on-the-ground investigation by Amnesty International has confirmed that the Nigerian army gunned down unarmed people ahead of last month’s planned pro-Biafran commemoration events in Onitsha, Anambra state.

Evidence gathered from eyewitnesses, morgues and hospitals confirms that between 29-30 May 2016, the Nigerian military opened fire on members of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), supporters and bystanders at three locations in the town.

Chronicle of African Hitler Muhammadu Buhari's hatred for Ndigbo - part one

In recent times there have been media planted accusations and claims by some elements as well as fifth columnists alleging that the Igbos hate the current President of Nigeria popularly known as African Hitler Muhammadu Buhari (AHMB) for no reason.

Behold, Federal Cattle Territory, FCT Abuja! As Buhari's herdsmen brothers invade Abuja, terrorise residents, motorists in search of 'Greener Pastures'

Behold, Federal Cattle Territory, FCT Abuja! As Buhari's herdsmen brothers invade Abuja, terrorise residents, motorists in search of 'Greener Pastures'

In mid-April, 2016, soldiers of the Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army arrested 92 Fulani herdsmen in Abuja. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the brigade, Captain Bashir Jajira, after the arrest, had revealed that 36 of the suspects were arrested at a military checkpoint between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa State.

Uselessness Of The Judicial Panel Of Enquiry Into Zaria Shiite Genocide And Fundamental Flaws Inherent In Its Creation And Outcomes

(Onitsha Nigeria, July 22, 2016)-In line with our three core advocacy objectives of ensuring at all times that human rights are extensively made accessible to their holders/owners; protective for victims of their violations; and accountability of the State and non-State actors over the perpetration and commission of human rights abuses and other regime atrocities, irrespective of class, religion, tribe or sex; it is our (Intersociety) firm declaration that the Judicial Panel of Enquiry set up in January 2016 by the Government of Kaduna State to look into the so called “Army-Shiite Clash” (Shiite Genocide) of December 12-14, 2015 in Zaria, Kaduna State; is nothing but an act of uselessness and effort in futility. Fundamental flaws inherent in the Panel’s constitution, composition, legal status, procedures, proceedings, outcomes and enforceability are also basket-loaded.

Nigeria in quagmire as Naira sinks further into the swamp of oblivion.Exchanges 377 to Dollar. Adeosun and Emefiele's jobs on the line.

The naira yesterday exchanged at N377 to dollar in the parallel market, weaker than N373 on Wednesday after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) failed to intervene in the market, Signal reports.

At the interbank rate, the currency traded at N309 to dollar at noon, but later recovered to close at 292.40 on thin trades. The interbank market traded a total of $7.27 million.

Buhari lied! We are not holding peace talks with the Nigerian government - Niger Delta Avengers

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group has refuted claims by 'General' Muhammadu Buhari that they are holding peace talk with the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Buhari had yesterday, while granting farewell audience to the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Zinner, at the Presidential Villa, said that his government is in dialogue with the militants.

CML Militants detain foreign ship, target oil company: No Dialogue until Nnamdi Kanu is released

A Niger Delta group, the Concerned Militant Leaders (CML), yesterday afternoon seized a ship with Liberian flag along Bakassi Peninsula off Nigerian waterways.

This is even as the group disclosed that the next target for attack would be Frontier Oil in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.

The struggle is going to get dirty soon. We are freedom fighters not criminals - Niger Delta Avengers.

Contrary to local news that Nigeria Navy has arrested Niger Delta Avengers logistics supplier is the biggest joker of the 21st century. As it now any Tom, Dick and Harry is a suspect of Niger Delta avengers. Nigeria Navy has lost the sense of professionalism.

The struggle is going to get dirty soon. We are freedom fighters not criminals - Niger Delta Avengers.

Happening Now! Military takeover ongoing

Turkey coup: military attempt to seize power from Erdogan as low flying jets and gunfire heard in Ankara and bridges across Bosphorus in Istanbul closed

Clockwise from Top Left: Professor Charles Soludo, Professor Wole Soyinka, Professor Pat Utomi, and Dr. Oby Ezekwesili

The fog of the 2015 general election is finally clearing up; the falsehoods sold to the people as change are unravelling at dizzying speeds. Even some vociferous supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari are deserting him in droves. Those who have not openly expressed some apprehension about the path the “messiah” has chosen to lead the country are grumbling and sniveling. However, a few diehards are still clinging to a tiny strand of hope that a miracle just might happen and things would change for the better under his government.

Bring Back Our Girls: Members of various civil society organisations (CSOs) protest against the delay in securing the release of the abducted schoolgirls who were kidnapped, in Abuja April 30, 2014. | Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

The Nigerian social media has been awashed with the outrageous appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman, one of the leaders of Bring back our girls the so called Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Group, to head the Nigerian Ports Authority. Many saw this appointment, which ironically came barely few days after the group condemned Buhari for abandoning the girls, as a compensation for a job well done.

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