Nigeria is not functioning and can never function - Nnamdi Kanu tells Al Jazeera

Nnamdi Kanu, is the leader of the group known as the Indigenous People of Biafra, which is calling for the secession of southeastern Nigeria [Chika Oduah/Al Jazeera]

50 years on: Nigeria's Biafra secessionist movement

On Biafra Remembrance Day we ask pro-secessionist leader Nnamdi Kanu if the call for secession is growing louder.

Umuahia, Nigeria - Nnamdi Kanu waves his hand and puffs in frustration: "Nothing seems to be working in Nigeria. There is pain and hardship everywhere. What we're fighting [for] is not self-determination for the sake of it. It's because Nigeria is not functioning and can never function."

Biafra making waves in Al Jazeera. Watch TV footage

Biafra making waves in Al Jazeera. Watch TV footage

Biafra is slowly taking the centre state of international media heavyweights. From BBC to Al Jazeera, Biafra has been picked up from the back burner to the front. With the sustained protests raging across Biafran cities, the resolve of Biafrans for self-determination is increasingly becoming evident.

They're back! Boko Haram's return under Buhari - Al Jazeera blasts Buhari

They're back: Boko Haram's return under Buhari - Al Jazeera blasts Buhari

In less than three months of Buhari's reign, the gory era of terrorism is back in Nigeria.

This is not the Nigeria that Muhammadu Buhari promised us in the build-up towards the presidential election. Neither is it the one he promised after he had won.

In a nationally-televised speech, hours after his declaration as president-elect, Buhari had told Nigerians: "Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective will."