THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION

  National leader of the Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, Princewill Obuka, has accused the Buhari-led government of looking the other way while the Cameroonian government “abducts” people of Bakassi. Obuka, who was released a few days ago from police detention after his arrest on January 16, 2018 alongside Linus Essien, youth leader of the displaced people of Bakassi, said this in a chat with newsmen on Monday in Owerri.     He said: “The group is worried that forces from Cameroon crossed into Nigeria and abducted members of Southern Cameroon in Bakassi early this January. “It is unfortunate that Nigerian government is supporting the action of Cameroon government against the people of the region. “On 16 January I was arrested by the police alongside Linus Essien, Youth leader of the displaced people of Bakassi and many others on the flimsy excuses that they are supporting the southern Cameroon separatists group”. He also lamented th...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that it will instantly end all agitations for an independent state of Biafra if certain standard democratic norms are embraced by the Nigerian government. The group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, made the declaration while responding to the question whether the emergence of a president of Igbo extraction in 2019 can end the agitation for Biafra. He said, “Nothing can make IPOB back down from this divine quest to restore the lost sovereignty of Biafra. Only the will of the people, clearly expressed during a referendum.  We hear Nnia Nwodo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Igbo governors and Abuja-based errand boys, that we ignorantly refer to as politicians or elites, tell us South East and South South people do not want Biafra, which is a lie. “There is only one way to establish the truth and settle this matter once and for all time. That is referendum. If we lose in a referendum, we stop the agitation for Biafra same day. The w...

Outlawed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has restated its call for a referendum on the independence of Biafra, saying it was the only way peace and genuine development could come to Nigeria. The group, during a rally to mark the first anniversary of those allegedly killed at Igweocha on January 20 last year by the Nigerian security personnel during the Trump Solidarity March in 2017, a chieftain of IPOB, Favour Michael, said what was happening in Nigeria today is a pointer that Biafra should be let go. In the paper titled, “Nigeria: A history of serial genocide and the urgent need for a referendum on Biafra”, Michael said, “We’re here today (Saturday) to honour our members, gallant Biafrans who were murdered in cold blood by Nigerian security forces one year ago here at Igweocha while they were peacefully celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States. As we remember their sacrifices in pursuit of freedom to assemb...

Princewill Obuka , the national Leader of Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has been released from Police custody in Calabar, Cross River State after one week in detention. Obuka and leader of displaced Bakassi youths Linus Essien were arrested along with their members in Ikang Cameroon border following a tip-off operation on 16 Jan 2018, reasons for the arrest was not made public. The group has been accused of plotting violence in the region following reports linking it to the violent outbreak in Cameroon which the group denied.

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, turned down request by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to order the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to produce their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a ruling that was delivered by Justice Binta Nyako, the court dismissed an application that was filed by a team of lawyers representing the IPOB leader, which prayed the court to compel Buratai to produce their client, either dead or alive. The IPOB lawyers, led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told the court that they have not seen or heard from their client since September 14, 2017, when the Nigerian Army invaded his house on a murderous raid, where life and mortar bullets were fired on unarmed and defenceless populace, leaving 28 persons dead and abducting many. Pursuant to section 40 of the Federal High Court Act, F12, LFN 2005 and section 6(6) (1) (4) of the 1999 constitution as amended Kanu’s lawyers applied for  an order of Habeas Corpus ad subjiciendum, commanding th...

  For some years now, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been on the forefront in the struggle for the creation of a sovereign state. With the absence of Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, during the time of Operation Python Dance, as well as the branding of the group as a terrorist organization, many believe the end is near for the group. But in this email interview with TheCable, Emma Powerful, spokesman of IPOB, said contrary to such belief, the group is more formidable now than it has ever been. He also spoke on a variety of issues including what has become of IPOB in Kanu’s absence, if the group would accept an option to dialogue with the federal government, the newly launched Hausa radio service as well as what a sovereign state of Biafra will look like. TheCable: Some people find it difficult to believe that IPOB leaders do not know where Nnamdi Kanu is, can you convince us that you do not know Kanu’s whereabouts? Powerful: Those that find it diffic...

Princewill Obuka, National Leader of the Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL has been arrested along with 20 of his supporters including the leader of Displaced Bakassi Youths, Linus Essien. According to the Public Relations Officer of BNYL, they were arrested January 16 in Ikang, Cameroon border area adding that Obuka has been detained in State CID in Calabar witho  The Bakassi displaced leader who is also the group Chief of Staff was taken away by soldiers The group has called for the release of its leader even as the Deputy Leader of the group, Ebuta Agbor Takon has gone underground.

  On Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, responded to the 13-page statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo which rated the performance of the Muhammadu Buhari administration as below par. In the explosive statement, Mr. Obasanjo highlighted the widespread discontent with the Buhari administration and advised Mr. Buhari not to seek re-election but to “dismount the horse” with honour and dignity. While Mr. Mohammed’s response was measured and devoid of raucous counter-attack that is usually associated with such retorts within political circles in Nigeria, he, however, dodged some salient issues raised by the former president in his statement. Mr. Obasanjo had tongue-lashed the president for Nigeria’s economic woes saying though he had suspected that Mr. Buhari was not to be trusted with properly handling the economy, he had supported his election and in fact, voted for him because he thought the president would appoint capa...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a closed-door meeting with six governors in his office at the presidential villa, Abuja. The governors include, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, and Aminu Masari of Katsina states. Others are Governors David Umahi of Ebonyi, Simon Lalong, Plateau and chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state. The meeting is taking place immediately after Mr. Buhari received security briefing from service chiefs and heads other of security agencies.

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, January 2018 met with Nigeria’s security chiefs as part of efforts aimed at ending the spate of insecurity across the country. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, led the security chiefs to the meeting. The new Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, attended the security meeting for the first time since his recent appointment. Apart from the service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, also attended the meeting. In a message posted on the Twitter handle, President, the Presidency said the security chiefs briefed Buhari on intelligence gathering and law enforcement efforts across the country. Security meeting today, presided over by President . NSA, Service Chiefs, Intelligence Chiefs, IGP in attendance. President briefed o...

  The much discussed and debated controversial statement by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance has become a source of income to some book and newspapers vendors in Abuja, Lagos and other parts of the country. Findings by DAILY POST have shown that vendors in Abuja, Lagos and other cities of the country have started selling Obasanjo’s note of warning to Buhari in form of a book.  Obasanjo had in the statement warned President Buhari against presenting himself for another term. The former Head of State cited some areas which the government had failed. He scored the Buhari-led government low in economy, security, health and other sectors. The controversy has now been put together as a book and vendors are hawking them on some of the streets of Nigeria for sale.  approached one of the vendors displaying the the laminated letter with the bold inscription, ‘Obasanjo writes Buhari, forget 2019 reelection’ aroun...

Buhari, 75, has not publicly said whether he will contest the February 2019 election. Political insiders have privately questioned his willingness or ability to keep the top job after he spent much of the past year in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment that left him visibly weakened. But Communications Minister Adebayo Shittu, who played a prominent role in Buhari’s 2015 campaign, has said he would chair a group to support the re-election of the president and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said: “The president is focused on this term. He wants to ensure that he delivers on the promises that were made. He is not talking about 2019.” In an interview with CNBC, Osinbajo outlined a number of road and rail projects which the administration is working on and a social program to support the unemployed in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. In 2015, Buhari rode a wave of resentment against Pres...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide, on Sunday, said that happenings in Nigeria have vindicated its position that the Nigerian union was unsustainable. IPOB, which expressed gratitude to all, especially Biafrans and lovers of freedom who joined in the march/rally, in Aba, Abia State capital, on Saturday, to honour its members and other innocent people allegedly murdered in cold blood by Nigerian security agents last year at Igweocha (Port Harcourt) on the day of the inauguration of President Donald Trump of America, insisted that the only solution for Nigeria was for free, self-governing nation states. The group, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, noted that all the injustices that necessitated its agitation for Biafra were now being felt by all including those that opposed the ideology of its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The statement read in parts, “Today, Nigeria is still paying a high cost in loss of human l...

Biafrans we must share dis information to save lives of others especially in Biafra land. As we continue to preach d Gospel of Biafra, I want to assure bia frans and freedom fighters all over d world dat our struggle is legitimate and internationally constitutional. As our leader Nnamdi KANU expect us to obey d chain of his commands he rightfully put in place before he was kidnapped by Nigerian DSS officials in Lagos. If d below populations of biafrans can stay at home on Friday 23th and pray for d release of our leader KANU, den d world will understand again dat we r fanatic about our freedom. And soon Biafra will be restored for all to live again happily. Buhari let Biafra go now or d economic recession will be worsening day by day as long as KANU is still being detained illegally without any substantial evidence of d false charges against him. Pls both Igbanke, Idoma, Igala, Ishoko, Ishekiri, Ishogbo, Urobo, Akwa Ibom, Ijaw and Igbo are expected to stay at h...

  The indigenous people of Biafra IPOB seem to be regaining her composure since the python dance saga. The group on Saturday held a fresh protest in Aba the commercial nerve center of Abia State which witnessed massive turn out of people as opposed to popular opinion!  We learnt that the protest was part of the comemoration and remembrance of all those who had lost their lives for the Biafran struggle.

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has again called for referendum that would allow for the actualization of Biafra. IPOB reiterated its earlier call on Sunday, while noting that happenings across Nigeria have vindicated its position that the country was unsustainable.  The pro-Biafra group noted that all the injustice that necessitated its call for secession were now being felt by all, including those that opposed the ideology of its elusive leader,  Nnamdi Kanu. According to IPOB, its call for referendum would allow people of the South East decide their destiny. A statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful reads,  Today, Nigeria is still paying a high cost in loss of human lives, which unfortunately, includes a preponderance of Biafran lives, for that decision of Yakubu Gowon. Nigeria is still paying in the form of renewed genocide, now championed under the twin umbrella of a lopsided Nigerian security forces and Fu...