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HURIWA seeks investigation of alleged IPOB members killing

  Army restates pledge to respect human rights The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for probe of alleged extralegal killings of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) shortly before it was proscribed. The group condemned the silence by officials of the current administration on the alleged human rights violations committed by officers of the Nigerian Army during the month-long Operation Python Dance II in the South East. In a statement signed by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, to mark this year’s International Human Rights Day, HURIWA lamented that the presidency and the National Assembly failed to investigate the clampdown on the IPOB which at the time was not proscribed. The group said Mr. President must tell Nigerians the whereabouts of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, after his home was invaded by security forces.  We use this auspic...

the history of biafra

Jello Biafra . For the West African bight known as Bight of Biafra, see Bight of Bonny . Biafra (officially the Republic of Biafra ) was a secessionist unrecognized state in West Africa which existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970; it was made up of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria . The country took its name from the Bight of Biafra , the stretch of water to its south at the east end of the Gulf of Guinea . Its inhabitants were mostly Igbo , who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria. Other ethnic groups that were present were the Efik , Ibibio , Annang , Ejagham , Eket , Ibeno and the Ijaw among others.         Republic of Biafra Unrecognized state 1967–1970 Flag Coat of arms Motto "Peace, Unity, and Freedom." Anthem " Land of the Rising Sun "                   ...

Move Nigerian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Udeogaranya tells Buhari

LAGOS—The decision of Israeli government to move its capital to Jerusalem needs to be supported by the Nigerian government. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/move-nigerian-embassy-israel-jerusalem-udeogaranya-tells-buhari/ LAGOS—The decision of Israeli government to move its capital to Jerusalem needs to be supported by the Nigerian government. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/move-nigerian-embassy-israel-jerusalem-udeogaranya-tells-buhari/

We have only one agenda and that is to restore Biafra

  We have only one agenda and that is to restore Biafra, we only have one enemy and he/she is that person trying to destroy that name and struggle which many have sacrificed their lives for, we only have one weapon 🔫 and that is truth,we only have one adviser and that is radio Biafra london we only have one duty and that is to protect our brothers and not to destroy them, we only have one rule and that is command and control, we are only proud of one thing and that is our stainless integrity, we only have one Supreme leader and he is MAZI NNAMDI KANU. When you are chasing that which is dear to you, you neither look back no notice any distraction, we have gone too far to begin to look back all these present happenings have long been predicted, it is true that the going is tough but that should be a sign of encouragement to us that our victory is near, a pregnant woman feels the biggest pain of her life during childbirth, that is when the battle between the physic...

My Governor Has No Brain

R ead the opinion article below… OPINION – Yesterday, yet another group emerged to rescue Nigeria from the abyss. It is called the “Revive Nigeria Group” and is led by Aisha Waziri Umar. It followed the launching of the “National Intervention Movement” led by Olisa Agbakoba on 29th November. Previously, the “Emerging Political Leaders Group” had launched a Summit also in Abuja on 22nd November led by Datti Baba Ahmed and Frank Nweke. I am told that many more are enroute. I lot of these groups have emerged from intense WhatsApp discussions on the national drift and the imperative of reinventing another type of leadership for the country. I guess the real issue is that as political preparations for the 2019 elections accelerate and two old politicians in their seventies appear to be the key candidates on the track, other generations are coming out to scream, following tutoring from the articulate Samson Otodo and his YIAGA youth movement that; “We Are Not Too Young ...