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BIAFRA NEWS : Atiku may become PDP candidate, APC must field Northerner to retain power – Fani-Kayode

  Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister has suggested who may likely win the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primary. Fani-Kayode suggested that ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar may pick the PDP Presidential ticket. To this end, he urged the All Progressives Congress, APC, to field a Northern Presidential candidate to retain power in 2023. In a tweet, the APC chieftain stressed that politics is a game of numbers He tweeted: “The truth is that @atiku is likely to win the presidential primaries in the @OfficialPDPNig. “Given that, the only way @OfficialAPCNg can win is by fielding a northern candidate. “Whether anyone likes it or not, this is the truth. “Politics is a game of numbers: take it or leave it.”

BIAFRA NEWS : Actress Chinedu Bernard slumps, dies in church

  Nollywood actress, Chinedu Bernard, is dead. Bernard reportedly died after she slumped in a church. She was said to have slumped while cleaning the Chapel of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church inside Federal Housing area in Enugu State and was confirmed dead by doctors at the East Side hospital in Enugu. The actress, who is fondly called ‘Choco’, featured in popular movies like: The Big Mama’s Stick, Money fever, The Mad, The Last Manhood, Mad Love, etc As at the time of filing this report, the cause of her death remains unknown.

BIAFRA NEWS : PDP disqualifies two presidential aspirants, to forfeit N80m

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday, disqualified two of its 17 presidential aspirants. With their disqualification, the two aspirants would forfeit the N40 million they paid for the expression of interest and nomination forms. The chairman of the presidential screening committee, Senator David Mark announced the disqualification of the two aspirants on Friday evening. Mark, however, declined a request by journalists to reveal the identities of the affected aspirants and the reason(s) for their disqualification. When asked if the screening committee made any recommendation to the party to refund the N80 million nomination fees paid by the aspirants, Mark said: “Why should the party refund the money?”

BIAFRA NEWS : 2023 Presidency, I Can’t Tell If I Would Contest – Ex-President, Jonathan

  Jonathan said he could not tell if he would run for presidency in 2023, Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday reacted to calls that he should run for the 2023 Presidency. Jonathan said he could not tell if he would run for presidency in 2023, Daily Post reports. He disclosed this while addressing some supporters who besieged his office in Abuja, asking him to run for the Presidency in 2023. Jonathan was quoted as saying, “I cannot tell if I’m contesting.” Hundreds of supporters, including women and youth groups, had stormed his office, asking him to contest for President in 2023. The supporters arrived at the office with a musical band around 8:50am. They lamented that hunger, insecurity,  and unemployment, among others, had become the order of the day since he left office. The supporters said that both men and women had turned to beggars because of the unfavourable policies of the present administration.

BIAFRA NEWS : If Biafra Comes, An Igbo Man Will Still Destroy It – Apostle Suleman Knocks South-East Over Disunity

  Suleman opined that the problem of the Igbos were the Igbos. The President of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has claimed that the Igbo are the problem of Igbo and are always destroying one another. Suleman in a sermon said the Igbos never support their own and would publicly disown one another. Making reference to the struggle of Biafra, Suleman said if the nation was created, it would still be an Igbo man that would destroy it as they did not support one another. He made reference to the emergence of an Igbo Senate President Evan Enwerem whom he said was removed by another Igbo man, Chuba Okadigbo who was also replaced by Anyim Pius Anyim. Suleman opined that the problem of the Igbos were the Igbos. He said, “Somebody from the South, somebody from the East. You betray your people. Look at this agitation for Biafra. Who are the people attacking Biafra most, Igbos? Shameless Igbos. Am I in support of Nigeria dividing? No. Am I in support of Nigeria separating? No....

BIAFRA NEWS : IPOB insists April 27 ban on open grazing, beef sacrosanct

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has re-affirmed April 27 as date set aside for the enforcement of the ban on open grazing and beef consumption in the South East. Also, the group, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, yesterday, disclosed that enforcement of the ban on open grazing in the zone, which had since been pronounced by South East governors and passed into law by many states in Biafra land, would take effect simultaneously. It, therefore, advised anybody dealing on cow business in the South-East to have a ranch, warning that any cow seen after the deadline will be treated as contraband. “Anybody interested in cow business in Biafra land must have a ranch, and properly mark the cows with their ranch name or symbol for easy identification. “The measures have become necessary to stop the senseless and wanton killings in Biafra land by Fulani jihadists masquerading as herdsmen. “Cows seen outside ranches with effect from April 27 shall be ...

BIAFRA NEWS : Why court reduced FG’s charge against Nnamdi Kanu from 15 to 7

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, struck out eight out of the 15-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,  Nnamdi Kanu. Trial Justice Binta Nyako held that the charges were mere repetitions that did not disclose any offence that could be sustained by the proof of evidence before the court. FG had in the counts that were struck out, alleged that Kanu had through his broadcasts, incited members of the public to not only stage a violent revolution, but to attack police officers and also destroy public facilities in Lagos State. While the court threw out counts 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12,13 and 14 of the charge, it okayed Kanu’s trial on counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 15. The ruling followed an application Kanu filed to quash the entire charge against him, which he insisted was manifestly incompetent and legally defective. The embattled IPOB leader, through his team of lawyers l...