THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION

  Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released footage of the hit on the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja. Scores of terrorists invaded the prison at about 10 p.m. Tuesday night, operating for more than two hours. The attackers stormed the government establishment with bombs, grenades and assault weapons. In the footage, the insurgents could be heard rejoicing after breaching the facility; some vehicles are seen on fire. The incursion of the penitentiary freed several terrorists and other hardened criminals convicted or in remand. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) confirmed that said out of 879 inmates who escaped, 443 have been recaptured. Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar said 551 inmates are currently in the facility with 4 inmates dead and 16 injured. An officer of the NSCDC paid the ultimate price, while at least 8 NCoS officers were wounded. Video of the Kuje prison attack below:

  The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Prof. Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not denigrate Igbos. Alkali said Kwankwaso believes that the Southeast are forerunners in the country’s political sphere. He was reacting to a recent comment by the former Kano State governor that the Southeast was good in business but at the bottom of Nigeria’s political ladder. Kwankwaso had made the remark in Gombe State while noting why he can’t be the running mate of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. However, Alkali said Kwankwaso’s remark was taken out of context. In a statement he issued, Alkali said: “Kwankwaso, while inaugurating the Gombe executive, was quoted as having said Southeast (Igbo people) are good in business, but at the bottom of politics in Nigeria. “NNPP wishes to categorically state that the statement was situated out of context, as the NNPP presidential candidate has always emphas...

  Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has given reason he paid a visit to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Obi visited the former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at his private residence in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. While details of the meeting remains sketchy, the former Anambra State Governor, hours later, took to his official Twitter handle to give a hint on why he met Wike. He disclosed that he met with Wike to discuss vital national issues. His tweet read: “Earlier, I visited Port Harcourt, to confer with H.E. @GovWike on vital issues of national interest.” Obi’s visit came amid speculations making the rounds that Wike, former presidential hopeful on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may in a showdown, defect to the Labour Party.

  The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, cautioned the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, against linking its struggle with the presidential ambition of the Labour Party’s Peter Obi. IPOB said Obi is not one of its members and has never supported the agitation for self-determination; hence Kwankwaso should desist from such connections. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the group is not interested in the process of Nigerian elections. A statement by Powerful reads: “The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the command and leadership of our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to advise the former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso not to involve IPOB in the selection process they call an election in Nigeria. “The Nigerian politicians generally and Kwankwaso, in particular, should desist from linking IPOB with Peter Obi’s political ambition and campaign. Peter Obi is not an IPOB member, a...

  The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has revealed that if elected as president of the country in 2023, he would engage in dialogue with those agitating for secession. Speaking on Arise TV morning show on Wednesday, Obi said he had observed how issues of agitations were handled in other countries. According to him, the agitation was birthed by poor leadership in the country which, according to him, had been the issue with Nigeria over the years. Clearing the air on his reported support for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the former Anambra State governor said he had never been involved in any agitation. He said, “I have never been in any agitation. I had said that the agitation is because of leadership failure over the years. I will engage them in dialogue if elected into power”.

  The breach of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, has elicited palpable fear and condemnation. It happened hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s advance team of security and protocol officers was ambushed en route to Katsina. The audacious attack in Kuje started at about 10 p.m. Tuesday night and lasted nearly three hours. A Twitter user @AlBayozBabs wrote about the magnitude of the incursion of the penitentiary. “I worked in Kuje prison for more than 6 years and mostly on night shifts where danger is on the high risks. “I have witnessed so many attacks but you see this one, these boys came prepared for us. Imagine an attack for more than 2 hours”, he tweeted. Scores of terrorists stormed the location with motorcycles and detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and grenades. The delay in reinforcement allowed them to have a field day as a barrage of bullets was fired throughout the assault. Some Nigerians living around the area took to social media to g...

  A socio-political organisation in the southeast has said it has lost faith in Nigeria’s electoral system ahead of the 2023 general election. The Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF, noted that it didn’t hide its reservations about the current electoral process in the country, which would signal the election of the nation’s leaders come 2023. The President-General of the group, Prof Uzodinma Nwala, made this known in a statement signed and issued to journalists during a reception organized in honour of the former presidential aspirant, Sam Ohuabunwa, who contested for President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Prof. Nwala described as brutal, undemocratic, and highly monetised the recent primary election of PDP that was held in May 2022. He said: “This is a special moment for us, members of the Alaigbo Development Foundation, as we welcome one of our most remarkable leaders, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, who has just returned to us after a brutal encounter with the unde...