THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION

  Igbo youths have said they would not be part of the proposed nationwide protest over the growing hardship in the country.     They argued that it was better for the people of the region to continue to engage with the government to address their grievances than participating in a protest they did not know the organisers. They made their position known at an emergency convention by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide, comprising various youth groups from the five South East states and Igbo speaking parts of Delta and Rivers states. National Leader of Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, said the Igbo had every cause to protest the long years of marginalisation and neglect they had suffered in Nigeria. “There are so many reasons the Igbo youths should protest, including the unwarranted detention of so many Igbo youths, especially Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in facilities across the country; the destruction of Igbo property in towns and cities like Lagos...

                              While speaking in a live broadcast which SaharaReporters monitored on Arise News, Benjamin mentioned that there was no justification for the continued detention of Kanu by the Nigerian government.  Benjamin Kalu, deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.  While speaking in a live broadcast which SaharaReporters monitored on Arise News, Benjamin mentioned that there was no justification for the continued detention of Kanu by the Nigerian government.  He said “Let me come to Nnamdi Kanu, my words to Mr President is that we are not forcing you. We cannot coerce you as a commander-in-chief. We cannot force you. You are our leader, you are our president. But we are appealing to yo...

                            Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has expressed optimism about the eventual release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, saying talks were still ongoing in that regard.  Kalu who spoke at an APC stakeholders meeting in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, also emphasised the need for peace in Abia chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that faction is old fashioned.  While saying the APC has achieved a lot, he revealed that an appeal is still ongoing to the President to release the IPOB.  He expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law, telling  the meeting that APC government made it possible.  Speaking on the need for unity in the state chapter of the APC, he said “Let’s emb...

                           The head of Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa has claimed that over 49 million Igbos have voted in a ‘self-referendum’. Ekpa disclosed this in a statement posted on his official X handle on Saturday. The Biafra agitator claimed that the voting process was e-voting and physical voting “Over 49 million Biafrans have voted in the ongoing Biafra self-referendum,” he claimed. Ekpa said the process began in February, claiming that the number of those who have voted for self-referendum in the last six months surpassed the number of voters in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. He said the exercise will last till November. BRGIE had cited marginalization, underdevelopment, insecurity and poverty in the South-East region as justification for the self-referendum.  

                               Aloy Ejimakor, the lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, charged President Bola Tinubu to free the Biafra agitator. Ejimakor said Tinubu had risen to become Nigeria’s president despite his past stance against one-Nigeria. In an interview with Thisday on April 13th, 1997, Tinubu had said ‘I don’t believe in one Nigeria’. However, posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: “Free Nnamdi Kanu because you were also once against one Nigeria “In 1997, Tinubu proclaimed that he doesn’t believe in #OneNigeria but he went scot-free & became President. So, where lies the moral authority to detain MAZI NNAMDI KANU that said nothing different?”   The IPOB leader has remained locked up by the Department of State Services, DSS, on the orders of the Nigerian government. Ka...

                                Less than 24 hours after the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) demanded his unconditional release with complaints surrounding his health, embattled IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has been allowed to see his personal physician. Kanu’s Special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, announced on Wednesday that the Department of State Services (DSS) had now allowed the IPOB leader to gain access to his medical doctor. LEADERSHIP recalls that Ejimakor, together with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) raised an alarm that the DSS denied his access to his medical doctor despite formal requests made to them concerning his deteriorating health condition. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful had on Wednesday issued a statement urging the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally to avert potential ...

                                The Nigerian government through the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had alleged that Nnamdi Kanu took advantage of the #EndSARS protests in 2020 to create mayhem leading to the death of several security agents. The Nigerian government through the former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had alleged that Nnamdi Kanu took advantage of the #EndSARS protests in 2020 to create mayhem leading to the death of several security agents. The former AGF disclosed that Kanu seized the protests through subversive and inciting statements. He had said, "Despite the proscription of IPOB by the Federal Government, Nnamdi Kanu continued the subversive campaign, instigating and inciting broadcasts to direct members of the IPOB to launch attacks on government.  "Th...