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Abia on the boil as Army, IPOB raise the temperature

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

Abia State shot into the centre of the country’s attention on Tuesday 11 September, as a host of security developments linked with the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) group raised a new set of concerns over the military’s conduct and the Federal Government’s strategy towards dealing with an

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Nnamdi Kanu cannot be confirmed alive- Lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

The lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi Ejiofor, says his client has been placed under house arrest by the Nigerian Army. In a statement issued shortly after the incident, Ejiofor said he got a distress call from Kanu but that he couldn’t confirm whether he is alive or […]

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Ikpeazu declares curfew in Aba

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2017 0

The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has declared a three-day curfew in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the State. Ikpeazu said the curfew was necessitated by the attack on the officers and men of the Nigerian Army by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Nnamdi Kanu. Faulting the attitude of […]

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Soldiers surround Nnamdi Kanu’s home, attack journalists in Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2017 0

A detachment of soldiers from the Nigerian Army has surrounded the Afaraukwu country home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The soldiers arrived the community barely 48 hours after the clash between the Army and IPOB members on Sunday evening, which left three people injured. Today’s detachment arrived in ten […]

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Army moves into Nnamdi Kanu hometown, injuries feared

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2017 0

A little over a day after the Nigerian army said it has commenced the second phase of its Operation Python Dance II in Nigeria’s South-East geopolitical zone, a new video has emerged showing soldiers in armoured tanks, patrol vans and other military gadgetry purportedly enter the home of the leader of the Indigenous People of […]

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Tension in Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 Post a comment

There is a heavy presence of police operatives and other state security agencies with armoured vehicles stationed at various strategic points around Umuahia, Abia state following clashes with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday. This has led to a lull in commercial activities in the state capital. More to follow

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S’East Governors Advise IPOB To Embrace Dialogue At Their Enugu Meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2017 0

The South-East governors who met on Wednesday with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said instead of confrontation, dialogue was the only way to resolve the issues surrounding the agitation of the group. The governors made this known following the crucial meeting with the IPOB leader which was held at the […]

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What South-east Governors and Nnamdi Kanu reached over Biafra agitation

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2017 0

The South-east governors Wednesday said dialogue and not confrontation was the only panacea needed to solve the agitation by the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB. Earlier today, Wednesday, the governors had a meeting with the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, at the Government House, Enugu. According to report, the governors told the IPOB leader that the […]

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Ethnic Agitations: Yoruba youth group ask FG to look inwards

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2017 0

*Commends Arewa, IPOB over peace agreement A coalition of Southwest youths, the Yoruba Youths Congress (YYC), on Sunday, charged the federal government to look into the main cause of the numerous agitations being made by the different ethnic groups seeking for the division of the country. The group said the government should wake up to […]

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IPOB dominates National Security Council meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2017 0

The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, has said that the secret service of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was among the issues discussed at the meeting which President Muhammadu Buhari had with members of the national security council. The meeting lasted three hours. Maj. Gen. Olonisakin said the service chiefs updated […]

Opinion

Is the government right to clampdown on hate speech?

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2017 0

Ferdinand Nahimana was the founder of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, RTLM, a Rwandan radio station that was on air between July 8, 1993 to July 31, 1994. RTLM played a significant role during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. During Ferdinand’s sentencing by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Navanethem Pillay, a South […]

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Nnamdi Kanu’s followers will desert him soon – S.A. P Tiwo of CCC

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

SYLVANUS Akintope Paul Tiwo of the Celestial Church of Christ who is said to be the anointed by the Holy Spirit as the Pastor and leader of CCC worldwide, has prophesied that the self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, would soon be deserted by his followers. The man of God […]

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Nigeria’s unity not negotiable, Buhari insists in live broadcast

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari’s much awaited broadcast to the nation happened at the appointed time of 7.am Monday. In the exact five minutes speech, Buhari who has been away for over 100 days on medical leave in the UK and just came back to the country on Saturday emphatically said the nation’s unity is “non-negotiable”, this […]

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IPOB withdraws threat to disrupt Anambra elections

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2017 0

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have withdrawn their threat to disrupt the elections in Anambra state in November. The threat was withdrawn following a meeting convened by the Ala Igbo International Foundation in Owerri, the Imo state capital. Ala Igbo has traditional leaders, Igbo professors, and religious leaders as members. Leader of IPOB, Mr […]

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Biafra not solution to Nigeria’s problems- Nwokedi

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2017 0

The continued agitation for a state of Biafra by the Independent people’s of Biafra (IPOB), may not solve the numerous challenges bedeviling the Igbo ethnic group, rather differences and disagreement between the Igbo and other ethnic groups should be resolved amicably for the unity of the country. This was the view of the president general […]

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IPOB sensitises for referendum in Port Harcourt

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2017 0

Members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra have embarked on a door-to-door campaign in Port Harcourt distributing flyers calling on people to prepare for an impending referendum. An IPOB member who was distributing the flyers in D-Line, Port Harcourt, said that the referendum was imminent. When told that the Nigerian Constitution does not recognise a […]

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Obiano apologises to IPOB

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2017 0

The governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano has tendered an unreserved apology to the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, over the killings of members of the group at Nkpor in Anambra state on May 30, 2016 during the 2016 Biafra Day. At least 150 IPOB members were killed by the Army according to Amnesty International. […]

Opinion

Time to Put MASSOB, IPOB Separatists in Their Place

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2017 0

Successive elections in Nigeria, like a handful of other countries expose a travesty. Only a fraction of the population votes to produce outcomes that the rest of the population must live with until the next election circle. This is however fortunate when looked at against the background that election circles are less than seven years […]

Opinion

NIGERIA: UNITY AND THE INELASTICITY OF NATIONHOOD

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2017 0

Anyone that wishes Nigeria well as a nation will not for one minute entertain support for groups or activities that contemplate the fracturing of the nation. Breaking up the nation would in the case be most outrageous. As of the time of writing this piece, groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Movement […]

Opinion

Ohaneze and Its Unjustified Fear of the Army

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2017 0

It takes morbid fear to work up the courage to condemn what a large population are commending. When the Nigerian Army inaugurated a 7-member Special Board of Inquiry into allegations of human rights abuses against it the development was met with accolades. Several people commended the development as a plus for the Army because it […]