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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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have withdrawn their threat to disrupt the elections in Anambra state in November. The threat was withdrawn following a meeting convened by the Ala Igbo International Foundation in Owerri, the Imo state capital.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

Politics

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 […]

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Group raises alarm, says selfish people have hijacked Ohaneze

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2017 0

A south east group, the SouthEast Renewal Group (SERG) has raised an alarm over claims that the pan-igbo socio cultural group, Ohaneze has been hijacked by some selfish individuals who do not represent the true interest beneficial to people of south east Nigeria. The SERG said instead of charting a new course that relies more […]

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Police deny death of IPOB members, say 65 arrested

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2017 0

Rivers state Police command has denied reports in some media that some persons died during the pro Biafra protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB on friday., adding that 65 of the protesters were arrested by the Police. Deputy Commissioner of Police, in the state, DCP Ahmed Magagi said the timely intervention of the […]

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Man declared wanted over IPOB membership

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2017 0

Jude Okorie, Awka A middle-aged man, Mr Isaac Ray Obiajulu has been declared wanted by men of the Anambra State Police Command over his alleged involvement in a violent clash between security forces and members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Isaac, from Umueri in Anambra East Local Government Area was declared wanted […]

Opinion

IPOB, Biafra and Amnesty report

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2016 0

One week after, I am yet to recover from watching the gruesome videos published by Amnesty International in a damning report that implicated Buhari and the Nigerian army in the cold blooded murder of hundreds of peaceful pro-Biafra/IPOB protesters. I have been traumatised by a video that was both macabre and chilling. In scale and […]