by Azeez Adeniyi The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said its demand for a sovereign nation of Biafra is not illegal. The group said this while reacting to a statement by an elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB said its quest to achieve... Read More

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February 25, 2017

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Opinion: Echoes of 1914- Nigeria was designed to fall apart

by Ugochukwu Amasike In 1914, two very distinct entities, with no shared values or shared ideology were fused together, without their consent. That fusion was driven by economic reasons, it was essentially tantamount to a contemporary business merger aimed at increasing profit. The promoters of this merger spared no thought for the discordance such a... Read More

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August 25, 2014

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Tunde Leye: We need to move away from 1914 | Equip our military now (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye I am going to touch on a sensitive issue. I have read severally very lengthy and detailed analysis of the great and selfish error that led to the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates to form the country we now know as Nigeria. By that action, Frederick Lugard brought together one... Read More

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January 7, 2014

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Opinion: The centenary of an Amalgamation that never existed

by Jibrin Ibrahim It was the Sardauna of Sokoto who first referred to the amalgamation as “the mistake of 1914”. That was in the early 1950’s, when he flagged the secession banner, because he felt that Southern politicians were unwilling to understand the attitudes of the Northern elite towards independence. In the years leading to... Read More

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January 5, 2014

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Simon Kolawole: Rethinking the mistake of 1914

by Simon Kolawole But what was the “Mistake of 1914”? Was it the fact or the act of amalgamation? Those who blame the “fact of amalgamation” say there should never have been a Nigeria, that Nigeria is a fraud, that the various ethnic groups had nothing in common and that Nigeria is just a colonial... Read More

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Biafra existed before Nigeria was created in 1914 – IPOB

Opinion: Echoes of 1914- Nigeria was designed to fall apart

Tunde Leye: We need to move away from 1914 | Equip our military now (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: The centenary of an Amalgamation that never existed

Simon Kolawole: Rethinking the mistake of 1914

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