Sit-at-home order should be optional, Ekweremadu tells IPOB, MASSOB

Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to make the May 30 sit-at-home order optional. Ekweremadu spoke at an Inter-denominational church service at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, to commemorate 2017 Democracy... Read More

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June 2, 2016

Finally, Ohanaeze Ndigbo reacts to Biafra Day killings (READ)

The pan-Igbo cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said the killing of members of MASSOB and IPOB must never again, occur in the South East. The Igbo group has also urged the Federal Government and the Anambra State government to set up an investigative panel to determine what happened on Monday, May 30. A statement was... Read More

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June 2, 2015

68 MASSOB members arrested for celebrating Biafra Day

68 members of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, have been arrested by the Imo state police command for unlawful assemblage and procession. Their arrest was disclosed on Monday, June 1, by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Austin Evbakhavbokun. He said: “62 of the figure arrested had been... Read More

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