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Dele Momodu: Biafrans, hear the voices of reason and wisdom

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I’m sure you’ll agree with me that this is a season of acute paranoia and schizophrenia in our dear beloved country. But we must not give up. We have more to gain in an atmosphere of peace and unity and more to lose in a condition of war and lawlessness.... Read More

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. Kaduna Declaration: Yerima lives in Lagos and is giving quit notice to Igbos – Falana Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the leader of the northern coalition, Shettima Yerima, that issued a quit notice to the Igbo, resides in Lagos state. 2. Supreme Court sacks Senator... Read More

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Bayelsa is part of Biafra not South-South – Nnamdi Kanu (WATCH)

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said Bayelsa is part of Igboland. Kanu said this when he recieved some Biafran supporters from Bayelsa state in his hometown in Abia. He said one of the Niger Delta region founding leaders, Late Ken Saro-Wiwa supported the cause of Biafra, making it a... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. RECALL MOVE: I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM INEC – MELAYE Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not communicated with him over his planned recall from the Senate. 2. I AM WORKING TIRELESSLY TO... Read More

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Anambra gov election will not hold if … | Nnamdi Kanu threatens

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said the Anambra state governorship election scheduled for November 18 will not take place if the Federal Government fails to conduct a referendum on Biafra. Kanu also said the group will boycott the 2019 election if the demand for Biafra is not granted, while... Read More

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Kaduna Declaration: Osinbajo meets with media publishers and editors (PHOTOS)

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with media publishers and editors at the State House in Abuja. The meeting is in continuation of the consultations of exchanges between Northern and Southeastern groups.

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Middle Belt leaders meet over herdsmen attacks, agitations

Prominent leaders from the Middle Belt region are reportedly in a meeting in Abuja over agitations by different ethnic groups in the country. The meeting, which is being chaired by a former Minister of Information, Jerry Gana, is also discussing attacks by herdsmen on the people of the region.

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The Thread: How Nigeria can become one again

There’s been no time like the present when Nigeria has been threatened to be ripped apart from within, it would appear. Not by military coups but by insistent calls for self determination. Biafra has tabled theirs, the Arewa youth have chimed in, Niger Delta has made their intentions known, and more are coming out of... Read More

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Opinion: 5 observations Nigeria’s separatist groups need to ponder on

by Jideofor Adibe The hot news these days is the current notice given by some Northern ‘youths’ under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for the Igbo to leave the 12 Northern states by October 1 2017. The group claimed their action was a response to the persistent demand for Biafra by... Read More

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Nnamdi Kanu prophesied and it is becoming a reality – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), said yesterday, that some of prophesies of Nnamdi Kanu, three years ago, were already becoming realities. In a statement published by Vanguard, IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, recalled that Kanu had also predicted on October 14, 2015 before his arrest, that there were plans to encourage the... Read More

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. KADUNA DECLARATION: OSINBAJO MEETS WITH 36 STATES GOVERNORS Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, met with State Governors, as part of the series of consultations on the issue of ethnic agitations, between the pro-Biafra groups and the Northern youth. 2. SAUDI KING UPENDS ROYAL SUCCESSION, APPOINTS SON AS... Read More

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No referendum, no 2019 election – Nnamdi Kanu warns

The Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned on Wednesday that his members and other eligible voters in Anambra State would boycott the 2019 general elections if a referendum is not held. Kanu, who spoke at his father’s palace in Afara Ukwu Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State also stated that the gubernatorial election slated for November... Read More

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Biafra: There must be allowance for people to express themselves – PDP

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led PDP has said the agitations by pro-Biafra groups is not taking the right steps. This was made known in Abuja at a press conference addressed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, on Wednesday. The Party also condemned the recent ultimatums and counter-ultimatums by some Nigerians from the Northern and South-Eastern regions, saying it... Read More

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We can’t vacate the North – Ndigbo vow

Leaders of the Igbo living in the nineteen Northern states vowed on Tuesday to ignore the October 1 quit notice given to Igbos by Northern youth. President-General of Igbo traditional rulers in the northern states and Abuja, Chikezie Nwogwu, stated this during a courtesy call on Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. According to Vanguard, Nwogwu... Read More

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African leaders lack the mental capacity and discipline to rule | IPOB tackles Osinbajo over his comment on hate speech and secession

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday attacked Yemi Osinbajo over his comment on those who promote hate speech or ask to secede. IPOB said it was empowered by charters and conventions under international law to seek self-determination as an indigenous people. It added that domesticated charters and conventions were binding on member countries.... Read More

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Opinion: The realisation of the Biafra agenda and its benefits for Nigeria

by Dele Awogbeoba The quit notice from the Arewa youth have now brought firmly into the Nigerian mainstream a conversation that positively looks at and encourages the departure of the Igbo from Nigeria and the establishment of a Biafran homeland for the Igbo nation. What people have yet to analyse is that the establishment of... Read More

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Poem: In your new country

by Michael Ace Biafrans, if you leave Nigeria, Nigeria will never leave you. In your new country (when that imperious leader of yours finally wins)… You will be enslaved by some set of people just like some of you now worship Kanu. Your system will run under dictatorship because Biafra belongs to Nnamdi Kanu and... Read More

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Northern youth want to drag Nigeria into another war – Ohanaeze

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to a letter written to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo by a coalition of Northern youths. In the open letter on Monday, the youths had urged Osinbajo to facilitate the process of allowing Igbo to leave Nigeria. They said, “We feel that it is risky for the rest of the country,... Read More

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Kaduna Declaration: Osinbajo postpones meeting with northern traditional rulers

Yemi Osinbajo has reportedly postponed his meeting with traditional rulers from the north earlier scheduled for 4:00pm on Monday. The meeting will now hold at 3:00pm on Tuesday. The meeting is in continuation of consultation Osinbajo began with stakeholders last week over the agitation for Biafra and the Kaduna Declaration. The acting president had on... Read More

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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 19th of June

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija: Kaduna Declaration: Northern youth write Osinbajo, ask him to make Biafra a reality (READ) Former governor, Suswam, arraigned on fresh charges London mosque attacker has been named

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The Big 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. We don’t see Nnamdi Kanu as a south-east leader of thought – Presidency The Presidency has said the government does not see leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a leader of thought in the south-east region. 2. NNPC crashes diesel price to N175... Read More

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Opinion: Igbos must return to their homeland to find peace

by Christina Adegbaju Now more than ever, there has been an increase in conversations centering about the Igbo exodus. Igbos are like Israelites, they will be persecuted every where except they return to build their homeland. 5 considerations for Biafra agitators 1. Those of you clamouring for Biafra, do you evven have a home to... Read More

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Kaduna Declaration: Northern youth write Osinbajo, ask him to make Biafra a reality (READ)

The coalition of northern youth groups led by the Arewa Youth Council, who recently gave a three-month quit notice to Igbos who reside in Northern Nigeria has urged Yemi Osinbajo to allow the Biafran agitations turn to reality. In an open letter to Osinbajo, urged him to facilitate the process that will lead to the... Read More

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“Agitations to create a Biafran state is mere freedom of expression” – Aminu Masari

Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has declared that a Biafran nation cannot happen, saying the agitation is a mere exercise of the freedom of expression. Masari said Nigeria was bigger than Biafra, noting that even if a referendum was called on Biafra, it will fail, Daily Post reports. The governor said the Igbos occupy... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: If you arrest Arewa Youth, you must arrest Senator Ekweremadu

by Peregrino Brimah I totally disagree with any deportment towards ejecting peoples who have come to live peacefully in any territory, however I am fully in support of the right of self determination as decided upon by the majority. This noted, as regards the recent posture of the federal and Kaduna state governments, there is once again a... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. ‘Aisha Buhari did not see her husband when she visited him in the UK’ President Muhammadu Buhari was not allowed to see the first lady during her recent visit to the UK. 2. “Those accused have a lot to explain” | EFCC says, after grilling... Read More

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“It is Igbo Presidency in 2019 or Biafra 2020” – Ohanaeze youth

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council on Tuesday said the Ndigbo must produce the Nigeria’s President in 2019. They however said a northerner could be the Vice-President in 2019. “It is Igbo Presidency in 2019 or Biafra 2020,” the OYC, the umbrella body of Igbo youths, declared in a communiqué signed by its General Secretary, Okwu... Read More

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Who is Chi Onwurah? The Nigerian, re-elected Labour MP of Newcastle

by Rachel Ogbu// Chi Onwurah, the re-elected Labour MP of Newcastle has been speaking about how her party would change the United Kingdom saying only Labour can unlock the potential of Britain. The 52-year-old Nigerian-British won her seat in Parliament this year by 24,071 votes, beating the Conservative candidate Steve Kyte who received 9,134 votes. “Britain... Read More

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We are not planning to attack Nnamdi Kanu’s residence – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has debunked reports that it is planning to attack the residence of Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. There had been reports that MASSOB is set to attack Kanu’s Country home at Isiama AfaraUkwu, Umuahia, Abia State. MASSOB zonal leader, Abia... Read More

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