MASSOB

December 5, 2017

Forget 2019… Nigeria will disintegrate before then | MASSOB tells Buhari, Atiku, others

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra on Monday ashed President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and others to perish their presidential ambition in 2019. What MASSOB said: In a statement by its leader, Uchenna Madu, MASSOB said Three nations will emerge from Nigeria before 2019. Nigeria will cease to exist by... Read More

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Election

September 26, 2017

Reuben Abati: Open letter to Nnamdi Kanu

by Reuben Abati Dear Nnamdi Kanu, We have never met. I only know you by reputation and I have had cause in the last year to write on your activities within the public arena and offer my own views about you, your persona, and your interventions in the Nigerian debate.... Read More

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September 24, 2017

Don’t treat IPOB, MASSOB, others with levity – Islamic leaders

Islamic leaders in Nigeria have warned the Federal Government should be more serious with the current agitations by the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB ) and the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), The Nation reports. The Islamic leaders also urged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to tackle other security... Read More

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September 17, 2017

Ban on pro-Biafra groups will lead to loss of lives – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said the proscription of the activities of IPOB in the South-East would not stand. It warned that any attempt by the governors to enforce the proscription will lead to loss of lives. National Director of Information, MASSOB, Samuel Edeson, said this in... Read More

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September 7, 2017

Lagos and Abuja are part of Biafra – MASSOB

Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Biafra (MASSOB), Kingsley Madu has said cities where Igbos own major investments, including Lagos and Abuja are part of Biafra. Madu said this on Thursday in Enugu during a rally organised to welcome the leader of another pro-Biafra group, the Biafra National Guard, Innocent Oji. “Pro-Biafra groups... Read More

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August 31, 2017

MASSOB leader, Uwazuruike attacks, denounces Ohanaeze President

The Leader of the Biafra Independent Movement, Ralph Uwazuruike on Wednesday said his movement would no longer recognise the leadership of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo. In a statement, Uwazuruike said the decision was taken after Nwodo’s meeting with an expelled member of MASSOB, Uchenna Madu. He said, “It was a deliberate move... Read More

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August 27, 2017

“The agitation of IPOB and MASSOB is a valid agitation” – Ojukwu Jr.

Late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu‘s son, Emeka Ojukwu Jr. has reiterated that indeed a meeting between his father and President Muhammadu Buhari took place but he said he does not have the details of the meeting. Earlier in his welcome address, the President, in connection with the secessionist agitations from the South East, said he had met with... Read More

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August 22, 2017

Opinion: Igbos, do not mistake Yoruba kindness for weakness. We’re not weak!

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Churchill Okonkwo’s article “Ndigbo Will Conquer And Rule In Oduduwa Republic” published August 7, 2017, in SaharaReporters, is a figment of imagination as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. His braggings about Ndigbo’s taking over in Oduduwa Republic is an empty foolish boasting with an... Read More

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August 11, 2017

BIM, MASSOB ask Nnamdi Kanu to stop trying to cause emergency rule in Anambra

The Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) together with the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to stop causing unsettlement in the South-East region. The two pro-Biafra groups were reacting to the boycott announcement by IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, saying the... Read More

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Our members are in jail without trial | MASSOB laments

Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Wednesday staged a protest in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state over the continuous detention of 12 of its members without trial. The group urged governor of the state, Willie Obiano to facilitate the release of its members. The protesters carried placards... Read More

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Election must hold in Anambra – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASOB) has said the governorship election in Anambra State must hold. National Director of Information of MASSOB, Sunday Okereafor said this in an interview with Punch. This is contrary to a statement made by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, that... Read More

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MASSOB asks Gov Fayose to release Igbo traders detained since 2016

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has asked the governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, to release some Igbo traders who were ‘unlawfully’ detained in the state since December 2016. In a statement published by Punch on Sunday, signed by MASSOB’s National Director of Information, Samuel Edeson, the group expressed... Read More

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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 19th of July

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija: MASSOB gives Igbos in the North date to start returning home Aregbesola’s Paris Club Fund: Workers’ salaries or LAUTECH? Nigeria is one of the greatest countries in the world – Osinbajo

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MASSOB gives Igbos in the North date to start returning home

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State Biafra (MASSOB) has declared August as the month of “mass return” for the Igbo living in the North. A statement issued in Awka, Anambra state, MASSOB spokesman, Samuel Edesonu, said the decision was made at the national executive meeting of the group presided over by its leader,... Read More

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How agitations can end – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB), under the leadership of Ralph Uwazuruike, has said restructuring Nigeria is not the solution to issues of secession. According to Daily Post, MASSOB maintained that the only solution to the current agitation is for the Federal Government to convene a sovereign national conference where... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: Biafra is already a success – and ready to be emulated

by Peregrino Brimah You cannot beat it. You cannot deny it. For anyone who knows what makes a state and people successful, Biafra is already exhibiting a major quality: true nationalistic love. The positive and progressive force of healthy, faithful nationalism has no adversary. Nigerians can only feel envious watching pro-Biafrans douse their “national” colours... 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 monitor today. NIGERIA MUST DISINTEGRATE, MASSOB INSISTS Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu has said ‘Nigeria must disintegrate’. 2. ‘BOKO HARAM RELEASES VIDEO OF SALLAH CELEBRATION’ (WATCH) A new video of terrorist group, Boko Haram purportedly celebrating... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: We are in full support of a united Nigeria | S’East governors, leaders declare | Middle Belt won’t join North if Nigeria divides – Jerry Gana | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. ‘Boko Haram releases video of sallah celebration’ (WATCH) – YNaija We are in full support of a united Nigeria | S’East governors, leaders declare – YNaija Middle Belt won’t join North if Nigeria divides – Jerry Gana – YNaija We will reconsider our quit notice to Igbos... Read More

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Nigeria must disintegrate, MASSOB insists

Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu has said ‘Nigeria must disintegrate’. Madu said this on Sunday while reacting to the decision reached by South East governors and leaders in a meeting in Enugu. The governors and leaders had advocated and declared support for a united... Read More

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Civil disobedience will continue until the govt bows – Nnamdi Kanu

Seven pro-Biafra groups, on Wednesday, decided to work together under the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, with the aim of speaking in one voice in their quest for referendum that will lead to the formation of the Republic of Biafra. Rising from a closed door meeting with Kanu, attended by over... 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 be monitoring today. 1. NIGERIA’S POPULATION TO OVERTAKE US BY 2050 – UN The United Nations (UN) has said Nigeria’s population is set to overtake the US by 2050. 2. WE WILL CRUSH APC IN 2018 – FAYOSE The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose on Wednesday said a government of... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: Nigeria’s population to overtake US by 2050 | Trump touts promises kept, victories to come | More stories

From the papers, a track list. Nigeria’s population to overtake US by 2050 – UN – YNaija We will crush APC in 2018 – Fayose – YNaija Nigeria’s unity is sacrosanct, non-Negotiable – Governors – YNaija MASSOB tackles S’East Govs for wearing ‘Hausa/Fulani attire’ – YNaija Diezani Bribe: EFCC to arraign ex-Minister Akinjide – YNaija... Read More

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MASSOB tackles S’East govs for wearing ‘Hausa/Fulani attire’

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, on Wednesday chided South-East governors for warring “Hausa/Fulani traditional attire” at public functions. MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu in a statement berated governors of Ebonyi and Enugu states, Dave Umahi and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, respectively, for putting on Hausa/Fulani attire at the recent meeting between Igbo... 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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Opinion: Too late to save divided, separate, hostile and unequal Nigeria

by Bayo Olu We have witnessed the independence of Slovenia from the former Yugoslavia, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the division of the former Czechoslovakia, and the separation of both Eritrea from Ethiopia and South Sudan from Sudan. Numerous of successful secessions have allowed people greater freedom and self-determination: Greek independence from the Ottoman... Read More

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Opinion: This is why Nigeria should be restructured

by Jide Ojo Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified – Albert Camus The call for restructuring has never been this strident. Virtually on daily basis the trending news is about the need to restructure this country, Nigeria. The demand by Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign... 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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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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Stop demand for Biafra | Okorocha tells IPOB, MASSOB

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has said the Igbos were not ready for another civil war. Okorocha gave the advice at a news briefing at the Government House in Owerri on Tuesday. He asked the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to desist from demanding for secession. He said the agitation should rather be for the... Read More

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