The ECOWAS community court of justice has granted an out of court settlement application for a case involving the ‘federal government’ and ‘mine victims of the Nigerian civil war’, TheCable reports. Highlights: In 2012, hundreds of mine victims of the war had dragged the federal government before the ECOWAS court, asking for an order for the... Read More

ECOWAS, Federal Government, N88bn damages, Nigerian Civil War

October 26, 2017

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IPOB cautions Gowon over comments about Ojukwu

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon over his recent comments against the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and the Nigerian Civil War. Why it matters: Gowon had, in an interview alleged that the civil war broke because Ojukwu went on a television and gave his account of... Read More

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Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nigerian Civil War, Yakubu Gowon

August 16, 2017

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What do you think about Nnamdi Kanu’s Secret Service?

Last night, a video of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu inspecting “a guard of honour of the Biafra Secret Service (BSS) in Umuahia, Abia made its way online. We have the video up on our Facebook page but you can watch parts of it below. https://www.facebook.com/YNaija/videos/1612382555462324/ https://www.facebook.com/YNaija/videos/1612380712129175/ It is possible that you’ll erupt into a... Read More

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June 6, 2017

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“They are uncultured, ungrateful” | Northern group gives Igbos 3 months to vacate

A Coalition of Northern Youth Groups tagged, “The Kaduna Declaration” have given all Igbos residing in any part of Northern Nigeria three months to vacate. Spokesman of the group, Abdulaziz Suleiman while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna Tuesday said, as Daily Post reports that, “With the effective date of this declaration, which is today, Tuesday, June... Read More

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January 22, 2017

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Analysis: Apostle Suleiman gets it all wrong with his hateful, inciting preaching

by Mark Amaza For the past 24 hours, a video has been spreading on social media showing Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, an Auchi-based church making some rather shocking comments unexpected of someone who claims to be a religious leader. In the video, Apostle Suleiman admonished his members to kill... Read More

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August 4, 2016

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Nigerian Civil War: I will tell my story in 2017 – Gowon

Former Nigeria’s Head of State, Yakubu Gowon has said he would publish a book telling his own side of the Nigerian Civil war story in 2017. He said this in Abuja on Wednesday, when the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sen. Shehu Sani led a delegation of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) on... Read More

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September 19, 2014

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Akin Osuntokun: Both Obasanjo and Adekunle prove that Yoruba are not cowards

by Akin Osuntokun Out of the blues I was summoned about ten days ago to write on retired Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle aka Black Scorpion. It was a rather strange request made less strange by the fact that Kayode Ajulo himself has a bit of the charming eccentricity about him. In a fit of pique on... Read More

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September 17, 2014

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Opinion: Benjamin Adekunle- A scorpion we never deserved

by Kunle Famoriyo The death of Brigadier General Benjamin Adekunle provides a stark contrast between the great potentials of the past and the bleak future of the present. His death provides a timeline that shows two pictures: that Nigeria is not progressing due to its inability to preserve and replicate patriotism and that its life is... Read More

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August 18, 2013

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Tunde Fagbenle: My memories of childhood

by Tunde Fagbenle We used to sleep over at each other’s house interchangeably. And our families were so close. We didn’t see one as Igbo and the other as Yoruba. We slept and ate at each other’s house and our fathers didn’t frown on it. Dear Afam, I don’t know where you are, Afam, I... Read More

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December 10, 2012

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Opinion: Biafra and the Up-NEPA generation

by Hounge We should learn to tolerate each other and stand firm as one, just like we did during Occupy Nigeria. A crisis created by the ego trip of men must not dictate relations of today. As a Nigerian, I believe you know a little about Biafra, however lopsided the story is, you must have... Read More

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December 9, 2012

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Igbos are their own enemies – Ayo Adebanjo

A close associate of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Ayo Adebanjo in his interview with ALLWELL OKPI, refutes the claims of Chinua Achebe in his recent memoir. He speaks of Nigerian politics before and after the civil war and the relationship between the Yoruba and Igbo. Achebe’s ‘There was a country,’ accused late Chief Obafemi... Read More

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IPOB cautions Gowon over comments about Ojukwu

What do you think about Nnamdi Kanu’s Secret Service?

“They are uncultured, ungrateful” | Northern group gives Igbos 3 months to vacate

Analysis: Apostle Suleiman gets it all wrong with his hateful, inciting preaching

Nigerian Civil War: I will tell my story in 2017 – Gowon

Akin Osuntokun: Both Obasanjo and Adekunle prove that Yoruba are not cowards

Opinion: Benjamin Adekunle- A scorpion we never deserved

Tunde Fagbenle: My memories of childhood

Opinion: Biafra and the Up-NEPA generation

Igbos are their own enemies – Ayo Adebanjo

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