Tag: secession
We must refuse attempts to divide Nigeria – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has charged Nigerians to join the federal government to resist those seeking for secession. He maintained Nigeria ...
Opinion: Nigeria at 57 — Long road to real Independence
by Dr Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia More than any other time in our history, Nigeria’s 57th year of being an ...
Opinion: Everything President Buhari has gotten wrong about IPOB
by Anthony Ademiluyi The right to self-determination is as old as mankind. All through history, people have been bound by ...
Opinion: Biafra will not die
by Ayo-Bankole Akintujoye A few months ago, I wrote about reasons why the call for Biafra, as is currently being ...
FG accuses France, UK of “aiding” IPOB
The Federal Government has blamed the United Kingdom for its lack-lustre attitude towards the activities of the Indigenous People of ...
Is Nnamdi Kanu retreating or retiring?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Apparently, the leader of the Indigenous Group of Biafra has been away without leave for nearly ...
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer is either irresponsible or plain daft
by Alexander O. Onukwue There is more than an acceptable dose of cynicism in the suggestion made by Ifeanyi Ejiofor, ...
Igbos are not in support of Nigeria’s division – Okorocha
Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has said no Igbo person will support the division of Nigeria. Okorocha spoke on Saturday at ...
Poetry: Let us burn Nigeria down
by Soyombo Ayomikun Let us burn Nigeria down 1. So the ethnic deceptions Can end, So we can greedily ...
Why were you silent on Nnamdi Kanu’s calls for war? | Garba Shehu replies Ezekwesili
The Presidency has berated former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, for accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of being a tribal leader. Senior ...
The Thread: These are the problems with Buhari’s Python Dance
TwitterNG has been quite noisy the past couple of days. The conversation moved from Mr Eazi’s naive pompousness to Buhari’s ...
An open letter to Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria is already burning
by Okoye Chinekwu Paul “If I’m re-arrested, this country will burn, I assure you”. That was Nnamdi Kanu’s statement during ...
The Thread: President Buhari just made the biggest tactical blunder of the year
Criticism has followed the Nigerian Army’s invasion of Umuahia on the Federal Government’s orders. Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana ...
The Thread: “Nnamdi Kanu does not care if you die” | A warning to all Igbos in Nigeria
With Buhari’s return, military action in the South East has been stepped up. Remember Operation Python Dance launched by the ...
Pius Adesanmi: The Nigerian Military’s invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s house is foolish
by Pius Adesanmi Umuahia. They said. We said. Who is right? Who is wrong? That has never been and will ...
Opinion: President Buhari, the real enemy of Nigeria is not Nnamdi Kanu
by Timi Olagunju Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” ...
“Our energies and resources shouldn’t be spent again on debates about division” – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday, on the occasion of the Eid-el-Adha said that Nigeria should not be spending her resources and ...
Opinion: The problem with the Federal Government’s plan to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu
by Jideofor Adibe The move by the Federal Government to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of ...
Opinion: Biafra is a country whose time has come
by Chinyere Akataobi A few months ago the entire world witnessed a marriage between agitation and solemn remembrance. An ...
Opinion: President Buhari still doesn’t get it
by Ikechukwu Amaechi After listening to President Muhammadu Buhari’s three minutes, fifty-six seconds national broadcast on Monday, August 21, his ...
Opinion: Nigeria, Biafra agitators and the Animal Farm
by Chido Nwangwu The controversies, excitement, concerns, hopefulness and crises which have followed the activities of the leader of ...
“Igbo have never mandated anybody to go and talk about secession” – Ohanaeze
The chairman of planning and strategy of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, says nobody was mandated to talk about Igbo seceding. ...
Why we withdrew the quit notice to Igbos – Arewa youth
The Northern youth coalition led by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) said the decision to rescind on the quit ...
Northern groups withdraw quit notice to Igbos
The coalition of Northern youth groups that gave quit notice to Igbos to vacate the Northern Nigeria has temporarily withdrawn ...
Peregrino Brimah: Grading Buhari’s speech
by Peregrino Brimah My dear citizens, 1. “I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. ...
The Thread: “GMB seeks to destroy democratic principles” | The scary implications of Buhari’s speech
President Buhari gave a broadcast this morning that was all shades of frightening in its particulars. Consider a few excerpts: ...
The Thread: “Who wrote this speech ni tori Olorun”? | TwitterNG tears Buhari’s speech apart
Nigeria’s President returned from a 103 days hiatus abroad to remind us of a conversation he had with Ojukwu in ...
Kayode Ogundamisi: Nnamdi Kanu’s nuclear weapon and Biafra’s road to self-destruction
Sadly, it isn’t the so called “marginalisation” that may lead to another civil war in Nigeria. It is IGNORANCE. The ...
Opinion: Nigeria, I hate thee
by Bayo Olu Nigeria is a dying nation. For many years that distasteful reality has been painfully obvious to those ...
Simon Kolawole: If Nigeria finally breaks up
by Simon Kolawole I hate divorce. I have been using an Airtel mobile line since 2001 when GSM services were ...
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