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Omoleye Omoruyi June 22, 2017

Kaduna Declaration: Osinbajo to meet media publishers and editors

The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will meet with Media Publishers and Editors, as part of ongoing consultations on ethnic agitations. Osinbajo met with governors from the 36 states yesterday, advising…

Ezinne June 22, 2017

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…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 22, 2017

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…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 20, 2017

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…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 19, 2017

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…

Op-ed Editor June 12, 2017

Opinion: Biafra ought not to rise again

by Joel Ighalo Conscience is an open wound, only truth will heal it- Othman Dan Fodio That the emergent generation of young South Easterners clamour for separation from the…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 12, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist | ‘Buhari not returning soon’ | Clean up the White House or I fire you – Donald Trump threatens Priebus | More stories

From the papers, a tracklist. 'Buhari not returning soon' - Presidency sources - YNaija Dino Melaye turns pastor, insists he cannot be recalled - YNaija "We're surprised that Northern youth…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 12, 2017

“We’re surprised that Northern youth calling for secession haven’t been arrested” – Ohanaeze

The apex socio-political organisation of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says northern youth asking the Igbo to leave the north should be treated the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra…

Roqeebah June 11, 2017

“On October 1, 2017 we shall declare our independence” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week

What a dramatic week it has been. From Nigeria -where several groups have openly threatened the sovereignty of the nation - to America -where former FBI Director, James Comey delivered…

Op-ed Editor June 10, 2017

Opinion: The subversive Biafran agitation, ethnic responses and the Nigerian government

by Dele Awogbeoba For over two years now, the Igbo political elite have been uncomfortable with their choice for president losing at the last Nigerian presidential election. Since that time,…

Op-ed Editor June 10, 2017

Dele Momodu: Before they set Nigeria ablaze again

Fellow Nigerians, let me confess my sadness over the unfortunate, illogical and irrational bickering and grandstanding going on all over our dear beloved country at the moment. At the outset…

Op-ed Editor June 9, 2017

Opinion: Kaduna declaration and the brazen insensitivity

by Ahanonu Kingsley The call for all the Igbos of South-eastern Nigeria to leave the North by an coalation of some northern youthful elements in what they called the Kaduna…

Op-ed Editor June 8, 2017

Reno Omokri: How Ndi’ Igbo and Oduduwa can unite and get a better deal from Nigeria

by Reno Omokri Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra and one or more questions still linger. I will not delve into…

Ezinne June 7, 2017

The Thread: Nigerians don’t care for El Rufai’s reassurance

Governor of Kaduna, El Rufai, has issued a communique concerning the Kaduna Declaration worded by Pan-Northern youth, otherwise known as Arewa. The declaration contained an order to Igbos to vacate…

Editor June 7, 2017

‘Kaduna Declaration’ is a failed test on the Nigerian question

by Alex O. Onukwue What is the Nigerian Question? To put it in the form of a null hypothesis, the Nigerian question would read something along the line that ‘There…

Roqeebah June 7, 2017

7 quotes from the “Kaduna declaration” prove it’s the dumbest document ever

While the celebration of the 18th year of Nigeria's democracy, followed by that of 50th year of the Nigerian Civil War in the past one week have both proven to…

Op-ed Editor June 7, 2017

Opinion: Biafrans should sit down; all of us are victims

by Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN One of the most beautiful things I appreciate about humans is the memory. I remember vividly, as a six or seven-year-old boy, my stepmother (now late)…

Op-ed Editor June 1, 2017

Chioma Agwuegbo: 5 reasons this Biafra agitation will continue

by Chioma Agwuegbo 30th May 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the failed secession of #Biafra from Nigeria led by late Chief, then Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, that precipitated the 1967…

Roqeebah May 31, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 31st of May

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija today:

Tolu May 30, 2017

“Why would any idiot want me to be in a country like Nigeria?” | Nnamdi Kanu tells Al Jazeera

One of the 12 bail conditions IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu was given by the Federal High Court in Abuja upon his release a month ago was that he could not…

Tolu May 30, 2017

Biafra@50: This is the 1967 speech with which Ojukwu declared the secession of Biafra

On this day in 1967, the sovereign state of Biafra was birthed by a declaration made by the Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria at the time, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu…

Op-ed Editor May 26, 2017

Opinion: A wink to Banky W and 4 other spectacular moments from Yemi Osinbajo’s #Biafra50 Speech

by Alexander O. Onukwue Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was the Keynote Speaker at a ‘Biafra at 50’ colloquium, held in Abuja on May 25, 2017. The event had a congregation…

Op-ed Editor May 25, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Biafra at 50 | How the FG should appease the Igbo people

by Femi Fani-Kayode I believe that it is not only the height of naivety but also deeply insulting to say that the way to stop the Biafran agitation is…

Op-ed Editor May 25, 2017

Opinion: The prospects of Biafra

by SBM Intelligence The FG’s handling of Kanu’s case and its general management of the pro-Biafra movement in the South-East have proven to be strategic blunders which ended up raising…

Op-ed Editor May 19, 2017

Opinion: The truth of Biafra and the Nigerian state

by Akintunde Hareef AKERELE Following the bail granted to Nnamdi Kanu the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a lot continues to run through my mind in respect of…

Op-ed Editor May 6, 2017

The Thread: “Biafra died with Ojukwu” “Nigeria is a useless contraption” – A Nigerian’s thoughts on Secession

As sections of the country explore their options concerning their pact with Nigeria, whether to belong or break out, @ManiPeters is convinced staying trumps leaving. Here's why: ;

Op-ed Editor May 4, 2017

Opinion: Lessons from Nnamdi Kanu’s detention and release

by Jideofor Adibe There are important lessons to be learnt from the detention and recent release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), a breakaway faction of…

Op-ed Editor May 1, 2017

Opinion: Nnamdi Kanu- The making of a hero

by Umar Hassan President Buhari breathed legitimacy into every agitation for secession in the South East and South South regions of Nigeria when he promised to favour those who voted…

Azeez March 12, 2017

Biafra has no future – France

by Azeez Adeniyi The French Government has said it will not support those agitating for the secession of any part of Nigeria. France Ambassador to Nigeria, Denys Gauer in a…

Op-ed Editor November 17, 2016

Cheta Nwanze: The Biafran echo chamber

by Cheta Nwanze Last week, there was a book presentation at SOAS in London. The book, The Politics of Biafra and The Future of Nigeria, was written by Chudi Offodile,…

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