by Jideofor Adibe In my column of September 7, 2017, entitled, ‘Nnamdi Kanu and the Redeemer Complex’, I made a few propositions about Nnamdi Kanu that now seem prophetic. I will like to quote two passages from that piece: “…a redeemer movement becomes dangerous when the leader starts believing so much in his own... Read More

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IPOB, Jideofor Adibe, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Operation Python Dance, opinion, self determination

August 8, 2017

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An open letter to Nnamdi Kanu from a Yoruba demon

by Michael Ace Dear Hero (as your about-to-be-divided-Igbos call you ), I hope you are hale and healthy. Do take some time off from your busy schedule to scrutinize this letter which is not in anyway written to insult your majestic self. Sir, regarding your recent statement where you said that you would rather... Read More

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Anambra governorship elections, biafra, IPOB, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion, secession, self determination

July 20, 2017

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Opinion: The mantra, ‘Nigerian unity is not negotiable’, is pseudo-nationalism

by Jideofor Adibe Nigerians love mantras – statements or slogans repeated frequently enough that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. Recently in this column (on June 22, 2017), I interrogated the mantra of ‘generation shift’, which was renewed with vigour following the victory of Emmanuel Macron, 39, in the... Read More

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Nationalism, Nigeria's unity, opinion, patriotism, restructuring, self determination

July 15, 2017

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Farooq Kperogi: Buhari, not Nnamdi Kanu is responsible for Biafra

by Farooq Kperogi On the surface, it sounds oddly counter-intuitive to suggest that President Muhammadu Buhari is the principal reason we’re contending with the intensified recrudescence of Biafra agitations. But he is. Here is why. First, it’s apparent that President Buhari nurses a deep-seated resentment against the Igbos for spurning his political overtures to them... Read More

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biafra, Buhari, Farooq Kperogi, nigeria, Nnamdi Kani, opinion, secession, self determination

July 9, 2017

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“Fifty years later, Nigeria has failed to learn from its horrific civil war” | 5 things we learned from Eromo Egbejule’s article

The conversation on secession and restructuring continues loudly in Nigeria, but is the government really listening? These are the 5 things we learned from Eromo Egbejule’s Washington Post article 1 The road to Biafra was paved by two coups & a pogrom In 2006, my freshman year at the University of Nigeria, a random adventure... Read More

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biafra, civil war, Eromo Egbejule, nigeria, opinion, secession, self determination

July 8, 2017

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Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up [Pt IV]

by Farooq Kperogi One of the biggest germinal tragedies of Nigeria, as Chinua Achebe has pointed out in his The Trouble with Nigeria, is that Nigeria has never had the fortune to have a corps of far-sighted national leaders. We have not had our Mahatma Gandhi or Kwame Nkrumah, that is, transcendent national leaders that... Read More

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biafra, Farooq Kperogi, First republic disaster, Founding Fathers, nigeria, opinion, self determination, The intellectual case against Nigeria's break up

July 5, 2017

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Nigeria is an artificial creation, it can blow up at any time – Agbakoba

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on Tuesday rejected the call for restructuring of the country. Agbakoba addressed journalists in Lagos on Tuesday at his Ikoyi office on “The future of Nigeria.” He agreed with the call for referendum made by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.... Read More

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biafra, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Olisa Agbakoba, restructuring, self determination

July 4, 2017

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Opinion: Yoruba political leaders are cowards

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The expression, “Sick man of Europe” commonly referred to the Turkish Empire. In the 19th century, it was believed that Turkey had fallen under the financial control of other nations. In the 1920s, Turkey was a typical Muslim hellhole with a long record of atrocities, ethnic cleansing, genocide, massacres, an overwhelming and... Read More

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biafra, Ethnic politics, nigeria, opinion, self determination, yoruba leaders

July 1, 2017

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Reno Omokri: The lesson Ndi’Igbo taught Jonathan and future leaders

by Reno Omokri By now, I am sure my readers have read the very disparaging comments against former President Goodluck Jonathan which were credited to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. So pedestrian are those comments that I will not repeat them here. You can Google them on your own if... Read More

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biafra, Divisive politics, Goodluck Jonathan, Michael Jackson, Ndiigbo, nelson mandela, nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion, Politics, Reno Omokri, self determination

June 27, 2017

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Opinion: Let’s break up Nigeria!

by Tony Ogunlowo So everybody wants to go their own separate way? Some Igbos want to re-create the nation of Biafra while others want a Niger-Delta country; Northern youths are calling for the expulsion of all Igbos (- and Southerners) from the North and quietly the Yorubas are calling for the creation of an Oduduwa... Read More

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break up, Nigeria divided, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion, secession, self determination, Self interest

June 24, 2017

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[The Presidential Blog] Even if it’s the last thing you read, you mustn’t miss this speech by Osinbajo

Like you, we often find it impossible to explain what it is exactly about Professor Osinbajo that makes him seem so dependable. It could be anything from the way he chooses to approach any issue first by dialogue to the fact that you can be sure he won’t be found throwing shades at his absent principal... Read More

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agitation, armed forces, Elite, ethnic agitations, ethnic tensions, freedom of speech, Military, Nigerian leaders, professor osinbajo, secession, self determination, youth

June 24, 2017

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Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up (Pt II)

by Farooq Kperogi I want to begin this week’s instalment by responding to a challenge thrown at me by a reader. The reader said India’s relative national cohesion is a consequence of its monolingual character. That, of course, implies that Nigeria’s linguistic plurality is the reason for its tendency toward fissiparity. That is completely inaccurate,... Read More

Opinion

biafra, British Colonisation, Farooq Kperogi, Nigeria's break-up, Nigeria's unity, opinion, secession, self determination

June 24, 2017

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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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Arewa, biafra, IPOB, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Northern youth, secession, self determination

June 23, 2017

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Opinion: The type of restructuring Nigeria needs

by Jide Ojo For quite some time now, there has been a clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria. Not a few people, I inclusive, believe that the solution to the heightening socio-political tension currently being experienced in Nigeria lies in making our federal system of government work better. Since the June 6, 2017 provocative Arewa... Read More

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democracy, Federalism, nigeria, opinion, self determination

June 17, 2017

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Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up (Pt 1)

by Farooq Kperogi In light of the strains imposed on our quest for national unity by the renewed agitation for Biafra and its reverberations across the country, some readers of this column requested that I republish a series I wrote in 2008 and 2012. Here is an edited and updated version of the series: Why... Read More

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Farooq Kperogi, nigeria, opinion, self determination

June 17, 2017

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Dele Momodu: Why are we playing with fire?

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I write movingly today because those who have the platforms to reach a mass audience should rise to rescue Nigeria from those hell-bent on unleashing stupendous terror and horror on our dearly beloved country. It is necessary for me to repeat some of my life history for people to understand... Read More

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Dele Momodu, nigeria, opinion, Politics, self determination

June 12, 2017

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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 Nigerian Federation, some being even favourably disposed to bringing this to fruition by the force of arms indicates the abysmal failing of the institution of... Read More

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biafra, Joel Ighalo, nigeria, opinion, secession, self determination

June 9, 2017

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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 Declaration is something that ordinarily would have been dismissed away as a disgruntled assertion of people who at best could be described as been under... Read More

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Arewa, biafra, igbos, Kaduna Declaration, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Northern Nigeria, opinion, secession, self determination

June 1, 2017

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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 Civil War. The fight to “keep Nigeria one” was long and bloody, lasted three years, and the painful memories of the war for the victor... Read More

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biafra, Biafra at 50, Chioma Agwuegbo, nigeria, opinion, secession, self determination

June 1, 2017

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Opinion: 50 years after, Biafra struggles with a growing ideology

by Femi Tunde Okunlola The day broke and the skies cleared, but the typical bustle was missing in many parts of the Eastern parts of Nigeria. To a visitor; not conversant with happenings, it may have been rather alarming scene, however, the silence and inactivity were simply a reincarnation of a strategy used by Gandhi... Read More

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biafra, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, ojukwu, opinion, self determination

May 3, 2017

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Opinion: Biafra, Buhari and the children of Ojukwu

by Chido Nwangwu Since April 25, 2017, millions of Nigerians, international security and diplomatic monitors of Nigeria have been witnessing two contrasting images of the country of an estimated 170 million. One image is that of President Muhammadu Buhari. The other is the controversial profile of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the IPOB (Indigenous People of... Read More

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biafra, Buhari, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, ojukwu, opinion, Politics, self determination

March 11, 2017

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Buratai, Biafra and the guardians of empire Nigeria (Pt 2)

by Femi Fani-Kayode The truth is that the unconscionable oppressors that constitute the Nigerian ruling elite and political class and those at the top never see things clearly until the explosion comes. More often or not they are intoxicated by the opium of power, they become deluded, they lose touch with reality and they are... Read More

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biafra, Buhari, Buratai, Femi Fai-Kayode, nigeria, opinion, self determination

March 11, 2017

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Buratai, Biafra and the guardians of empire Nigeria (Pt 1)

by Femi Fani-Kayode In the last two years, the quest for self-determination amongst the numerous ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria has reached a crescendo. This is especially so with many from the younger generation. Millions of young people are infuriated, disgusted and fed up with the injustice and evil that they have been subjected... Read More

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biafra, Buratai, insurgency, nigeria, opinion, Politics, self determination, Southern Kaduna

February 22, 2017

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Cheta Nwanze: How to manage diversity in Africa

by Cheta Nwanze This report notes that: Africa’s post colonial history is fraught with stories similar to the Cameroon Anglophone struggle for self determination against a majority — in this case the Francophone Cameroons. In Nigeria’s civil unrest history, the culmination was the Biafran war whose agitations for an independence are still ongoing, decades after. Further... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Conflict, diversity, nigeria, opinion, self determination

January 3, 2017

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Biafra: IPOB to hold referendum

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called for a sovereignty referendum in its bid to actualising Biafra, The Sun reports. IPOB said in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said it does not require the permission of the Federal Government to seek its “natural freedom”. The statement said, “IPOB leadership invites... Read More

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biafra, Emmanuel Powerful, IPOB, referendum, self determination

September 12, 2016

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MASSOB to mark anniversary tomorrow, promises peaceful procession

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) will be 17 tomorrow, September 13, 2016, and it has pledged to have a peaceful procession. MASSOB’s religious administrator, Apostle Ezichukwu, made the pledge on Monday in Onitsha while speaking with newsmen. He promised that during the procession, no one would be harassed and... Read More

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An open letter to Nnamdi Kanu from a Yoruba demon

Opinion: The mantra, ‘Nigerian unity is not negotiable’, is pseudo-nationalism

Farooq Kperogi: Buhari, not Nnamdi Kanu is responsible for Biafra

“Fifty years later, Nigeria has failed to learn from its horrific civil war” | 5 things we learned from Eromo Egbejule’s article

Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up [Pt IV]

Nigeria is an artificial creation, it can blow up at any time – Agbakoba

Opinion: Yoruba political leaders are cowards

Reno Omokri: The lesson Ndi’Igbo taught Jonathan and future leaders

Opinion: Let’s break up Nigeria!

[The Presidential Blog] Even if it’s the last thing you read, you mustn’t miss this speech by Osinbajo

Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up (Pt II)

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

Opinion: The type of restructuring Nigeria needs

Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up (Pt 1)

Dele Momodu: Why are we playing with fire?

Opinion: Biafra ought not to rise again

Opinion: Kaduna declaration and the brazen insensitivity

Chioma Agwuegbo: 5 reasons this Biafra agitation will continue

Opinion: 50 years after, Biafra struggles with a growing ideology

Opinion: Biafra, Buhari and the children of Ojukwu

Femi Fani-Kayode: Buratai, Biafra and the guardians of empire Nigeria (Pt 2)

Femi Fani-Kayode: Buratai, Biafra and the guardians of empire Nigeria (Pt 1)

Cheta Nwanze: How to manage diversity in Africa

Biafra: IPOB to hold referendum

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