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than one week after the Senate rejected a bill geared at ceding more powers to states and other component units, Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed fresh hopes that the rejected proposals could still be part of the Constitution when revisited. He said it was not the end of the road for the failed alteration bills since constitution amendment was a continuum, noting that further consultations as well as understanding of the issues were needed. The lawmaker who chairs the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution spoke during a consultative meeting on South East Infrastructural Development with a delegation of the Partnership to Engage, Reform, and Learn (PERL) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) led by PERL’s team leader, Dr. Adiya Ode, in Abuja. He said: “We commend our colleagues for their understanding and ensuring that about 95 percent of the amendments we proposed to them scaled through. “We are also ...

The Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), under the leadership of Comrade Uchenna Madu, has commended the Yoruba Libration Command (YOLICOM) in the South-West geopolitical zone of the country for the step it took on July 27, 2017, by declaring and displaying the Oduduwa Republic flag. National Director of Information of MASSOB, Mr. Edeson Samuel, in a statement, expressed full support of the group for YOLICOM’s aspiration. He said: “The YOLICOM declaration is in line with the quest by MASSOB for restoration of Biafra through non violence approach. This declaration is a welcome development. It is a sign that Nigeria can never stand again. Those agitating for restructuring can now see that no amount of restructuring will save Nigeria from disintegrating. “MASSOB will give every necessary support to YOLICOM and, also, promise to work with the group as a genuine freedom fighting organisation. The call by YOLICOM on United Nations for the dissolution of 19...

A militant group in the Niger Delta, Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA), has vowed to make good its earlier threat to declare a republic in the Niger Delta on October 1. Spokesperson of the group, Edmos Ayayeibo, in a statement, said there was no going back as the Nigerian state had ‘lost its unity’. “The October 1 declaration of a republic in the Niger Delta is sacrosanct because Nigeria has lost its unity. To save lives on both sides, the Nigerian government should maintain peace, compose themselves or face total war.” He further stated that the group would fight alongside the Biafra to actualise their dreams. “Why would the Arewa youths and some northerners called for re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu knowing what the implications would be. That is not possible and the Nigerian government will never dare it again. “We the Avengers have always carried out our words. When we said we would crumble the economy, we did it. And now we are asking all northerners and westerners to leave the Niger De...

ORDER FROM THE HIGHEST COMMAND OF IPOB LEADERSHIP: No single members of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) should go closer within 100 meters of any Nigeria political campaign, their campaigns should not be interrupted by any member of IPOB Family. No Biafran should be seen closer within their campaign in Biafra land and beyond. Allow them to do their campaign while we do ours , at last we shall know between the gospel of light, redemption and freedom and that of salvages, backwardness, death and deceit which will be obeyed by the real owners of the land (Biafrans). Please this information should be carried out with the most uttermost effect...

Information reaching the desk of Family Writers Press has it that the governor of Ebonyi state chief David Nwaeze Umahi has ordered for immediate arrest and molestation of all the principal officers of Indigenous People of Biafrans (IPOB) in the state. The whistleblower in the state government house who gave this information said that the names of all the principal officers of IPOB and hardcore Biafra activist in Ebonyi state have been shortlisted and submitted to the security operatives and his political thugs to commence the dastardly act. We therefore use this medium to warn David Nweze Umahi to kindly stay away from IPOB activities because he will regret coming to this world if he cause IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to open his page. It is high time you get to know and mind your business because Biafra restoration is not a child’s play and we will not take it likely with any politician who will be a stumbling block to this just cause. Be warned and steer clear. A st...

ISIL claims deadly attack near Iraqi embassy in Kabul Casualties feared after explosions go off near Iraqi embassy in Shar-e-Naw district of capital Kabul. Police confirmed the blast had taken place, but said they did not immediately have further information [AP] ISIL group has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack near the Iraqi embassy in Kabul on Monday, the group's Amaq news agency reported. Sources tell that fighters are holed up in a building close to the embassy in Shar-e-Naw and a gun battle is under way. "We heard two explosions near the Iraqi embassy and part of the building has been damaged," Mohsen Negaresh, a witness, told Al Jazeera. Police confirmed the blast had taken place, but said they did not immediately have further information. The Iraq embassy is located in a part of the city known as Shahr-e-Now, which lies outside the so-called "green zone" where most foreign embassies and diplomatic missions are located and which is hea...

Mr Joe Igbokwe’ Lagos State APC Spokesman made a Post this morning warning Nnamdi Kanu not to Dare visit LAGOS STATE as his Safety will not be guaranteed. According to Him, Nnamdi Has violated all bail conditions and coming to Lagos should be out of the Question. Dotun Olusi’ and other Yoruba Progressives was quick to remind him that ours is a Democracy with it’s attendant principles including Right and Freedom of Movement. The Court did not bar him from visiting States. Someone should not set the stage for Reprisal in the future. Many would likely remember Joe Igbokwe said this today. In the event Some Radical Igbos decides to bar certain people from entering Igbo land in 2019 and prevent them from Campaigning, No one should blame them. Then, they would justify the saying that what is good for Tolu, is Equally good for Adamu.

IPOB Members Waylay Obiano In Church, Chant ‘No Election’ Members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday, July 30 confronted Anambra state governor Willie Obiano while he was in church. According to reports, the incident occurred at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Ekwulobia area of Anambra An eyewitness said the pro-Biafra agitators came to protest the oncoming governorship election in the state and they chanted ‘no election’ as they confronted the governor. The atmosphere was charged with so much tension that it took utmost care from security operatives. “Governor Obiano had gone to the church to worship, only to be embarrassed by IPOB members in their hundreds, if not thousands, who stormed the church in buses. “They were chanting ‘No election in Anambra on November 18’. The Governor had to be smuggled out by his security details, ” the eyewitness said.

Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) Alhaji Kashim Shettima of Borno State, at the weekend met with the Coalition of Northern Groups which gave the Igbo residing in the North October 1, 2017 deadline to leave the region. The result of the two-day dialogue in Kaduna and Abuja on Saturday and Sunday respectively was a resolve by the groups to meet and review the quit order this week. Speaking after a meeting with Shettima in Abuja, spokesman of the coalition, Abdullaziz Suileman, said the decision to review the June 5 Kaduna declaration was the outcome of consultations with leaders. He said: “The chairman of NGF has taken the initiative, he invited us yesterday and we started negotiation. “This is the first time we are meeting publicly with any leader on this issue. We will go on with our consultations. We are committed to the unity of Nigeria. “We issued a Kaduna declaration, quit notice is just a part of it. We are meeting to look at our stand again.” Shettima gave assurance tha...

A soldier and two children have been shot dead in Venezuela - the latest of several people killed in demonstrations against a vote which protesters say is rigged. The member of the armed forces was shot in the face when clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in the western town of La Grita, prosecutors said. A 13-year-old was shot dead in the town of Capacho Viejo and a 17-year-old in Tucape, both in the western state of Tachira. A youth opposition leader also was shot dead in Cumana and three men died in Merida and Barquisimeto after protests. It brings the official number killed during the weekend to 10, with two losing their lives on Saturday. The opposition, however, has said the true death toll is 12. Opposition supporters stand near a barricade in Caracas Image: Opposition supporters stand near a barricade in Caracas :: Vote or lose your home: Venezuela's 'illegal' election In the capital Caracas, a number of police officers were injured after an...

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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu Sunday confirmed that he will soon be visiting Lagos in his current tour of various states in the country. In addition, Kanu who spoke to some IPOB members who beseeched his Umuahia home also revealed that he will also be in Kaduna State after Lagos, stressing that nobody can intimidate him. According to the IPOB leader, he does the things that anyone thinks is impossible for him to do.

The November 18 Anambra State guber election is looking like an epic battle is set to go down, as one of the major contenders in the election, Prince Donatus Okonkwo, handed back his expression of interest form to the Chairman of APC, Chief John Oyegun, at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja, yesterday. Prince Okonkwo, who was accompanied by his supporters and associates, including party stalwarts, thanked the party chairman for his commendable leadership and promised to bring home the guber price, come November. Addressing Chief Oyegun after submission of his form, Prince Okonkwo said, “you have been an inspiration to all of us in the aspect of political leadership. You have indeed done well for the party and Nigeria as a nation. Thank you immensely for that”. While newsmen at the party house, Prince Okonkwo further stressed that change of administration is paramount for the state at this time. He said, “our people are ready to vote out a governor and a government that remains...

- Arewa Youth Assembly says failure of the FG to order his arrest will result in mass protest - The group also insisted that the IPOB leader has flouted his bail conditions The federal government has been called upon to arrest Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB or face mass protest by the Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, a group from the northern part of the country. According to the group, the IPOB leader has violated his bail conditions and such acts is capable of distabilising the country, Premium Times reports. The group said that Kanu is standing trial over treasonable offences but was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja on April 28 under stringent bail conditions. In a statement signed on Friday by its speaker and made available to Premium Times, Mohammed Salihu and clerk, Desmond Minakaro, AYA gave the acting president Yemi Osinbajo 10 days to order the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu. The group also threatened to shut down federal government activiti...

Agitation for session as championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and MASSOB has gathered momentum as a Yoruba group, Yoruba Liberation Command (YOLICOM) has vowed to do anything possible to help the igbos achieve Biafra & break away from Nigeria. The group, in a press release at the World Press Conference held at International Press Centre, (IPC) Ogba, Lagos said Nigeria has failed to solve the challenges of peaceful co-existence and that politicians are rather in government for their selfish benefits. According to the group which declared support for the Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB, it wants to end undue marginalization of some regions and strengthen ties between the Biafra nation and Oduduwa republic. The group condemned the call for restructuring, saying it is a ploy by the ruling government to reorganize Nigeria to their own interests. The full release read thus: “ You will recall that since 1914, when Nigeria was amalgamated at gun point, the country has been th...