Tag: MASSOB

Rights Violators Can’t Get Asylum, UK Tells IPOB, Others

6May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Rights Violators Can’t Get Asylum, UK Tells IPOB, Others

IPOB The United Kingdom has barred the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and other Biafran groups from participating in its asylum programme. The British government noted that IPOB had been proscribed as a terrorist group by the Federal Government and that members of the group and its paramilitary wing – the Eastern Security Network – have reportedly committed human rights violations. The UK, therefore, said that persons who commit human rights violations must not be granted asylum. The UK Visas and Immigration had in March 2021 released new guidelines to its decision makers on how to consider and grant asylum applications to IPOB members whose founder, Nnamdi Kanu, was operating from London before his arrest in Kenya ...

2023: I Don’t Believe In Igbo Presidency, Zoning – Uwazuruike

1May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

2023: I Don’t Believe In Igbo Presidency, Zoning – Uwazuruike

Ralph Uwazurike Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, has downplayed the call for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction. Uwazuruike said he doesn’t believe in the idea of Igbo Presidency, stressing that such should be discarded. He asserted this while hosting Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday. Read Also: Umahi Picks APC Presidential Nomination Form The MASSOB founder said the race for who becomes Nigeria’s next president should be thrown open. Uwazuruike urged Nigerians to shun zoning because it had no place in the country’s constitution. According to Uwa...

MASSOB, IPOB declare Sit-at-home on May 30

2May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

MASSOB, IPOB declare Sit-at-home on May 30

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have ordered a sit-at-home on May 30. But IPOB said its members in over 100 countries, including Lagos, Abuja as well as northern towns with reasonable population of its members are to also observe the sit -at -home The pro -Biafra groups said the annual event in commemoration of its fallen heroes and heroines, would be observed in all markets, churches, banks, parks, airports and seaports within and outside the region. These were contained in separate statements by IPOB and MASSOB by the Media and Publicity Secretary,Emma Powerful and Comrade Samuel Edeson, National Director of Information, respectively in Awka The pro-Biafran groups said there would be no...

MASSOB Lampoons South-East Govs For Stand on Biafra

23Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

MASSOB Lampoons South-East Govs For Stand on Biafra

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has faulted the South-East governors for favouring Igbo presidency ahead of the 2023 general elections instead of the independence of Biafra. The group which said that majority of Igbos backed the actualisation of Biafra sovereignty, added that the position of the governors was in the minority. The Director of Information, MASSOB, Sunday Okereafor, in an interview with Punch, described the agitation by the Igbo elite for a person of Igbo extraction to replace President Muhammadu Buhari as a mirage as “the northerners will never allow an Igbo man become president of Nigeria.” “There is no way an Igbo man will ever rule Nigeria. Imagine the South-East governors are saying that they want Igbo presidency and ...

Opinion: What do these Biafrans Really Want? by Pomonua

21Jul

By Guest ContributorNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

Opinion: What do these Biafrans Really Want? by Pomonua

I asked this question because the noise from their agitation is really taking a nuisance pitch and dimension. Let us set the records straight, the British continues to have an interest in the affairs of Nigeria and its governance. The country is a major source of earnings for them. When they departed upon independence, they entrusted its affairs in the hands of those they could trust; those who will allow them unfettered access to those things that fueled their economy. That is how the Fulani came to be in power. Biafra knows that Britain is the unseen hand working behind the scene to frustrate its actualization, even though the face of the Fulani is what you see. If in doubt, watch this video of the confession by Harold Smith, one of the principal participant during that episode. ...

Biafra: Sit-At-Home Order Paralysis South-East States

1Jun

By adminNo Comments

Africa, Biafra, Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria

Biafra: Sit-At-Home Order Paralysis South-East States

In celebration of this year's Biafra day on May 30th, Biafra agitators staged a sit-at-home protest which was said to have recorded about 95% compliance. The decision to stage sit-at-home protests to mark Biafra celebration day started last year as a result of the clamp down by Nigerian authorities on their non-violent street protests. According to Amnesty International, hundreds of unarmed protesters have been killed by the nation's security operatives at several peaceful protests. With the current sit-at-home protests, no violence is recorded and no lives are lost. The government is however not happy about the success these protests keep recording. According to Evang. Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko, founder, Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) and deputy secretary, Igbo Leaders of Thought, the p...