Tag: Nnamdi Kanu
A case for Biafra, by Chika Onyenezi
My mum was in the bathroom when fighter jets started bombing Enugu. Soon, Nigerian soldiers would enter Enugu. With her father and siblings, they...
Biafra: An orphaned agitation, by Tony Egbulefu
In a demonstration of a stance that differs with their age-long marginalisation refrain, Igbo leaders have refused to subscribe to the pro-Biafra movements, whose...
Biafra as nightmare and fantasy, by Okey Ndibe
I have been distressed beyond words by what has crystallized as an agitation for Biafra’s divorce from Nigeria. I am disturbed that this agitation...
A misguided engagement of the Biafra issue, by Jide Ajani
Deal with it: He may have taken more than three months but President Muhammadu Buhari would need to deal with the growing discontent coming...
Root causes of the Biafra struggle, by Femi Aribisala
In the eight years of Obasanjo’s presidency, there was no headline-grabbing demand for Biafra. Ditto for the eight years of the Yar’Adua/Jonathan presidency. However,...
Biafra idea cannot be destroyed – Soyinka
Nigeria’s Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka warned the government against any harsh crackdown on pro-Biafran activists in an interview broadcast Wednesday after an upsurge in...
Biafra: Kanu a bigger crowd-puller than Buhari, says Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, says nothing is wrong with the agitation for Biafra by pro-Biafra groups.
Kukah, who said...
Biafra: Call for caution – Vanguard editorial
Since the arrest of Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of pirate, foreign-based Radio Biafra, youths have been staging daily protests for his release in...
DSS to detain Kanu for 90 days, as he begs court...
…Protesters besiege court, demands his unconditional release
...More protests sweep Abuja, Onitsha, Aba as IPOB members ground vehicular movements
...Hoist Kanu’s portraits, Biafra emblems in...
S’East traders disown Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra
Traders from the South-East geo-political zone have disowned the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and his cohorts in the pro-Biafran agitation.
The traders under...