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Enugu: Stampede, as sit-at-home enforcers go wild

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Aminu Imam

Chaos, fear, and anxiety ruled the streets of Enugu between the hours of eight and eleven, yesterday. Weirdly dressed men, all wielding guns of various types, had stormed parts of Abakpa, GRA, Coal Camp, New Market and old Park, shouting and threatening to kill if people did not run away to observed the Simon-Ekpa declared week-long lockdown. Eye witness accounts at Abakpa said that most traders at the community market had just settled down for the business of the day when, suddenly, the gun men clad in black trousers and…

IPOB dismisses rumoured one-week sit-at-home in South-East

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) has once again refuted the claim that it declared a one-week sit-at-home exercise across the South-East region. The pro-Biafran group said the clarification became necessary because of the tension and panic the rumours have generated. The rumour of a one-week sit-at-home, starting from June 3 to June 9, purportedly declared by Simon Ekpa�s faction of the IPOB group, has been making the rounds across the region for some days now. Reacting to the development in a statement yesterday, the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful,…

South-East Govs. name Second Niger Bridge after Buhari

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

The South East Governors� Forum, led by Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has named the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari. Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, announced the development in a tweet yesterday. Ahmad tweeted, �The Second Niger Bridge is to officially be called/known as Buhari Second Niger Bridge. The Muhammadu Buhari Bridge is officially commissioned today, by President Muhammadu Buhari. #PMBLegacy�. The Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, also made the confirmation in a tweet. �Following consultations, the Governors…

Biafra Remembrance Day: IPOB orders total shutdown of S�East on May 30

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has declared a sit-at-home on May 30. IPOB declared the sit-at-home to remember those killed during the Biafra war and the struggle for self-determination. During the sit-at-home, IPOB ordered a total shutdown of marketplaces, schools, churches, and all social gatherings. According to an issued statement by the IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, only hospitals and medical personnel are allowed to operate during the sit-at-home across the South-East region. The statement partly read: �The Indigenous People of Biafra, ably led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish…

Senate Presidency: �Step down for Umahi� – Ohanaeze begs Kalu, Izunaso

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 Aminu Imam

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has pleaded with Senators Orji Uzo Kalu, Osita Izunaso to step down for Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, as the Senate President. The group, in an issued press statement yesterday, by its spokesman, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said that there should be collaborative measures to ensure that the South-Eastregion gets the position of the President of the Senate in the 10th Assembly. � Ndigbo will continue to prevail upon our distinguished Senators to put forward our collective survival as a nation and other national considerations above all personal or primordial…

2023: “You can�t attain Biafra in midst of violence”, Igbo elders counsel youths

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

�Says elections must hold in Igbo land Concerned Igbo elders, jointly led by erstwhile Anambra State governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, and a former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Chief Simon Okeke, have advised youths in the Southeast zone agitating for Biafra nation to sheathe their sword. They stated this on Tuesday, in Abuja at a briefing where they insisted that the agitators can�t win the war against perceived injustice through violence. The Igbo elders said the threats of violence in the Southeast states aimed at derailing the February 25 election…

South-East: “Ignore sit-at-home, go out to vote”, Traditional leaders urge residents�

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Aminu Imam

South-East traditional leaders, under the auspices of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, an apex Igbo socio-political organisation, have urged residents in the region to ignore any sit-at-home order and exercise their right to vote for their preferred candidates on election days. The statement by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide is in response to an alleged sit-at-home directive issued by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Since the leader of the proscribed group, Nnamdi Kanu, has been held in prison, a Finland-based Samuel Egba, has been overseeing most of the sit-at-home orders and attacks…

Obi Presidency: “He�s not an Igbo candidate� � South-East traditional rulers insist

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Aminu Imam

The South-East council of traditional rulers has urged Nigerians to vote for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi,�in the forthcoming elections. Chairman of the council, Lawrence Agubuzu, spoke when Obi paid a consultative visit to the monarchs in Enugu State, on Friday. Agubuzu asked Nigerians to be detribalised and elect a candidate capable of solving Nigeria�s problems. �Obi is not an Igbo candidate; but has the preponderant home base support of people of the South-East geo-political zone to vie for the exalted office of the Federal…

2023: NSCIA seeks protection for Muslims in South-East

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), has raised the alarm over the killing of Muslims in the South East region by some non-Muslims. The Council, under the leadership of the President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa�ad Abubakar III, also called on security agencies to do more to protect the lives and property of Muslims and bring the perpetrators of such killings to justice. The NSCIA further urged Muslims to collect their permanent voter cards (PVCs) because evidence revealed that many registered Muslims were yet to…

Anambra: IPOB gunmen bomb Police divisional headquarters�

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Aminu Imam

Gunmen, yesterday, threw explosives into the Ihiala police divisional headquarters, setting the building alight, as attacks on public assets show no sign of abating in the South-East. The Anambra State Police Command spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, in an issued statement, confirmed the attack, but said the assailants were promptly repelled. He said one abandoned AK-47 rifle was recovered during a gun battle. �The gunmen escaped the scene due to the superior fire of the Police operatives, although no casualty was recorded�, the Police spokesman further stated. He explained further, saying, �Unfortunately,…