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Tension As Former CBN Governor Soludo, Utomi & Other Igbo Professionals Meets Nnamdi Kanu In Prison Group of prominent Igbo professionals led by a former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Charles Soludo today met up with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in prison and would later converge for a press conference at Chelsea hotel in Abuja by 3pm today, to relay the feedback of their visit. Also part of the group is Pat Utomi, a Nigerian professor of political economy and management expert. Kanu was arrested in October 2015 and subsequently detained by the Buhari led Federal government for treason. He was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Ademola at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The judge granted him bail which the federal government refused to implement. The IPOB leader has since been held in a prison in Abuja despite several court ruling in favor of his release from detention. A group of prominent Igbo professionals led b

SHOCKING!!! South Africa Deports 97 Nigerians While the Nigerian government criticises South Africa’s handling of recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, the South African Government has deported 97 Nigerians for committing various offences in the country. The property of several Nigerians and other sub-Saharan Africans have been destroyed across South Africa in xenophobic attacks that have been condemned by various governments. While asking its citizens to stop the attacks, the South African government has also blamed illegal immigrants from Nigeria and other countries, as well immigrants who commit crime for the attacks. The government has thus decided to clamp down on such immigrants. The 97 deported Nigerians landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday night in a chartered aircraft with the registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that they were made up of 95 males and two females. Jos

London: Amnesty International Condemns The Brutal Killing Of Biafrans Amnesty International Condemns The Brutal Killing of Biafrans: Sends Team to Nigeria Amnesty International has condemned the brutal killing of Biafran demonstrators in the South East and South South zones of the country. They have called on the Nigerian government to respect the rule of law and stop using excessive force against demonstrators. Lucy Freeman senior researcher for Amnesty International in London speaking to the London International Business times said their organization has sent correspondence to Nigeria who has documented instances of the Army using excessive and brutal force against innocent civilian demonstrators. Freeman said, “What is happening in south- eastern Nigeria is not a conflict situation and the law enforcement model that has been used is not appropriate,” Freeman said. “It is not appropriate to use lethal force on protesters, eve

My Generation Did A Number Of Wrong Things To Nigeria – Obasanjo Admits Erstwhile President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday admitted that his generation failed Nigeria. Obasanjo made the remark at the one-day Trade Fair seminar of Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, KADCCIMA. The former President said though his generation made some mistakes, they also laid the foundation for the country’s democracy. According to Obasanjo, “Look, don’t worry unduly about the mistake the generation before you had made. When people talk to me and said ‘yes, you are wrong.’ I will accept that my generation had done a number of wrong things. But, we must have done some good things as well. “My own generation fought for the unity of Nigeria. You cannot deny that. There are many things we must have done wrong but we fought for the unity of this country. I still have shrapnel from grenades that entered my body that our brothers shot at me during the civil

Confirmed news at the our news desk has it that some men of the Nigerian military stormed Ariaria International market situated at Aba the commercial city of Abia State Biafra Land, today being 28th February 2017; they were spotted arresting and humiliating traders and manufacturers of Biafra materials; e.g. flags, shoes, caps and so many other items designed with Biafra colour. In a call with an eyewitness, he categorically stated it clear that men of the Nigerian military were in a bid to illegally whisk off those found with such materials in the market. The source also said that the Nigerian Army numbering up to fifty invaded the market, harassing and humiliating traders. Note that on the 27th February 2017, these cowards were spotted fleeing away from kidnappers, numbering three who radically engaged in battle with the Nigerian coward police and army by Tonimas along Port-Harcourt express road Aba. At the exchange of bullets between the kidnappers a

Why Nigerians will continue to seek to travel abroad for medical attention – Health Minister Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Issac Oyewole, has said Nigerians will continue to seek medical attention abroad, until the federal goverment is able toget $1billion annually.Adewole was speaking at the commissioning of the permanent secretariat of West African College of Surgeons, Yaba, Lagos on Thursday.He said: “In our 2017 budget proposal, we have committed N11.7 billion to upgrade at leastseven tertiary health institutions, in which each one will receive N300 million and medical centres will receive N120 million. Fistula Centres will receive N50 million so that they can have water and electricity and function well.“Then the strategic intervention will be to provide equipment to render services for the three main reasons Nigerians travel abroad, such as cancer, renal disorders and cardiac cases.”Adewole also said the$500million received from the World Bank, has been used sup

The Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt Rivers State, have on the 1st day of February 2017 strike out the application for "STAND OUT" filed before the Court by the prosecuting counsel of the Nigeria Government, against the Indigenous People Of Biafra who were abducted by the Nigeria force men following the Trump 21 Million Mega Rally in Port Harcourt. This ruling was made after, the prosecuting counsel failed to file for "A Written Address" on the 23rd of January 2017 as the Court advised. The presiding Magistrate Andrew Jaja stated that "Respect Is A Reciprocal" and as the prosecuting counsel refused to respect the court order, he therefore strike out the application "To Stand Out". The defending counsel of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Barrister S.C Eze has opposed the application for Stand Out, referred the court to the Exhibits before the Court, and argued on why the Court should grant the defendants bail, as they will not jump bail. In

House Of Assembly Sacks Speaker Speaker Katsina state House of Assembly Aliyu Sabiu Muduru has been impeached. Twenty-three members of the house’s 44 lawmakers endorsed Muduru’s impeachment. Lawmakers have already elected Yahaya Kusada as the new speaker. Details are still emerging on this developing story.