When Biafra Finally Comes

The agitation for a separate country out of what is known as Nigeria, by two major ethnic groups – the Igbos and the Yourubas, both of Southern Nigeria routing for Biafra nation and Oduduwa Republic is traceable to the failure of successive governments to address Injustice and Inequality. There is no gainsaying the fact that […]

Biafra: The Politics Of Security And Insecurity

Divided like never before in its tortured history of nationhood Nigeria is unsafe, wracked by rampant banditry and armed robbery, terrorism, ethnic strife, industrial kidnapping and random violence. The country has never had it so bad, this bad! Yet, despite these challenges sapping the morale of Nigerians our ‘elected’ leaders in Abuja carry on as […]

Buhari, Biafra And Twitter

President Muhammadu Buhari as a “kind bully” (apology to Femi Adesina) has bared his dictatorial fangs recently by banning or suspending indefinitely the operations of the popular global microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. Nigeria, contrary to what Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, believes, does not […]

This Biafra Matter

A coconut shell full of water is an ocean to an ant. It was in November 2015 that I wrote “I fear going to Biafra”, that fear is probably real and palpable now, but hey wait, before I am asked if I want short or long sleeves, let us reason together on this matter. Then […]

UAR and Biafra on the wheels of Dark Humor

Nierians were agog with the news of a proposed name change for the country. According to The Cable, the proposal was submitted to the committee by Adeleye Jokotoye, a tax consultant in Lagos state on Wednesday. Adeleye opined that the name Nigeria is foreign as it was given Lord Lugard’s wife, Flora Shaw. He said […]

Down With Akpabiorisation of N’Delta, Long Live Biafra! 

Are the current crop of Eastern Nigeria political leaders inept? The likes of the late Sam Mbakwe of the Second Republic Imo State will not act the way the governors of today are acting as far as the Biafra agitation is concerned. Is like the governors lack initiative, courage or are just scared. For some […]

Biafra: Time to think twice

For over two decades, precisely since the return of democracy to Nigeria in the year 1999, there has been a resurgence in the clamour in the South East of Nigeria for the birth of Biafra, the break away state which existed from 1967-1970 when it was defeated by the Nigerian federal government. In the early 2000’s, […]

Group Sues For Peace In S/East, Urges National Holiday To Honour Biafran Soldiers

Awka – A group of youths in the Southeast have expressed worry over incessant attacks on security agencies, unjust killing of innocent citizens and destruction of public property across the country, especially in the southern region. The group under the agies of Southeast Igbo youth Stakeholders Forum, while condemning the acts of violence, urged aggrieved parties […]

Cameroonian, Nigerian Rebels Join Forces to Fight for Ambazonia, Biafra

In Cameroon and Nigeria, separatist movements agitating for sovereign states of their own are said to be building a coalition to fight for their independence. Pro-independence movement in western Cameroon has been gathering steam in the past five years. Sources say it is joining forces with Biafra agitators in Nigeria to mobilise supporters through social […]

Biafra: Yes or No 

Many reasonable voices had before now spoken on the precarious State of the Nation. Wide-ranging solutions had also been proffered, the least being for the President to address the nation.  There are times when silence is not golden. This is such a time. Only God knows why the president is mute at a time we […]