OPINION…To IPOB: Fasehun Taught Us It’s Folly To Bring War Home

Today in much of Nigeria’s South-East, no thanks to a rash of arsons and killings blamed on those now labelled as “unknown gunmen, (UGM)” the falcon can no longer hear the falconer and palpable anarchy bestrides the land. The raging cacophony broke out after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led some youths into the forests of the South-East and honed them into a daredevil force by the name Eastern Security Network (ESN). Their initially proclaimed objective tantalised their kinsmen. ESN aimed to confront foreign Fulani herdsmen who roamed the…

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Presidency: Explain to Nigerians how Osinbajo, Amaechi, Ngige’ll raise N100m – Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer to Buhari

Mike Ozekhome, the Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, of monetizing democracy. Ozekhome said Buhari must explain to Nigerians how he expects Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Rotimi Amaechi, Chris Ngige, and other Presidential aspirants to raise N100m to obtain their nomination forms. The human rights lawyer said APC was mocking the country’s democracy by pegging its Presidential nomination forms at N100m. During its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting on Wednesday, the ruling…

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Don’t be used as a tool against ESN – IPOB warns Cubana Chief Priest

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, warned Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, against allowing the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma to deceive him. IPOB said Cubana Chief Priest should not allow Uzodinma deceive him into attacking its members and the Eastern Security Network, ESN. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the group, asked the businessman not to strike any deal with Uzodinma against IPOB and ESN. He issued the warning while accusing Uzodinma of giving smartphones to Imo youths to attack IPOB and ESN. A…

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Anambra Guber: MASSOB counters IPOB, says election must hold

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has assured residents that the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State must hold. MASSOB also encouraged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to go ahead without distraction in conducting the governorship election, come weekend. The pro-Biafra group disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Information, Edeson Samuel, on Monday. This is coming a few days after the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the Southeast declared a seven-day sit-at-home protest in the South-East starting…

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Amid condemnation of NEF’s call, Biafra group tells southerners to quit north | Ripples Nigeria

Nigerians from South East and South-South residing in the Northern parts of the country, have been asked to leave the region and return home. The call was made by the Biafra Nations Youth League (BNYL) in a statement its chief press secretary, Comrade Kufre Obot, made available to newsmen on Thursday. The group was reacting to the recent call by Northern Elders Forum (NEF), and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) asking Fulani people in the South to leave the region and return to the North. It also hinged its call…

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BIAFRA ANTHEM

All hail Biafra Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish, Beloved homeland of our brave heroes; We must defend our lives or we shall perish, We shall protect our hearts from all our foes; But if the price is death for all we hold dear, Then let us die without a shred of fear. Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation, Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge: Defending thee shall be a dedication, Spilling our blood we’ll count a privilege; The waving standard which emboldens the free Shall always…

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BIAFRA POUND

The Biafran pound was the currency of the Republic of Biafra between 1968 and 1970.The notes denomination was 5 shilling and £1 was later introduced on January 29, 1968. A series of coins was introduced in 1969 and were denominated  6 pence, 3 pence, 1 shilling ,and 2½ shilling coins .In February 1969, a second family of notes was issued consisting of 5 shilling, 10 shilling, £1, £5 and £10 denominations. 

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