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Who Cares About Biafra Anyway?By JEFFREY D. BLUM, February 25, 1969

(This is another story about Biafra. We all know about Biafra--it's where a million people have starved to death in the past six months. One million people. Think about that for a minute. There are almost five thousand Harvard undergraduates. If each one of us died two hundred times, that would be almost a million deaths. Almost, but not quite. Yes, we all know about Biafra.) THE UNITED STATES government never meaningfully recognized that the Biafran situation existed until this month. The government had not even breathed the possibility of official U.S. recognition of Biafra as a nation, predominantly as a result of the archaic "one-Nigeria" policy which America inherited from Britain and has guided State Department attitudes toward West Africa for years. Earlier this month the State Department sent a six-man fact-finding mission to examine the needs of both Nigeria and Biafra and to make recommendations to the U.S. government about the necessary forms and amoun

OPEN LETTER TO BIAFRANS IN AMERICAN ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE, EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I t is with a heavy heart I write you today our brothers in the American Army, to let you know that your people back home in Biafra land are being massacred, humiliated and dehumanized on a daily basis. And the need for you to form a formidable force and fight for the restoration of our dear nation Biafra, with everything within your arsenal. The president of the republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari and Hausa-Fulani cabals have vowed to wipe out Biafrans from the face of the earth and occupy our land with impunity. Right now, Biafra land is under siege. The Fulani herdsmen cattle rearers (janjaweed) are invading our rural communities with AK47 rifles, other types of guns, machetes and explosives, destroying our farmlands, raping our mothers and sisters, killing our fathers and youths, and razing our building.  Over 500 people were massacred in Agatu village Benue state of Biafra land, and their properties destroyed. Many were also killed in Awgu village in Enugu s

Biafra: We are almost there – Nnamdi Kanu tells supporters.

Leader of the indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has commended his followers for continuing with the pro-Biafra agitation. Kanu, who is facing criminal charges before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja delivered his message through the group’s spokespersons. According to IPOB spokespersons, Dr. Clifford C. Iroanya and Barr. Emma Mmezu, the detained Radio Biafra director gave the message during a solidarity visit to him in the prison. They quoted him as saying: “I wish to commend and congratulate millions of IPOBians the world over, whose tenacity and exemplary steadfastness to the course is and will always remain a great source of joy and inspiration for me. “It is noteworthy and very commendable, that despite the spirited antics of our adversaries, the struggle has gathered the desired, awareness, momentum, sympathy and outright support, way beyond our expectations. “Your total commitment to the struggle and your determination and focus as a well disci

PHOTOS: Biafra supporter learning how to shoot abroad

Pictures have surfaced online showing an ardent supporter of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on gun training with others abroad at an unknown location.

ECOWAS Court to deliver judgment on 9 cases against Nigeria, others

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice is set to deliver judgments in nine of the pending cases before it in the external session of the court in Abidjan. A statement by the court made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, said that the session would begin on April 18. According to statement, 41 cases of alleged human rights violations against member states would be handled by the court during the week-long session in Abidjan. The cases before the court were filed against the governments of Cote d’ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, Togo and the ECOWAS Commission for alleged human rights violations. The court is also expected to deliver rulings in three other cases of human rights violations against Liberia and Nigeria and hear 29 other cases including one from a former Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Mr Djibril Yipene Bassole. The cases of alleged human rights violations were brought against Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea

The Untold Story Of British Sponsored Terrorism and Mass Murder of 3.5 Million Children in Africa Between 1967-1970: By Okonkwo Isaac Somto.

N igeria is a country that was created artificially by British colonialism. Nigeria consists of Arewa, Oduduwa and Biafra.  The trick of British colonialism was the divide and rule system. They knew the nature of Nigeria; that it is a country that doesn’t have the same climate, the same religion, the same mentality, the same dialect, and the same culture. They used their military might to force Nigeria to be one by the amalgamation of the southern and northern protectorates of Nigeria.  They gave the Fulani emirs political prominence at the expense of the Southern population and left a time bomb with the fuse burning. During the coup that saw General Gowon came into power, the British High court commission in Lagos after the meeting with the coup leaders came out in their full support – including their demand for recognition of the dominance of the North in any political process. All the regions excerpt the South Eastern region – where the former governor, Colonel Chukwuemeka Od

The Aftermath: What We Can All Learn from Emeka Ojukwu’s Values And Character By Lawrence Nwobu

T he critical mass of Ndigbo have rightly been in mourning since the passing of the hero, Legend and freedom fighter Emeka Ojukwu. Igbo leaders in particular have been falling over themselves trying to outdo each other in their adulation of Ojukwu. Yet, it is not a secret that Igboland has been afflicted by the Nigerian disease of visionless, corrupt and insensitive leadership. It is thus not the sycophancy or shedding of what amounts in most part to crocodile tears by Igbo leaders that matters but what they have learnt from the character, values, incorruptibility, selflessness and leadership of Emeka Ojukwu. Emeka Ojukwu demonstrated with his life and times an unrivalled selflessness and dedication to service. After his education in Oxford University, he abandoned his father’s immense wealth and choose instead the hard life of the civil service before opting for the rugged and regimented life of the army which he joined as a recruit. In taking this unusual route, he choose s

FG provoking Ndigbo everyday – Ekweremadu

The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, on Sunday accused the President Muhammadu Buhari led government of provoking Ndigbo. Ekweremadu, representing Enugu West Constituency, said that until the leadership of Nigeria learn to respect Nigbo and ensure that equity and justice prevailed, the country can never be the same. The Deputy Senate President, who spoke in Enugu while addressing people of Eziagu council area of Enugu State during a solidarity visit, said that despite the contributions of Ndigbo in the development of Nigeria, “we are being provoked everyday by the government of this country”. According to him, “let me remind you that we are going through the difficult period in Igbo land. As Ndigbo, we are going through trying period, we are being provoked everyday by the government of this country in the way they treat our people, especially the marginalization going on at the federal level by the federal government. “We are also aware of the contributions

Biafra: THE BIRTH OF (IPOB) BIAFRA HAS CAUSED THE DEATH OF CORRUPT NIGERIA.

B IA FR A Nnamdi Kanu's continued detention and eventual release has sparked the restoration of Biafra. The rate at which nigeria is currently languishing in abject economic woes is alarming but this is owned to the fact that the fulani/hausa led government have so made this already cursed country a place where corruption is legal and upheld, in fact you are a hero in the evil contraption called nigeria if you are corrupt, if you say the truth you are looked at as a devil and in this regards they plan your hurt or a way to eliminate you for saying the truth. Nigeria a country who unlawfully detained a freedom fighter for agitating for self determination which is a universal law, a country where a different thing is practiced from what is in the constitution.  Let me opinel that the only reason hausa/fulani and their enslaved yorubas clamor for one nigeria is because of the oil rich gotten from biafra land, it is the same reason they are fighting for Biafra restoration

EU PARLIAMENT MOVES MOTION AGAINST VIOLATION OF CITIZEN NNAMDI KANU'S RIGHT

EU PARLIAMENT MOVES MOTION AGAINST VIOLATION OF CITIZEN NNAMDI KANU'S RIGHT The European Parliament have moved a motion,against breaches of democracy and the violation of human right of the Leader Of The Indigenous People Of Biafra and Biafrans at large,by the Nigeria Government. Having putting into considerations of the concrete statements of various Human Right Organisations,World Leaders,Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, etc,hence the call for the motion against Nigeria Government.  Some points that will be discussed in the European Parliament,includes; -Nigerian Government to ensure the humane and fair treatment of prisoners, including detained British broadcaster Nnamdi Kanu, upholding international human rights norms, and to ensure access to a fair trial. -December 3, 2015 agitations for a separate state of Biafra in the southeast led to the death of at least 12 people; whereas the violent responses of security forces to

Biafra Independence: OEAS Releases Memo on Biafra Unification, General Assembly in Ghana.

Biafra Independence: OEAS Releases Memo on Biafra Unification, General Assembly in Ghana. The Organisation of Emerging African States has lived up to its expectation by scheduling a a general assembly of all Biafra Nationalists Groups. The meeting which is billed to hold in Accra, Ghana between May 27 to May 31 2016 and will have all the various interest groups advocating for the independence of the Republic of Biafra in attendance.  The groups in the forefront of the struggle for the restoration of the state of Biafra include Nnamdi kanu IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra), Billie IPOB under the leadership of the Council of Elders, Uche Mmadu led MASSOB (Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra), Benjamin Onwuka led BZM (Biafra Zionist Movement), Uwazuruike led BIM (Biafra Independent Movement), BNYL (Biafra National Youth League), Voice of Biafra International, Biafra24, Radio Biafra, as well as the new entrant Lower Niger Congress (LNC).  It