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Blood and Tears Flow in Enugu as Fulani Herdsmen Massacre People, Take Over The Places.

Massacred Community In Enugu state Nigeria. S cores of people are reported killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded Enugu in the early hours of Monday. State police spokesperson Ebere Amaraizu have confirmed the report. Amaraizu said the police and the army are responding to the situation. The suspected herdsmen reportedly invaded Ukpabi, Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani local government area of the state sacking houses and killing many. According to reports, Enugu residents are fleeing the affected (and other) communities in search of safe havens. Reports say neighbouring Nkpologu and Uvuru, and far away Nkpologu, have fled to Nsukka. It’s not the first time suspected Fulani gunmen would invade communities. Two months ago, the herdsmen reportedly killed over 300 people in Agatu, Benue State. They said the killings were reprisals for a Fulani man killed by members of the community in 2013. President Muhammadu Buhari said the conflict is a “perennial problem” and “we’ll look into

Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Volume E-5, Documents on Africa, 1969-1972

Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Volume E-5, Documents on Africa, 1969-1972 Released by the Office of the Historian ACTION Friday, February 21, 1969 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: Henry A. Kissinger SUBJECT: Letter to General Gowon, Head of The Federal Government of Nigeria At Tab A, for your signature, is a reply to General Gowon which conveys your policy approach to the Nigerian civil war. Gowon's inaugural greeting (Tab B) invited you to send a personal emissary on a fact-finding visit to Nigeria. Your reply has been held pending the NSC study on Nigeria-Biafra relief, and particularly the decision on a relief coordinator. This letter will be a primary policy document in our relations with the Federal side. It should establish clearly both the tone and substance of the careful balance you wish to strike between a high public impact on relief and minimal political involvement. Moreover, all or part of the letter may leak in Lagos. The position it ta

‘Europeans wrongly see Igboland as a region for notorious robbers, kidnappers, ritual killers’

A delegation of the Nigerian Igbo Community in Europe ,NICE , an organization of Igbos living in Europe, led by its International President, Chief Chris Ebede, embarked on a fact-finding mission to  Anambra State. The one- week  tour was inspired by information gaining momentum in Europe  that the  region was  in  steady decline due to long years of neglect by  the Federal Government and lack of honest and people-oriented leadership. By Akoma Chinweoke What is the Nigerian Igbo Community in Europe, NICE , about? Igbos in Europe, with  international headquarters in the United Kingdom, is the brain child of Chief Ebede and now one of the leading Igbo organizations in Europe and the Diaspora . The organization was formed in 2003 with an initial membership of 20  persons of both genders embracing academics, business people, students and religious ministers residing in London. However, in the past one decade, following sustained membership and enlightenment campaign, the o

Biafra: A-Court shifts hearing on Kanu, others appeal to May 5: By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ARRAIGNED: Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. ABUJA—-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, shifted hearing on the appeal that was lodged by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, till May 5.   Following insistence by Kanu’s A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Abdul Aboki adjourned the matter after it was discovered that it was not listed for hearing in the court’s cause list. lawyer, Chief Chuks Muoma, SAN, that it was the appellate court itself that originally fixed April 25 to hear the matter, Justice Aboki, promised that the court would look into the matter on the next adjourned date. Kanu, alongside two other pro-Biafra agitators, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu, had gone before the appellate court to challenge what they termed “strange procedure” adopted in their trial. Already, the trio ‎who are answering to a six-count treason charge, has urged the Federal High Court s

BREAKING NEWS: Alleged Contracted Activist Drags Nnamdi Kanu To ICC; Kanu's Brother Reacts.

The brother to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Prince Kanu has reacted to a petition made to the International Criminal Court against his brother Nnamdi Kanu who is a prisoner of conscience. Prince told  NAIJ.com  that the petition against the Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu is an effort by the federal government to distract the agitation of Biafra by the IPOB. A civil rights activist, Albert Ella in a petition had called on the ICC to investigate the claims made by the Department of State Services (DSS) over five Hausa-Fulanis alleged to have been killed by IPOB members. The petitioned sent through Ella’s lawyer, Edward Omaga has also been said to be acknowledged by the ICC. But in his reaction, Prince said: “These are people who have been planted by the so called federal government to distract the agitation of Biarfra that is what is happening. So in any way they come, we are more than able to challenge them, these are people paid for distract

THE SHEEP HEARS THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD AND FOLLOWS HIM..By Uzor King Solomon.

A new born biafra saboteur Dr. gozie ifedi and co. I n all truth I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a bandit. That is what the likes of Dr Ikeddife have come to do with  ‪#‎ IPOB‬ .. He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; and the  ‪#‎ Shepherd‬  of IPOB worldwide is  ‪#‎ NnamdiKanu‬ .. the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he cal ls his own sheep and leads them out. Nnamdi Kanu has brought out all those that are his, he goes ahead of them, and we that are his followers follow because we only knows Kanu voice. IPOB will never follow a stranger, but will run away from the likes of Dr Ikedife and Okorocha because we do not recognise the voices of these strangers.' The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. Many had in the past come, but their voices were not heard.. Nnamdi Kanu have come so that we may have our FREEDOM from our OPPRES

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