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T he leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has warned members against giving money to Nigeria Police for bail. He made the remark in Abia on Tuesday. “Anybody in IPOB that gives money to the zoo police for their bail will be expelled from IPOB”, Vanguard quoted him as saying. “The zoo police are using IPOB to make money because some people are not mentally tough enough to resist them until our dedicated legal team arrives to secure their release” ”The more we give these illiterate, primitive parasites wearing zoo police uniform money, the more they keep raiding our homes to abduct us because they know some of us will pay. “It is not the duty of IPOB family members to sustain illiterate, hungry and poorly paid zoo policemen. “We [IPOB] are agitating for our freedom so there is no way we can be handing out our hard earned money to these Northern parasites and criminals in police uniforms like we committed any crime. “The Nigeria...

A Nigerian simply identified as N. Chigozie, has been killed in India after reportedly being involved in an argument about Biafra. His body was found at Hennur, North-East of Bengaluru, in the early hours of Monday. Although Chigozie was said to have died after a motorcycle crash but his brother, simply identified as Nonso, said he was murdered. On Sunday, when Chigozie, Nonso and four other Nigerians partied at an African Kitchen restaurant at a place called Byrathi, a disagreement was said to have ensued about food. “The six revellers quarrelled over sharing food and assaulted each other. Nieskho (Nonso) went to a nearby hospital to treat his injuries and Chigozie followed him on bike. While returning from the hospital, Chigozie died,” the police said. “It seems to be an accidental death. Preliminary evidence shows Chigozie, who was speeding on his bike, crashed into an iron railing and died of head injuries. He was not wearing a helmet. But his younger brothe...

T he Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered him and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to connect the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by rail. Amaechi made the revelation during the 15th National Council on Transportation, NCT, in Sokoto. He said, “The President called two of us, myself and my colleague in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; and told me specifically that I must ensure that the 36 states including Abuja are connected by rail”. He added that the ongoing rail projects in the country would create employment opportunity for the teeming youths. He said that to grow the economy effectively and efficiently, the railway must be developed. Amaechi said the federal government was on the verge of signing a contract agreement with General Electric for the rehabilitation of the rail lines across the country to en...

T he war of words between the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB, Ralph Uwazuruike, has taken a new dimension with the latter alleging that the former was given a house abroad by the Federal government when he started his struggle for Biafra in the UK some years ago. In an interview with The Interview magazine, Uwazurike, accused Kanu of been compromised in his struggle for Biafra as he was employed by the President Buhari-led government to destroy the struggle for Biafra.  “Apparently they saw Nnamdi Kanu as someone of high value for use. They heard him shouting on radio and approached him and he accepted. Naturally, only a strong, principled man can say no because they will give you irresistible offers. I know the mansions Nnamdi Kanu and people like him have abroad, given to them by the same government, the same security agencies. Don’t worry, the tru...