We don’t honor the high schools that we attended. We don’t honor the universities we attended. We don’t honor the past. We don’t celebrate good people but worship bad people. We are now paying a very heavy price.
Our hope is not to fight for peace. We can always settle our grievances peacefully without spilling any blood.
“In 2023, anyone who does not possess the madness and sincerity of purpose should not come near leadership, What should otherwise be a positive example of the capabilities of black people has turned out thus far, to be the shame of the race
if you have a company registered and you have not started doing any business with it, do not open a bank account in that company’s name and if you have opened an account, do not transact with it.
“The Biafra we are asking for we already have it in our hand but we don’t know what to do with it. Those who are at the forefront of Biafra agitation today, should know that when the real Biafra emerges, they will not be in a position to determine its leadership.
In a somber account by son to the late Dr. Chike Akunyili “My dad was shot in the face by gunmen who opened fire on his vehicle at Nkpor, Anambra State.
According to one of his surviving son named Obumneme, a cousin accompanying his father in the vehicle survived the tragic attack.
The medical doctor and widower of a late Minister of Information, Dora Akunyili, was killed on Monday evening when he was returning from a commemorative lecture in honour of his late wife, Dora.
The Police Command in Anambra State, where the incident happened, has vowed to unravel the brains behind the murder.
Speaking with the BBC Igbo, Obumneme said that his dad was shot in the face by gunmen who opened fire on his vehicle at Nkpor, Anambra State.
“His driver and a Police officer assigned to him also died in the shooting. A cousin survived and is being treated in hospital,” Obumneme added.
They were driving back from the town of Nsukka in Enugu state after attending a lecture hosted by the University of Nigeria to pay tribute to the late NAFDAC DG, Dora.
Mischief makers had attributed the shocking scenario to increasing activities of members of the Eastern Security Force, a militant arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra, however in a swift reaction Spokesperson to the organization Comrade Emma Powerful has reacted with a stern warming to those struggling to rope IPOB into their political hooliganism to desist from doing so or be visited with dire consequences.
In his statement “IPOB do not concern itself with Nigeria’s politics and has nothing to do with Nigeria and its politicians, our mission is focused and that is the actualization of Biafra.”
It is an abomination to shed innocent blood in Igbo land and that is the last thing IPOB will ever consider, on its part, members of the ESN has vowed to bring to book all foot soldiers of the Nigeria political elites that has been sent to South East to foment trouble using the coming November election in Anambra state as a battle field. IPOB used the occasion to warn all responsible citizens to go about their business lawfully and should not engage in any manner that will undermine the peace and security of people of the South East.
Even if the government is inclined to celebrating, majority of the citizens are not in the mood. Faced with existential crisis, an average Nigerian would rather think of how to survive than celebrate a country that has offered no more than tears, blood and sorrow
“This is our own little way of giving back to the society and to empower our loyal customers.’’
Stop interfering in the affairs of Guinea, stop lecturing us on democracy, stop your colonial mentality, concentrate on fighting poverty in your countries, and serving our people well on this Continent,
The Spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Mr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, should, with due honor addressed this begarly mentality of Nigerians in the North and guide the people to embrace honest productive means of earning livelihood out of hardwork
