Special announcement !!!! from the Head of Directorate 48hours mourning for these brave Biafrans

The Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wishes to inform all IPOB family members and the world at large of the horrendous attack on unarmed Biafran/IPOB family members in Onitsha Anambra State by the combined forces of the Nigerian Navy and Police. This unprovoked attack resulted in the death of three (3) Biafran heroes whose death will surely not be in vain. As you read this message eight (8) more injured Biafrans are lying critical at the hospital.

Fellow Biafrans the perpetrators of this murderous act will hear from the Indigenous People of Biafra soon.  Be rest assured CHUKWUOKIKE ABIAMA being our strength and help that not only shall these murderers be brought to justice, we will go the necessary mile to bring justice to them.  

Every Biafran and all IPOB family members in Biafraland and in the Diaspora are requested to remain calm as we work to unravel those behind this atrocious act. 48hours mourning for these brave Biafrans is hereby announced and should kick in immediately.  The Biafran flag wherever they may be should be lowered to half mast and one (1minute) silence should be observed in their honour at every IPOB family gathering. Biafrans are also requested to change their face book profile to the BLACK SUNDAY FOR IPOB picture.

LONG LIVE IPOB

LONG LIVE BIAFRA

Signed

Mazi Uchenna Asiegbu

Head Directorate of State

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and their black African slaves Hausa/Fulani

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and their black African slaves Hausa/Fulani of the colony they created called Nigeria must know that Radio Biafra is categorically not a Nigeria radio station the same way the BBC is not a Nazi radio station.
As our name denotes, we are the radio station of the unfolding Republic of Biafra; the people your government of Harold Wilson tried to exterminate because of the crude oil in our own land.
This new BBC supported, British sponsored Islamic conquest of Biafraland under Cameron will not work because unlike before we are all now ready to die for our freedom. BBC can lie and distort the fact all it likes, it will not dent our resolve.

Nigerian pirate Radio Biafra returns

A Nigerian pirate radio which has been a thorn in the side of the authorities is back on the air.

Radio Biafra - which agitates for independence for Igbo people in south-eastern Nigeria - had not been heard on its 104.7 FM frequency since July, when the government said it had jammed the signal. But it has been back on the airwaves in the south-east since 22 August, ThisDay newspaper reports.
The station now claims to have extended its broadcasts to Lagos, the Daily Post reports. A statement urges "Biafrans in Lagos" to tune into 89.1 FM.

Reports emerged in May of a station calling itself Radio Biafra operating in southern RiversState. Some accounts say the outlet broadcasts online from London and is retransmitted within Nigeria.

Its main presenter, "Director", refers to his listeners as the "indigenous people of Biafra" and constantly attacks Nigeria's political leaders.

Biafra seceded from Nigeria in 1967. By the time a civil war ended in 1970, more than one million Igbos had died of disease and hunger.

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/nigerian-pirate-radio-biafra-returns

Dictator in Chief Buhari will revive Biafra - group warns

The exclusion of indigenes of South East from the appointments of President Muhammadu Buhari may resurrect the Biafra movement, an apex socio-political group, South East Progressive Assembly (SEPA) has warned.
The group further warned that the development will lead to the rejection of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the region as well as the downfall of its chieftains.
SEPA president, Ebere Uzoukwa, in a statement titled “President Buhari’s appointments and Ndigbo” pointed out that the appointments of Secretary to Government of Federation (SGF); Chief of Staff, Controller General of Customs and Immigration from the northern states has clearly proven that Buhari does not have any plan to include Ndigbo in his government.
Such mindset, it said, will resurrect Biafra agitation by Ndigbo.
The group said: “The South East progressives Assembly (SEPA) has observed with dismay the lopsided and the glaringly non-federal character compliant appointments so far made by President Mohammed Buhari since he assumed office as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
“Recall that President Buhari has vindictively disengaged about five persons from South East holding various plum positions at the federal establishments and hurriedly replaced them with his northern kinsmen.
“This is even as the furore generated by President Buhari over the alleged appointment of his cousin Mrs. Amina Zakari and brother Alhaji Daura as INEC acting chairman and Director of DSS respectively is still raging in the political arena.”

Read also: Do you believe that Biafra is here?

SEPA warned: “The deliberate exclusion of the South East from President Buhari- led federal government portends grave implications.
“First, the resurrection of Biafra agitation by majority of Ndigbo. Secondly, total rejection of APC in the South East.
”Thirdly, political and fatal downfall of some APC leaders in South East.
“It is in view of the foregoing that SEPA sympathises with our political leaders in APC that not only campaigned vigorously for President Buhari but risked their precious lives to prevent electoral manipulation and rigging from the South East zone that could have returned the former president to office.
“We therefore use this medium to sympathize with Igbo APC political leaders in South East especially Gov. Rochas Okorocha, Chief Ogbonna Onu, Chief B. B Apugo, Sen. Chris Ngige, Chief George Moghalu Dr. Nyerere Anyim, Barr. Okey Ezea, Sen. Osita Izunaso and many others.
“We also admonish them not to despair even in the face of President Buhari’s disappointment and obvious hatred being meted out to Ndigbo”.


By Olumide Olaoluwa …

Don’t take God for granted, the prodigal son Rotimi Amaechi tells Wike

Former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday, warned his successor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, against taking God for granted.

Amaechi also said he decided to shun the judicial commission of inquiry set up by Wike because the panel was illegal.

The ex-governor, while speaking with his supporters and members of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, stated that he would only appear before the commission of inquiry if Wike complied with the law.

Amaechi stated that the governor had already adjudged him to be guilty in the presence of members of the panel and vowed that he would go to court over the matter.

He insisted that he would not appear before the Justice George Omeriji panel until an independent person or body was called to handle the probe of his administration.
Amaechi said, “Nyesom Wike was not afraid of God in the past; he never went to church. Today, he is going on bended knees to the same God we worship. Don’t take God for granted because if we don’t go back to God to remind Him, God may answer his (Wike’s) prayers.”

Recalling how his relative was allegedly killed in front of Wike’s father’s house at Rumueprikom, the former governor called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the deaths in the state.

He said, “We are asking the Federal Government to investigate it; we have written, asking for investigation but nothing has happened yet. We hope that the President will call on the IGP to investigate what happened with his policemen. We need the IGP to investigate so that people don’t encourage impunity.”

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Rotimi Amaechi Reportedly Jets To London In Anger After SGF Appointment

The recent appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari have sent shock waves across his party, why the rest of the nation watches in amazement.

One of the victims, Rotimi Amaechi, has left the shores of Nigeria in anger , for United Kingdom because of what one of his close allies tagged ” utter shock with Buhari’s last night’s appointments”

Amaechi was perceived as the cash  cow and the arrowhead of the assault against former president, and kinsmen, Goodluck Jonathan.

Pointblanknews.com gathered that the key factor that nailed Amaechi was a damning preliminary  report of his stewardship forwarded to Buhari by Governor Nyesom Wike.

Wike had constituted a seven man Judicial Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice George Omereji to investigate alleged sale of some state assets as well as the projects for which funds were allegedly released but not executed .

Former deputy Governor, Ted Ikuru alleged that his former boss allegedly spent N812 million to furnish his private residence, adding that the former government also spent N4.96 billion on the proposed Justice Adolphus Karibi Whyte Hospital with no structures on the ground.

Wike had among others,  asked the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the sale of Omoku 150 MW Gas Turbine , Adam 360 MW Gas Turbine, Trans-Amadi 136 MW Gas Turbine as well as the Eleme 75 MW Gas Turbine. –

He also said “I am confident that President Buhari will support my administration in the quest to tackle the massive corruption that characterized the Amaechi administration”

It was gathered that even though Amaechi was being considered, forces within both parties averse to his appointments had lobbied some folks around Buhari to insist the President gets a preliminary report on the tenure of Amaechi.

Said the source ” Wike we all know had told the world everything Amaechi did would be checked out, but there were other forces who ensured Buhari took a look at the prelim report sent by Wike on the alleged large scale fraud by his administration. The problem Buhari had was, he was careful about Amaechi because he did not want his SGF to be indicted for large scale fraud, because some of the evidence against Amaechi were damning.”

The appointments continue to elicit outrage against the backdrop of the lopsidedness of the picks.

Even though those with him insist Buhari has made sterling appointments, with consideration to competence and experience, this group has not been able to defend the appointment of a retired army colonel, Hameed Ali, as  Comptroller General of Customs.

Amaechi was head of the fund raising committee for his party, helped raise tons of cash, and almost emptied his state’s treasury for the emergence of Buhari.

First, the speculation was Amaechi could be picked to be the Vice Presidential candidate, then Yemi Osinbajo came. Next, he was promised either Secretary to Government or Chief of Staff.

Pointblanknews.com sources hinted that Amaechi was two weeks ago screened by the Department of Security Services (DSS) for the position of SGF.

Shortly after the screening, a dinner was organized in his honor in port Harcourt.

It was gathered that despite pleas from his men and some close to Buhari that he would be given a ministerial appointment, Amaechi insisted he would not accept anything less than SGF after being governor twice.

Said the source ” It was a big shock to him. This is a man who almost laid down his life, fought Jonathan his kinsmen to the end, spent billions of his own money and state money to ensure Buhari emerged, and is treated this way? Who is the new SGF, where was he when we were working hard for Buhari”

According to another close ally ” He has  left Nigeria, he was so upset, i think to just cool off and think of what to do next because in Rivers Wike has shut him out, and there is nothing much in Abuja”

A killer: Ken-Saro Wiwa Killer Judge Becomes Acting Chief Judge Of Nigeria

Justice Ibrahim Auta, the judge who was handpicked by the Abacha regime to head the kangaroo tribunal that sentenced renowned environmentalists and minority rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa to death by hanging, today became the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.
Auta takes over from retired justice Dan Abutu, the judge who oversaw the judicial mess that almost crippled Nigeria during the prolonged absence of late Nigerian leader Umaru Yar'Adua.

The Abacha regime set up the Auta Tribunal after it falsely accused Saro-Wiwa of orchestrating the death of four Ogoni elders.  After prolonged abuse, torture and intimidation of Mr. Wiwa's counsel by the Abacha regime, Justice Auta pronounced Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists guilty of a crime they never committed and sentenced them to death by hanging.

The Abacha regime swiftly ratified Auta’s verdict and thereafter murdered Saro-Wiwa and the eight activists before the period allowed for an appeal had elapsed.

Coincidentally, the current president of the Nigeria Bar Association, Joseph Bodunrin Daudu (SAN), acted as the government prosecutor to the Abacha regime against Mr. Wiwa.
Justice Auta’s appointment is to be ratified by the Senate.  He will then be sworn in by Jonathan Goodluck, who also hails from the Niger Delta region.

For some reason, Jonathan doesn't seem to take much historical notice of Ken Saro-Wiwa.  Last year, for instance, he ignored the Saro-Wiwa anniversary.

It is also of significance that the Nigerian Senate shot down a motion sponsored by Senator Lee Maeba which aimed to immortalize the late activists. Mr. Maeba’s motion was rejected and his attempt to call for a minute of silence to honor Mr. Saro-Wiwa was angrily shot down by the senate president, David Mark.

See Video clips of the Auta Tribunal Trial below:

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200 people defrauded for MTN job

A 32-year-old agent, Ayomide Adewale, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos on charges of stealing and fraudulent act.

Adewale was alleged to have conspired with others, now at large, to obtain  N627,000 from 200 people.

The victims are: Sikiru Ahmed, Daniel Olufunmilayo and Bola Esuola. Others have not been listed.

Adewale was said to have fraudulently obtained the money with the pretence to secure job from MTN office for them at No 40 and 42 Aborishade Street, Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos.

Prosecuting Inspector Cousin Adams told the court that the accused committed the offence with others still at large on August 7 at Lawanson,  Surulere, Lagos.
“Adewale posed as a job agent and lure job seekers to pay to him N627, 000 with the promise to help them to secure jobs at a mobile telecoms company, MTN.

“He collected money from several people including Sikiru Ahmed, Daniel Oluwafunmilayo and Bola Esuola,” Adams said.

Adams said the offences contravened Sections 285, 312 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

He pleaded innocence.

Magistrate H.O. Omisore admitted the defendant to N200,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

Omisore adjourned till November 9.

Nigeria a Cursed name, Warri refinery shutdown over crude oil shortage

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, stated that it has shut down the Warri Refineries due to operational challenges.
Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, who disclosed this, noted, however, that the refinery is expected to be reopened for operations on Tuesday.
According to him, the decision to shut down the Warri refinery was taken because there was insufficient crude oil in the system.
“They are supposed to have at least a 25-day sufficiency in the supply of crude. So because of the depletion in the volume of crude they have had to temporarily shut down.
“It was shut down on Monday. This is a temporary measure and it should be up and running by Tuesday.”
The NNPC, had a few days ago, stated that after proper evaluation and in line with the terms of contract for the delivery of crude oil to the nation’s refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna, the Corporation has cancelled the current contract due to exorbitant cost and inappropriate process of engagement.
The NNPC had stated that this measure is aimed at reducing cost and strengthening the operational efficiency across its value chain.
As a stop-gap measure, the NNPC said it has engaged NIDAS Marine Limited, a subsidiary of the NNPC, to provide crude delivery service on negotiated industry standard rate pending the establishment of substantive contract.
The NNPC, however, explained that it resorted to the delivery of crude oil to the refineries by marine vessels following incessant attacks on the Bonny-Port Harcourt refinery pipeline and the Escravos crude pipelines by vandals and oil thieves resulting in the complete unavailability of the pipelines in 2013.
“We have also commenced a rigorous and transparent process of securing capable and competitive contractors for the delivery of crude oil by marine vessels to Port Harcourt and Warri/Kaduna Refineries pending the restoration of the crude pipeline infrastructure,’’ the corporation added.
The NNPC further disclosed that it had obtained the permission of President Muhammadu Buhari to kick-start the tendering process for the 2015/2016 Crude Oil Term Contract for the evacuation of Nigeria’s crude oil equity from the various crude and condensate production arrangements.
According to the NNPC, the process which would commence with the advertisement of the Crude Oil Term contract in both National and International print media for a period of one month has been carefully structured to weed out ‘briefcase companies’ and rent seekers.
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Ukraine Gov supply military hardware to Nigeria

The Ukrainian government, yesterday, threw its weight behind the country in the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency, offering to supply military hardware when the need arises.

A statement by the Army Headquarters, AHQ, in Abuja, through the Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Colonel Sani Usman, said that Ukraine had also offered to train Nigerian soldiers.

Usman said that the Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Valerii Aleksandruk, conveyed his government’s resolves when he visited the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, at the AHQ.

The DAPR said that the two countries during the visit, resolved to strengthen their military cooperation particularly in the area of training.

The Ambassador stated that his country considered Nigeria very important in the West African sub-region, stressing the need for military cooperation between the two countries especially with the current security challenges facing the country.

He was also said to have commended the Nigerian Army in its efforts in fighting Boko Haram terrorists, adding that with the present determination of the Army leadership, insurgency in the country would soon be a thing of the past.
“Dr Aleksandruk further expressed Ukraine’s government readiness to offer opportunity for training of the Nigerian Army personnel as well as supplying of military hardware to the country whenever the need arises”, Usman said.

In a response, he said that the Chief of Army Staff also pledged the Nigerian Army’s readiness to cooperate with Ukraine Buratai was said to have assured the Ambassador of the Nigerian Army’s determination to end Boko Haram terrorism very soon.

He also used the opportunity to request the Ambassador’s assistance in facilitating for training slots for Nigerian Army personnel on courses in maintenance and operations of some military equipment.

Present during the visit were the 1st Secretary, Ukraine Embassy, Mr Ihor Cherinko and some Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters

Dr. O Onu you formed APC with Child Rapist Buhari what is your status now?

APC, Buhari Targeting National Integration, Says Onu

Former Governor of old Abia state and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu said on Thursday that his party and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is working to achieve a twin goal of  national integration and development for Nigeria.


Onu who spoke of the country's move towards a new direction under the APC's watch also said that it may be necessary for APC to set up a replica of National Democratic Institute (NDI) in the country that will ensure the deepening of democracy culture in Nigeria.

The APC chieftain made the assertions when he received a delegation from the National Democratic Institute, led former Chief of Staff to the President of Ghana, Nana Ato Dadzieby  in Abuja on Thursday.
Onu said:  "It is very clear now that the president is taking Nigerians in a new direction, and this new direction is very important because we are trying to rediscover many of the values that make Nigeria a very great nation.

On the establishment of NDI in Nigeria, Onu said he believed that  in future the country will be able to do what the NDI is doing today, adding that he is sure that the APC will get an institute that will do the same thing that was done in Ghana to consolidate on democratic governance.

According to Onu, records showed that those nations that embrace democracy hardly go to war.


He further said that part of what the victory of APC has brought in the life of the country is the emergence of two strong parties, one in government and leading opposition. 

Radio Biafra: NBC needs N100bn for digitalisation

The Secretary – General Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization Engr. Shoal Taylor has said that the National Broadcasting Commission NBC would need N100 billion  to fund the digitization project in the broadcast industry.Taylor who made this known in Abuja during the first Annual Lecture organized by the NBC in commemoration of its 23rd Anniversary stated that the ECOWAS has fixed a new date for the digitalization of the industry for June 17, 2017.
Earlier in an address, Mr Emeka Mba, Director – General NBC, explained that the  critical challenges has been piloting the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting regretting that unfortunately the country missed the ITU’s June 17, 2015 deadline not by design  but due to factors beyond her control.
Mba assured Nigerians that disappointing as that may be, it was not without some successes, stressing that the commission had worked relentlessly since 2006 to put all the building blocks of the transition in place.
“In June 2014, the commission successfully flagged of the Jos Pilot – City DSO. This was pivotal to the whole transition process. The pilot DSO which was designed to serve as a blueprint for subsequent city switchovers opened up the flood gate to myriads of activities ranging from village – level grassroots public sensitization, road shows digitization training workshops and the signing of relevant agreements with neighboring countries and ECOWAS Technical specifications,” he said.
The DG also informed that eleven companies were licensed to manufacture the needed set –top- boxes in Nigeria to complete the process adding that even the first batch to be used would be imported to allow for set up time for the factories.
According to him as today, one of the signal distributors has actually deployed a digital terrestrial Television Transmission Network that cover the whole of Plateau State, as the state is 90 percent ready, while the supply of the set top for the state would complete the remaining 10 percent.
He told the audience that recently the commission appointed Inview Technologies Limited, a UK based software company for the provision of a National Common set- top- box system followed with the signing of a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) between the NBC and the software company.
Also in a brief comment the Chairman, Radio, Television and Theater Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU), Dr Yemisi Bangbose, called on industry operators to improve on the welfare of  media workers, while blaming states like Lagos State for double taxation  on masts put up by telecom operators.

From Walter Ukaegbu, Abuja

APC: Facts Emerge On Rotimi Amaechi’s Alleged Looting Of Rivers Treasury

If you are one those people complaining about the judicial commission of inquiry set up by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to look into the sale of assets of state by the administration of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi…….

Then you need to read this with an open mind and tell me sincerely how this facts could be called Witch-hunt

1. Was N4 billion agriculture loan granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)?

2. are the permanent secretaries of the state ministries of Agriculture and Commerce and Industry members of the PDP?

3. The memos they submitted to the commission not signed and approved by the former Governor?

4 The former Commissioner for Agriculture, submitted memorandum ,on January 25, 2015,to Amaechi and he approved the disbursement of N3 billion CBN loan to farmers as grants in contravention of the CBN guidelines, which specified that the loan was meant for development of agriculture in the state…….

5. Was the said fund not disbursed to the former council chairmen?

Let me give you a breakdown of how the money was shared…
1. Asari Toru Cooperative Society, which had former Asari Toru Council chairman, Mr Flag Ojukaye Amachree, as its president was given N54,850,000 as grant.

2. Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Augustine Ahiamadu, on behalf of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni cooperatives, received N64,300,000.

3.The Port Harcourt Cooperative Society, under former Port Harcourt City Local Government chairman, Nnamdi Uche, , received N134,625,000,
4. Omuda Integrated Fishing Cooperatives, whose president was the then chairman of Ogu/Bolo, Mr. Mina Tende, received N32,175,000.

5. Former chairman of Khana Local Government Area, Mr Derick Mene, received N70,373,000 on behalf of Meni Cooperative Society.
6. Former Chairman Ahoada East Local Government Area, Mr. Cassidy Ikegbidi, got N39,325,000 on behalf of Ahoada cooperative society.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs. Tari Okoye, said she did not visit any of the beneficiaries to ascertain if the funds were deployed for the purpose and intent of the scheme.
She said her failure to visit the beneficiaries was because the former Commissioner for Agriculture had authorized a committee, presided over by a director in the ministry, Mr. Grant Amadi, to oversee the disbursement, adding that the remaining N1 billion was meant for fish farms in Ubima, Andoni and Opobo.

Amadi, who is the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics in the ministry and also served as the chairman of the Agriculture Credit Committee, also appeared before the panel and admitted that he did not visit the farms

Amadi said the committee had no terms of reference and all decisions of those who benefitted from the disbursement were taken by the former commissioner.
According to him, the former commissioner merely sent him the list of beneficiaries with the specific directive to instruct the banks to pay expeditiously to the benefiting cooperative societies.

He told the audience that no due diligence was carried out to ascertain those behind the cooperatives, claiming that he was hearing for the first time that the key beneficiaries of the grants were top politicians.
Asked if he ever made any attempt to verify if the grants were used for the purpose for which they were released, Amadi noted that he was directed not to venture into such endeavor.
He added that even if he had wanted to do so, the state Ministry of Agriculture had no functional vehicle under former Governor Rotimi Amaechi to carry out monitoring.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Cordelia Peterside, revealed that 38 out of the 380 cooperatives did not have any form of documentation with her ministry!!!!!

This are facts that came out from the Judicial Panel today…….what we want to know if they are true or not!!!!.

Boko Haram terror 28 slaughters in Borno villages, loots foodstuff

No fewer than 28 people were reportedly slaughtered by terror group, Boko Haram in separate attacks on two remote villages in Borno State.
The terrorists reportedly stormed Mafurnudi in Damboa Local Government Area of the state, butchering at least 24 people and injured eight others in the early hours of Tuesday, August 26.
According to SaharaReporters, a local vigilante, Abubakar Jojo, confirmed the attack on Mafurnudi village, near Damboa town, explaining that due to unavailability of telecommunications in Damboa, they were forced to travel to Biu to inform authorities.
''They attacked our people in Mafurnudi village on Tuesday but we learned about it today because there are no telecommunications in Damboa area. Twenty-four men and eight others suffered gun wounds. They carted away all their foodstuffs and set their homes ablaze,'' Jojo said.
Similarly, the sect also attacked Kafa in Damboa, another remote village, on Wednesday, August 27, killing four people.
A resident of the village, Kaka Sadiq, confirmed the attack - ‎''[Boko Haram] attacked fishermen at Kafa village yesterday [killing] four people then throwing them into the river,” he said.
The remote villages of Mafurnudi and Kafa are within eight kilometers of Damboa town, which is about 100 kilometers away from the Borno State capital, Maiduguri. 

Edo people are the owners of Lagos

Message to All Yoruba People on the Ownership of Lagos.

ON THE OWNERSHIP OF LAGOS! Lagos is a Portuguese name meaning lagoon, the name became needful when the invaders saw that the place was similar to the Lagos in their country, with reference to it topography. (confirm from the map of Portugal) Lagos originally called EKO a word meaning 'war camp' in the Edo language, showing that the territory was owned and administered by the Oba of Benin. The battle for the soul of Lagos began towards the end of the 19th century and was fully actualised in the 1900s,

When England abandoned the slave trade following the industrial revolution. The overthronment of Oba Akitoye by king Kosoko and the returned of Akitoye through the help of Britain and his subsequent dead, his successor chief Dosumu lack of strong will to effect the stop of the slave after it was outlawed, paved way for the full take over the territory by the British, as a port town, it serves England's interest. Typical of all port cities be it Liver pool or Miami it is bound to be cosmopolitan, with people everywhere converging for business.

Of all the people that have ever governed Lagos non originally is from the place, Jakande-Kwara, Tinubu-Osun, Fashola-Ekiti, Ambode-Ondo, Oba of Lagos-Ogun. The dominance of the Yoruba people in the city is a matter of proximity and no other, the word 'EKO' been the original name of the place has no meaning in the Yoruba language and the nearest in sound to the word is 'OKO' meaning 'cassava farm' now if the place was a swamp how then do you plant cassava there?

Which suggest a missing link, who owns the place should give the name. The current native and immigrant war, currently on going in the city state and targeting at non Yoruba is a misplaced priority and the archives should be visited and should be traced down to the reign of Oba ORHOGBUA the foremost ruler of the ancient Benin kingdom, otherwise the debate will be on ending and the fight will amount to seating history on it head.

By Edwin Uko Philip

Njiko Igbo Forum: INJUSTICE, CAUSE OF AGITATION FOR BIAFRA

Yoruba media we are IPOB not MASSOB

The Njiko Igbo Forum, a pan-Igbo socio-political association, on Wednesday, blamed injustice for the renewed agitation for the creation of the Republic of Biafra as well as the emergence of the pirate radio channel, Radio Biafra.

The president of the group, Okechukwu Obioha, who spoke to our correspondent in Enugu, said the country’s leaders should “let the sleeping dog lie” by refraining from statements and actions that fuel agitations for the Republic of Biafra.

Njiko Igbo was replying the Arewa Consultative Forum which, on Tuesday, carpeted Igbo leaders for supporting the activities of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.

The Chairman of the ACF and former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, at a news conference in Kaduna, had asked Igbo leaders to speak out against IPOB, especially on the controversial Radio Biafra, to show that they were not backing the secession agenda.

Coomassie said the issue of Biafra was settled 45 years ago, after the Nigerian Civil War.

He said the ACF was seriously concerned at the continued agitation for the creation of Biafra Republic out of the present Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The ACF expects Ndigbo leaders to come out openly and condemn such agitations in the present-day Nigeria, just as it (ACF) and others condemned and berated the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region.

“We cannot afford to transit from one insurgency to another,” Coomasie had said.

However, reacting to the ACF’s call on Igbo leaders to speak out against IPOB and the activities of Radio Biafra, Obioha said the recent upsurge in the agitation for Biafra was as a result of the injustice against the Igbo.

He said the activities of groups like the ACF have contributed to the renewed wish for the actualisation of the Republic of Biafra among the people of the South-East.

Obioha stressed that Igbo leaders were not in support of the activities of IPOB.

But, in the same breath, he also said the issue of Biafra was not properly buried after the war, as claimed by the ACF.

Obioha said, “Inasmuch as we don’t like the abusive words that are being used by Nnamdi Kanu on Radio Biafra, even against fellow Igbos, the Njiko Igbo Forum wants to tell the ACF that is asking Igbo leaders to speak against IPOB to know that they are also part of the reasons the agitation for Biafra is rearing its head again.”.                          


By IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE


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Boko Haram terrorists strengthens ties with Islamic State

Hidden specifics behind a controversial botched visit of a fleeing Islamic State (IS) Emir and a Lebanese fugitive, Ahmad al-Assir to Nigeria are becoming evident.  Boko Haram extremists are reportedly strengthening ties with the Islamic State group, collaborating on intelligence and supplies and spreading their command in parts of Northern Nigeria and Chad. Subsequent reports indicate that Nigerian militants and recruits are already fighting in Libya.

Assir was nabbed after he changed his appearance - shaving his beards, and was trying to escape to Nigeria through Cairo with fake Palestinian travel document that had a valid Nigerian visa. His planned escape momentarily raised questions about a possible collaboration of Assir with the Nigeria’s new regime. To corroborate this development, International Guardianreported other arrests in Lebanon and India and the blocking of thousands of suspected extremists from leaving Nigeria.

It may be recalled that in March, Boko Haram pledged allegiance to IS, and in fact was granted independence by the group as their West African province. President Buhari’s ascendance to power raised  optimism as the New he vowed to obliterate the group in one month. However, since his inception, more than 1,000 people have reportedly been killed in the insurgency. The group has also intensified its regional bases with more than hundreds of recruits and fighters engaged in active services in the Libyan city of Sirte, International Guardian gathered.

Cameroonian soldiers patrol in the town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria, on February 17, 2015, after clashes with Nigeria-based Boko Haram insurgents (AFP Photo/Reinnier Kaze)

Furthermore, Algerian security forces in several reports confirmed a collaboration of  Boko Haram fighters and other local militants in northern Nigeria and Niger through  flawed immigration process and unguarded roadways.

Yesterday, Nigeria's President Buhari ordered his new set of military chiefs in the capital Abuja, to end Boko Haram's bloody six-year Islamist insurgency within three months, stating, "You need to brace up and continue to team up with other stakeholders to come up with a well-coordinated joint effort which will bring a desired end to these insurgencies within three months."

The Nigeria's military initially claimed it had pushed back advances from the terror group, rescued 178 hostages, captured a commander, and killed a "large number" through  air strikes. Chadian leader, Idriss Deby also alleged that  Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau had been replaced. But a few hours later,  Shekau showed up and denied all the reports in an audio recording. In an eight-minute Hausa-language message, Abubakar Shekau rebuffed claims he had been replaced stating, "It is indeed all over the global media of infidels that I am dead or that I am sick and incapacitated and have lost influence in the affairs of religion….. It should be understood that this is false. This is indeed a lie. If it were true, my voice wouldn't have been heard, now that I am speaking."

The Nigeria Immigration Service it was reported had barred nearly 24,000 people from leaving the country earlier in 2015. Presently, the number has surged as thousands from the Northern region depart through  unguarded boarders and broken immigration to join the terrorist groups especially in the Middle East and North Africa. Earlier this  month,  Nigerians studying in India were arrested as they tried to cross illegally into Pakistan, planning to join IS in Iraq.

Armed forces batter Edo WAI officials, sack magistrates, free offenders

There was confusion at the Edo State Magistrates’ courts in Benin, the state capital, on Wednesday, when some soldiers reportedly beat up some officials of the Edo State Committee on War Against Indiscipline.
The soldiers were also said to have stormed the premises of the Edo State Magistrates’ court complex on Sapele road at about 1pm and foiled an attempt by the WAI officials to arraign four persons for allegedly beating traffic.
It was learnt that the soldiers, allegedly attached to Setraco, a construction firm, drove into the court premises in two Hilux vehicle and threatened menacingly with their riffles, causing policemen and courts officials to flee the court premises to take cover.
It was gathered that the soldiers had earlier raided the office of the agency on Ezoti Street and the Ministry of Works, after a woman, who was among those arrested, put a call across to someone.
The Chairman of WAI, Mr. David Olukoga, said two officials of the agency, including an elderly man, were hospitalised due to injuries sustained during the incident.
He said, “In less than 10 minutes, an Army van pulled up with about seven military men and they started beating everybody in sight, injured all the workers and tried to remove the (impounded) vehicle but they could not, until rescue came.
“And when rescue came, we were able to apprehend the woman and the person she called and brought them to the court premises for trial, for harassment, intimidation and molesting government workers.
“While we were still at the court we heard that they (soldiers) went to the Ministry of Works, beat up people. And from there, they advanced to the court, chased away policemen, magistrates, everybody and released suspects under trial.
Olukoga, who described the incident as disappointing, urged the leadership of the Four Brigade Command to caution the soldiers.
“This is very sad and I don’t think we can continue like this. This is not the Nigerian Army we used to know. We are calling on their commandant to call them (soldiers) to order.
“They (soldiers) are from Setraco.‎ Action must be taken against this particular issue; we are not going to allow this issue to rest,” he added.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Four Brigade Command, Captain Jonah Unuakhalu, said he would get back to our correspondent.
But he was yet to do so at the time of filing the report.

Source Punch 

Boko Haram terrorist Soldier, others killed as suicide bomber hits Maiduguri

A soldier and at least two others are reported to have been killed in yet another suicide bombing in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in Nigeria’s troubled North-East. The blast occurred as residents of Damaturu in neighnouring Yobe State were still trying to come to terms with the suicide bombings that claimed the lives of six people and injured over 40 yesterday.

The Maiduguri attack occurred at the airport junction checkpoint, injuring one other person last night, said a Channels TV report. “It was gathered that the supposed suicide bomber and his accomplice were blown up in the attack,” the station reported. “The injured person is said to be a female passerby,” it added.

Army spokesperson of the 7 Division in Maiduguri, Colonel Tukur Gusau, confirmed the incident.

Civilian Joint Task Force operatives have cleared the debris of the suicide bombers and normal activities have returned to the area and other parts of the capital city.


Suicide bombing was last experienced in Maiduguri on the 31st of last month in a vegetable market, killing six people.

The attacks are believed to be the handiwork of Boko Haram terrorist sect, which prosecuted a campaign of mindless violence, especially in the North-East, since 2009, brutally cutting short the lives of thousands of innocent victims.

Source News Express

Rotimi Amaechi of APC Diverted N3bn Agric Loan Commission of Inquiry

The judicial commission of inquiry set up by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to probe the sale of valued assets of the state and select projects under former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, monday commenced public sitting in Port Harcourt with a revelation that the last administration diverted about N3 billion Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) agriculture loan to fund elections.

The Chairman of the commission, Justice George Omereji, at the inaugural sitting, said the commission would be fair to all and allayed fears that it was on a witch-hunt.

He also said the commission would stick to its terms of reference.

While interrogating officials of the ministries of agriculture, and commerce and industry based on the memos they submitted to the commission, the counsel to the commission, Dr. Zaccheus Adangor, said the N4billion CBN loan meant to help develop agriculture in the state was shared among 380 mother cooperatives.

The cooperatives had chairmen of the various local government councils as their presidents.

Adangor said Amaechi on January 25, 2015, approved that N3 billion of the CBN loans be converted to grants and disbursed based on a memorandum mounted to the governor by then Commissioner for Agriculture, Emma Chinda.

He disclosed that though 38 of the cooperatives did not have official documentation with the state ministry of commerce and industry, they benefitted from the loans which was converted to grants and disbursed without supervision.

According to him, the grants were disbursed to the local government council chairmen to prosecute the 2015 presidential election and not for the development of agriculture as stipulated by the CBN.

Adangor stated that the memo submitted to the commission by the permanent secretaries revealed that Asari Toru cooperative society which has former Asari Toru council chairman, Mr. Flag Ojukaye Amachree,  as its president was given N54.85 million as grant, while the Chairman of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni council, Augustine Ahiamadu, on behalf of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni cooperatives received N64.3 million.

Others, according to him, include the Port Harcourt cooperative society which had the former Port Harcourt city local government chairman, Nnamdi Uche, as its president, received N134.625 million and Omuda Integrated fishing cooperatives, whose president was identified as the then chairman of Ogu/Bolo, Mr. Mina Tende, received N32.175 million.

Former Khana Chairman, Mr. Derick Mene, on behalf of Meni cooperative society, received N70.373 million, while Ahoada cooperative society, with former Ahoada East Local Government Council Chairman, Mr. Cassidy Ikegbidi, as its president, received N39.325 million.
Addressing the commission, the permanent secretary in the ministry of agriculture, Mrs. Tari Okoye, said she did not visit any of the beneficiaries to ascertain if the funds were deployed for the purpose and intent of the scheme because the commissioner had authorised a committee presided over by a director in the ministry, Mr. Grant Amadi, to oversee the disbursement.

She also said the remaining N1 billion is meant for fish farms in Ubima, Andoni and Opobo.

Testifying before the Commission, the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Grant Amadi, who served as the chairman of the Agriculture Credit Committee, said the committee had no terms of reference and all decisions of those who benefitted from the disbursement were taken by the former state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Emma Chinda.

Amadi said Chinda merely sent him the list of beneficiaries with the specific directive to instruct the banks to pay expeditiously to the benefiting cooperative societies.

By Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt

Edo State Gov Oshimole is a criminal

What do you expect for the paid interview? Biafra is alive and kicking

Pirate radio: To some Igbo, Biafra is alive and kicking – Agbu, civil war veteran 

Akunne Chuma Agbu is vice President, Agbalanze Society of Onitsha Kingdom.  His group represents a section of the ruling structure in Onitsha, Anambra State.  A veteran of the Biafra days and a trade unionist in the days of the Nigeria Railway in the 60s, he says, in the interview, that  President Muhammadu Buhari should revive the railway to protect the nation’s economy. Excerpts:
Can you compare the Nigerian Railway of that time and now?
It is indescribable, I never thought the rot would get to this level. Former President Goodluck Jonathan did his best to revamp the sector because the bad state of the railway is one of the major reasons the country is suffering today.
How do you mean?
You can’t imagine the rate at which trailers are killing people everyday. Go to  Lagos, fuel tankers and trailer drivers continuously cause gridlock on the Apapa / Oshodi Express Road.  It was reported in Ogun State, recently, that a trailer crushed to death students of Olabisi Onabanjo University along the Shagamu Expressway. Just imagine that at our level of development, trailers killing university students  probably due to brake failure or mechanical inadequacies. Whereas one train, manned by a driver, a set man and a guard, can carry 30 tanker trailer loads of petrol conveniently from anywhere, even from Port Harcourt to other parts of the country, including the North, for safe delivery.

What actually led to this decadence in the railway?
Our railway system was effective before the civil war. But during that war, rail tracks were destroyed. And this seriously hindered the movement of goods from the North to the South and vice-versa. This became a big challenge in the transportation sector.
This caused scarcity of food across the country, particularly in the South-East. So because the North has to send their food items like yam, tomatoes and others, they decided to buy trailers to convey these items to the South. This was the beginning of the problem. You are aware that the war was as a result of the genocide that was suffered majorly by Ndigbo in the North, because there was this thinking that the Igbo were not wanted in northern Nigeria. I count myself lucky that I survived the war but I was prepared and willing to die for a just cause. I didn’t wait to be conscripted. I joined the Biafra Army on my own accord to fight for the survival of our people.
When you look at the Boko Haram insurgency and the authorities response to it, there are people who say genocide is still going on in the country.  What do you say?
I believe Boko Haram has political tendencies. I am of the opinion that this insurgency was instigated by these northerners, as a bait to cause trouble, but they never knew it would get out of hand. If you are conversant with Nigeria’s history, you will notice that the North had always wanted to carve itself out of the Nigerian nation.  This passion grows whenever they are out of power. The amalgamation of 1914, for instance, proved this. The British then was part of the problem because the North used to be on their own while the South stayed on their own. They interfaced for trade.

With President Buhari committed to ending the insurgency, do you foresee a peaceful North-East soon?
It is too early to rate his achievement, but even the commendation they gave him during his military days should go to the late Gen. Idiagbon. If Gen. Babangida did not remove them, Nigeria would have been a better place now. However, I believe his mission to the United States of America is to get support on security matters with regards to the insurgency in the North-East. But with my experience as a Biafran soldier, he should engage vigilante groups to fight the insurgents. You can imagine young girls being used by the sect as suicide bombers.  So matching them man to man will help to end the problem, instead of shooting in the bush without knowing where the bullets drop.

What is the impact of sacking security chiefs and replacing them on the Boko Haram issue?
The removal of services chiefs is a  political strategy. Their replacement ought to have political spread among the six geo-political zones. Why would two replacements of  the top service chiefs come from Borno State alone? I am not a soldier now, but if what he is saying is that two out of six offices can be occupied by one zone, then politics is playing out.

But analyst say that with appointments into major parastatals, it is clear he intends to take care of all sections of the country?
I have knowledge of administration. President Buhari is no longer a soldier, he is a politician. So there is always an element of politics in political appointments.

Should he not adopt the federal character in major appointments?
As an activist, that is the type of fight we are happy to engage in, so as to set the records straight. But remember he belongs to a political party which many say belongs to the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba. Members of the House of Reps are still fighting, even the Senate. They could not help a situation where an  elected PDP politician emerged as Deputy Senate President.

Do you also commend the process that saw the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as the Deputy Senate President?
Absolutely! It shows true and patriotic politics. Look, I was in Britain during the Labour Party regime. It was tough. They aligned with the Liberal Party, and since then, its been Conservatives all through, because the Liberal no long agrees with the Labour Party. It was in the labour movement that the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiohmole, won the confidence of the people. Now, he is talking politics. He is my junior in unionism. He didn’t know me but I knew him when he was in Kaduna as the leaders of the Textile Workers Union where he became popular. We met in Zaria, 1973,when I went to do Public Relations and Administration on Trade Union Scholarship for nine months.

There are those who say Senator Ekweremadu should resign for peace to reign in the Senate. What do you say?
Why should he resign on a position he was constitutionally elected in the Senate! Is he to resign because they were lazying about when they knew the 8th Assembly was going to be inaugurated at 10 o’clock that morning? They forgot that the Clerk had constitutional authority to commence the proceedings of the Assembly. Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu must be commended for not joining a crowd intent on derailing the Senate. Ekweremadu has a Ph.D. in law, he should know his rights in the present circumstances. They should just move ahead and stop reopening old wounds. It is a sweet/bitter pills they have to swallow to move Nigeria forward as they have acknowledged.

What do you think of the Nigerian government jamming Radio Biafra and declaring the station illegal, as well as trailing the sponsors of the station?
Sincerely, to some Igbo people, Biafra is alive and kicking. During the war, Radio Biafra was in the air. It can be likened to Radio Kudirat operated by NADECO forces during the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s regime. They were moving it about from one location to the other, and from one frequency to the other. I heard their broadcast recently. It is, however, the job of the Federal Government to stop them. I don’t agree with the sponsors of Radio Biafra because they are dragging us back as a nation. They said no victor no vanquished.
Why can’t they accept it! Even though it is not true because we were vanquished. That is the reason we have not gotten our deserved position in Nigeria. But at my stage in life I don’t want trouble. Although some Ndigbo are still bitter about the treatment they got, the government is not ready to negotiate with them; so they should hold their peace. We, Ndigbo should be re integrated into the main stream of the Nigerian nation. Nigeria and Nigerians owe that to us.

What is the significance of Agbalanze in the development of Onitsha Kingdom?
It is a prestigious cultural society that has moved ahead to be a highly ranked association. I was initiated into the Agbalanze 11years ago. Now, I am the Vice President of Agbalanze Cultural Association. We removed the word society because it seemed to connote a lot of things both evil and good. Six years ago, we changed it to an association of like minds. The Agbalanze is the third tier of government in Onitsha, after the Igwe and the Ndi-Ichie.  It is a prestigious association.

Source vanguard

British Government continuation of supporting corruption in Nigeria

According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (New 8th Edition), corruption is the act or effect of making somebody change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour. It is a dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority. Corruption has affected every aspect of Nigeria. It is visible in politics, business, profession, and in the church. Many people have concluded that corruption have come to stay while others believe the war against it can be won in Nigeria.

Over the years, several administrations have paid lip service in the fight against corruption. Many agencies of government have become involved in financial scandals. There are daily reports of officials fraudulently appropriating millions of dollars from the treasury. There have been unimaginable scandals in almost all sectors of the economy, and more often than not, indicted officials get easy bails when arraigned in court. On bail, it is almost impossible to be convicted later. In instances, plea bargains are ensuring those who stole millions of dollars walk away after paying very little fines.

Corruption is the reason why millions of Nigerians do not have jobs and cannot afford even descent clothes. It is reason many Nigerians are dying in road and air accidents; it is also reason many retirees are unable to get their pension and gratuities. Corruption is reason why the average Nigerian cannot rent accommodation or buy a descent home. It is reason many government hospitals are now mere consulting clinic and citizens die from minor medical problems. It is reason why public schools are no longer properly funded, making it impossible for children from poor homes to get qualitative education. It is reason many students spend up to 10 years in the university and still do not graduate with Bachelor’s degree. It is reason workers stay in the same position for years without promotions. It is reason a junior staff will head a department above seniors. Corruption is reason more than 100 million Nigerians live on less than one dollar a day.

It is reason pastors sleep with members in the name of deliverance and reason there is power tussle in the church. It is reason many youths want to travel abroad in search of greener pasture. It is reason why stable power supply has not been guaranteed and reason Nigerians are subjected to humiliation and scandalous search and scrutiny at foreign embassies. It is reason spouses do not know each other’s salary and allowances and why you want someone close to you to occupy a vital position to aid and influence selfish decisions. It is reason leaders seek only what concerns them and neglect their followers and also why fake and sub–standard products are being sold in Nigerian markets. Corruption is the reason why Nigerians reduce their age to stay longer in the civil service and why politicians want to get to power.

It is clear that over the years, the Nigeria system and structures have broken down. For every disaster or incidence, the same template is used for investigations to recommendations. There never seems to be any implementation until the white paper turns brown or another disaster happens. More often than not, investigators uncover massive fraud in the system but end up also committing their own fraud. In the aviation sector, it seems anyone with access to airplane can set up an airline without stringent regulatory oversight. This type of corruption has led to many avoidable plane crashes in Nigeria. Many unnecessary losses of lives have occurred because regulators do not do their jobs and they wait for gratification. Many lives could have been saved if emergency rescue equipment were quickly at the scene of accident.

Corruption has become the norm of most public and private organisations. Corruption, more than insecurity has the potential of truncating Nigeria’s unity as a nation. There is compelling need for on the part of present crop of Nigerians and government officials to fight corruption. Many people have generally lost faith in the ability of the anticorruption agencies. There is a need for a change in attitude by Nigerians to corruption and accountability. Corruption is a cankerworm that destroyed by government alone. Let every one-fight corruption anywhere we find it. It will reduce to the barest minimum. The fight against corruption can be won if everyone is conscious of and avoid it by all means. Nigeria can be free of corruption but it has to begin with you.

Source dailytimes

Niger Delta Amnesty is a dupe, it should be rejected Now

As a matter of fact, civilized people do not subscribe to violence, but when loud voice is refused to be heard a loud bomb will be heard. Everyone is happy because Nigeria is rich with enormous oil and gas deposits; one of the largest in the world. Year in year out the federal government plan its big budget almost entirely based on the estimated oil revenue for the fiscal year. And then the commissioned foreign oil companies continue buzzing around the region like starved vicious buzzards on a carcass of a dead horse. Through out the year they drill with their greatest strength and skill so to suck as much as they can out of the place before the real owners wake up and stage a proper resistance. On their way home with the loot, they pass by Abuja and cast crumbs big enough to quench the taste of the official dupes, the rest they take home to develop their own countries while where the oil is found remain neglected. It has continued like this since crude oil was discovered in Niger Delta about five decades ago. No serious question has been asked about the environmental consequences of crude oil drill where fishing and farming are the main livelihood of the people that dwell in the area. What happens to the crops when crude oil is removed from the soil? What happens to the fishes when crude oil spills into the River? Of course, one will say these are old jests that have been sang as songs again and again, and monetary compensation has been made. But has it ever been realistically considered what these places will look like in the next two hundred years when the oil wells run dry? Those who are compensated now will they still be the people who will be living in these places in the next two hundred years? Or will they possibly preserve the monetary compensation for the far future generations who will be dwelling in the land when the mineral nutrients are exhausted? There is one dangerous side of negotiating this compensation which the Niger Delta indegenes seems to be oblivious of; its obvious they are not conscious of the longtime impact of the crass activities of these foreigners in their land which is capable of putting their communities to extinct. They seems to be so satisfied with the money they are given now to the point it blindfolds them to the disservice they are rendering to their offspring who will not be in the position of receiving monetary compensation when the oil is gone and their natural source of livelihood is also gone.
The gravest danger in the Niger Delta is not just the negative impact of crude oil spill on the agriculture and the aquatic life but the possibility of permanent destruction of the region. What happens when the land and the River become incapable of supporting animal and plant lives? Let it be very clear to those who are currently negotiating compensation today that if these unscrupulous foreigners are allowed to continue this nefarious drilling as they wish that the whole Niger Delta region will eventually be barren. Let them have this at the back of their mind whenever they sit on the negotiating table talking about oil drill in their land that whatever amount of money they are giving now will certainly finish but the impact of the crude oil drill will never finish in their land. Those foreigners know this, though they will never mention it.

The cruelest of it all is the insidious system which makes it possible for the oil wells to be owned and controlled by people whom the negative environmental impact can never be affected neither now nor in future. Record shows that eighty percent of the oil wells in the Niger Delta are owned by Northerners who are situated over six hundred miles away. The cities, Abuja and Lagos, which are beautifully built mainly by the oil revenue are situated about four hundred miles away. And these cities are owned by people who have neither land nor cultural connection with the Niger Delta but have eighty percent control of the wealth that comes from there. Thus, they see Niger Delta as a farm and a toilet where they can come, harvest, defecate, and go home. What happens next is none of their business.

Ask yourselves, now you have agreed on receiving monthly stipend of peanut and scholarships, for how long shall it last? This monthly pay is it paid to all the families in the Niger Delta? Does every youth in the region a beneficiary of these scholarships or is it only for those who where engaged in the violent activities on the oil pipelines? Let it be known that this deal with the federal government is a total sell out. They used it to shut up the voices of the outspoken so that they will continue their exploitation without hindrance. It is an official bribe, and those who accepted this kind of settlements are guilty of betrayal. Their position is more of a conspiracy with the foes against their own people because the devastation of the region does not affect them alone, it affects everyone in the region, therefore amelioration of any kind must include every living thing that dwells in the region. The unborn children as well as the wildlife must be put into consideration when negotiating any deal that will ultimately affect their well being. Therefore, taking monthly salary and accepting sparing scholarships do not settle the situation by any means. And those who believe they do are as guilty as those foreigners who commit these hideous crimes against the people of Niger Delta, and shall never escape the natural punishment for selfishly betraying their own people.
These are high points that must be considered when negotiating with those concerned: First, the title 'Niger Delta Militants' must be dropped. You must cancel the impression that they are negotiating with militants or a ragtag army. It gives them a psychological edge over you. You must make it clear you are professionally negotiating a business on equal terms, and every point raised must be deliberately debated based on evidence on ground and the natural logic that rules the circumstance. Second, the allocation of oil wells to individuals either from the region or outside the region must be canceled. The oil wells must be owned by the people, totally controlled by the government, monitored by activists and private entities from the region that have no direct stake on the venture but directly represent the public interest. If you cannot have control over the natural resources in your domain it is prudent to prevent others from having it, because they will never act on your interest rather on their own interest to your detriment. And it necessarily doesn't have to be violently unless there is no other means. Third, and most importantly, there must be an indigenous sponsored

scientific study of longtime effect of oil drill in the region by a neutral body and effective practical measures which prevent or control the negative impact must be put in place before digging oil well anywhere in the region. Fourth, the main compensation will be the establishment of a trust fund which guarantees free sound education to every child born in the region till next hundred years. If they cannot afford it they can simply quit. When negotiating a business, you have the right to walk away if the presented terms do not suit you. Unfortunately, in this case the buyer tells the seller how much he must pay for his goods, if he refused to sell the buyer kills the seller for it and take the goods by force. This is cruelty without measure. This is what is happening in the Niger Delta today. Those oil companies do not give a damn about the people's lives in the region. An eye witness once narrated how somebody from a helicopter threw fire into a licking oil pipeline and burnt more than a thousand people who were scoping fuel from the licking pipe in the creek of Niger Delta. What explanation can you give to such meanness? Those people that were burnt are the real owners of that fuel, who were deprived but saw the opportunity to pick the crumbs of what is rightfully theirs and got killed by foreigners who saw them as low lives that worth less than fuel. They did this with the hope none of them will come out alive and tell the story. The mainstream media controlled by the federal government shielded them and blamed the fire on faulty motorcycle of one of the oil thieves which sparked it was being kick start. This was witnessed by a farmer who watched the helicopter from a distance. This is just one out of a million meanness meted to the people of Niger Delta by those oil companies in conjunction with the federal government. The amnesty is another one.

By Kelechi Nwagbara

THE LONG AWAITED BIAFRAN MEDIA.

Please permit me to borrow some lines from one of our own. ''It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context.''
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It has been a long time coming and here it is. The long awaited Biafra media which consist of different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and web sites. The Indigenous People Of Biafra under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has achieved another milestone towards the total and final restoration of our dear homeland; Biafra. For many years, the views, stories, sufferings, pogroms and genocide committed by the Nigerian government on the indigenous people of Biafra and the silence of the world at large have been overlooked by the Nigerian media and most of all the world's media and our stories have been told in the worst imaginable way man can think of.

reactid=".ys.1:$mid=11440417770231=2dd7537ca5858013255.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$text10:0">This time around, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is ready to propagate our news and stories to the entirety of humanity through our own media. Gone are the days when unprintable things about Biafra are circulated by the Nigerian government and her news agency. There is no stopping us and Biafra media house is here to stay. It gladdens our heart to tell the entirety of humanity that gradually, we are moving closer to our beloved homeland; Biafra. 
  

According to Dan Brown “The media is the right arm of anarchy.” The Nigerian government has used her media to cause and foment trouble by trying to stop Radio Biafra from propagating the much needed truth to people of goodwill and sympathizers of the Biafrans worldwide. This singular devilish act of the Nigerian government to silence us has given birth to our presence both in the space (satellite), air, online, print, on the streets and in every nukes and crannies of Nigeria and the rest of the world. All thanks to Chiukwu Okike for this stride and for many more that is to come. We can't stop thanking all the Indigenous People of Biafra worldwide that made this possible. With oneness of purpose and believing in our sole belief which is the total restoration of Biafra in our lifetime, there is nothing we plan to achieve that we won't achieve.

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