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Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by wisdomguy4u(m): 7:34pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
LAGOS — Protesters in southeastern Nigeria are demanding the release of a jailed radio station chief who advocates restoration of the nation of Biafra and its independence from Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu, director of Radio Biafra, was arrested last month by Nigeria’s secret police. A spokesman for the agency could not be located prior to publication, but local media reports say Kanu was charged with offenses related to his station's broadcasts. A civil war over the self-styled Republic of Biafra ended in 1970, but the cause, which has persisted for decades and remains a sensitive issue, has seen a recent resurgence. A spokesman for the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra chapter in southeastern Anambra state, Ugochukwu Chinweuba, says their goal is independence. “We don’t want to be in Nigeria anymore. We want to be on our own,” he said. Forty-five years after the end of the civil war, Chinweuba says people in the southeast have not benefited from being part of Africa’s most populous country. “Everyone knows that what Nigeria have, like crude oil and resources of anything, comes from Biafra land," he said. "And we do not benefit anything of [it].” Sporadic pro-Biafra rallies over the past few years have occasionally led to arrests. The government banned Radio Biafra in July. Laja Odukoya, a lecturer in political science at the University of Lagos, says the protests are a symptom of Nigeria’s economic problems. Like much of the rest of Nigeria, rates of unemployment and poverty are high in the southeast. “Biafra, for me, is not necessarily a situation whereby you have a secessionism, but calling attention to the dysfunctionalism within the state and the need to address it,” Odukoya said. The Biafran war remains a dark and controversial chapter of Nigeria’s history. The three-year conflict killed over a million people, many of them from starvation. http://m.voanews.com/a/nigeria-protesters-demand-release-jailed-radio-biafra-director/3053340.html |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by denisbath(m): 7:40pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
This tribe nawa you oo. Everything bad comes from this tribe social vices such as prostitution,arm robbery,drug trafficking etc. Are being done by people of this tribe. This tribe is not of any value to NIGERIA. This same tribe want their republic in the name of BIAFRA. NIGERIA why don't you leave this tribe to go on their own and perish,so that Nigeria will be great again and sinless country. NIGERIA said capital ''NO'' so preposterous 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by VickJames(m): 7:46pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
okay |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by FireE: 7:49pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
BUHARI IS MAKING BIAFRA MORE POPULAR IN THE GLOBAL WORLD. LET HIM JUST RELEASE NNAMDI KANU NOW BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by denisbath(m): 8:02pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
FireE:U are right,but little did Buhari know how popular he is making BIAFRA and how he makes NNaMdi KALu a hero.they will soon know it may be to late then. |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by denisbath(m): 8:03pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
FireE:U are right,but little did Booohari know how popular he is making BIAFRA and how he makes NNaMdi KALu a hero.they will soon know it may be too late then. |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by denisbath(m): 8:04pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
lalasticlala do the needful |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by vkeydon(m): 8:14pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
all we are saying give us kanu!!! |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by NuellettY: 8:14pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
The so-called Voice Of America didn't give a detailed account of this....l sense the usual Waste media propaganda 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by athaboi(f): 8:43pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
Buhari shld release nnamdi kanu and come up with any charges if he hv any so that we can see. It is evil that in democratic society like ours..a court will grant somebody bail and d president will order his further detention. Why did the court grant him bail @ the 1st place? Release him and charge him to court lets see ur charges. #freennamdikanu now 4 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by Nobody: 9:27pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
Biafrs gradually going international.... 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by Nobody: 9:28pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
Biafra gradually going international.... |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by ARIZONA123(m): 9:35pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
denisbath:. Misterious death awaits you brother Denis. See ur triangular head. Accursed foool |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by RisingSun1: 9:38pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
denisbath:Pls don't forget to mention the tribe that champion: Ritual killing Rape Fraud(oluwole) Incest etc 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by DFemaleBoss(f): 9:43pm On Nov 11, 2015 |
ARIZONA123: I think you misunderstood him. |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by basilo101: 12:01am On Nov 12, 2015 |
The world is now aware |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by carnegiefan: 1:18am On Nov 12, 2015 |
athaboi: The bolded words represent the key reason why Biafra will NEVER remain in Nigeria. How can we be in a country that dusted up a fossil -man who ruled Nigeria as a military dictator 30 (THIRTY) years ago- to run things in this century On top of that, the man has NO WAEC certificate. How can he understand court and judicial processes Biafra's march to freedom is unstoppable! |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by denisbath(m): 8:26am On Nov 12, 2015 |
RisingSun1:where this one come from. Maybe from another planet. |
Re: Nigeria Protesters Demand Release Of Radio Biafra Director- Voice Of America by denisbath(m): 8:30am On Nov 12, 2015 |
ARIZONA123:No bro,The mysterious death that kill ur father,U are the next person that the mysterious death will open his door. Foooool open ur hand and embrace the death. |
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