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Tinubuadvocate:
Israel government can't do anything in Nigeria this is not Gaza or Palestine Nigeria will turn the whole Israel to graveyard within 3 days.

says yoruba Muslim stunts..

Very low IQ stunts..

Women Protest Against Attacks By Herdsmen

BY FELIX IGBEKOYI

Women from Okpara-Inland, Ethiope East local government area of Delta State have protested against their leaders for abandoning them despite continued attack and rape by suspected Fulani herdsmen in their community.

They said they had complained severally to their leaders in Okpara but they were not responding because they had collected money from the herdsmen.

The women, mostly aged crumbled commercial activities at Isiokolo, headquarters of Ethiope East in a peaceful demonstration, lamenting that their leaders from Okpara refused to act on their complaints and they were left with no option than to cry out so that the government could hear them.

Armed with leaf branches and singing sorrowful songs, they cried that their lives are now in danger as they could no longer access their farmland and fend for themselves, calling on Delta State and federal governments to urgently come to their rescue.

Leader of the women, Mama Victoria Eghagha alleged that, “Anybody that has collected money from these herdsmen to be killing, raping and forcing us to drink herbicides should retrieve our land for us. We don’t want Fulani herdsmen and their cows in our community anymore”, she said.

The secretary of Agbon traditional council, Chief Emmanuel Avworo, who spoke on behalf of the palace of Agbon said, “The Ovie of Agbon is king of all the sub-clans, towns and villages that are presided over by either president-general or the Okauro in council and he is not aware of the incident.

“It will interest you to know that matters relating to sales, allotment of lands are handled at community levels and it is only when such issues cannot be treated at that level that the palace come in.


“If they are alleging that lands were given, then it should be from either the president general, Okauro or elders from that community and not the palace. In Urhobo, land is owned by individuals and families.”

“Before now, as secretary of the traditional council, I did not receive any letter of harassment from Okpara clan. It was after the protest that I got to hear of this and we will ensure that this issue is investigated in collaboration with security agencies to unravel the root cause because we are interested in safety and security of lives in Agbon.”

https://leadership.ng/women-protest-against-attacks-by-herdsmen/amp/

Check your phone connection..

thebosstrevor1:
How does it relate with the topic of discussion??

Go back to the post, I've done modification.

thebosstrevor1:
FG isnt discrediting any organization, so you really think amoteke will be righteous more than the Nigerian people that commit crimes daily.

Amoteke are made up former criminals and thugs who were on the streets, what do you think they will be able to offer

The previous news was the true incident that took place.
The fulani government now came up with the customs narrative to cover up fulani terrorist..

Stay focus on your education..

Commentor:
[s]What would you do if they don't?

Let me guess...you'll kill them all?

[/s]

Shut up Aboki , face your backwards region..

Tinubuadvocate:
Let assume Nigeria is dead like you claim I doubt if your this generation will able to burial her.

If we can't bury her, she'll completely decomposed on her own!

Wake up dude, Nigeria is long dead !

Tinubuadvocate:
The letter that is going to trash right away.

Shut up! Wake up from slumber Afonja,
Nigeria is long dead, we just waiting for her burial ceremony to be fix, otherwise known as Disintegration..

Redoil:
lies

what do you mean by lie!

All the Carnage carry out by Marauding fulani herdsmen across the south and mildew belt , even the recent massacre in Southern kaduna,
how of them have been arrested or prosecute..

udele1:
They are in the wrong place. This is where they should submit it.

How is that your business

Kanu in the prison is more helpful for the struggle than staying in UK..

Top American university appoints Chidi Odinkalu new professor on human rights studies


The eminent Nigerian scholar will focus on international human rights law at Tufts University’s The Fletcher School in Massachusetts.

The Fletcher School is pleased to announce the appointment of international human rights law expert Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, PhD to a Professor of Practice faculty position for a three-year term beginning in the Fall of 2021.

He will join Fletcher’s multi-disciplinary faculty focused on preparing tomorrow’s leaders to use the latest legal, political, economic, and business thinking to generate policies and inform decisions that shape global events.

“Chidi Odinkalu is a renowned human rights activist with a distinguished record of public service who has spent more than three decades working at the front line of human rights law and research, development advocacy, international institutional law and governmental policy,” remarked Kelly Sims Gallagher, Academic Dean at The Fletcher School.

“His profound contributions to the advancement of human rights intersect with Fletcher’s mission and core values,” she added. “We are delighted to welcome him to the Fletcher community.”

Odinkalu’s background reflects an extensive record of research, publishing and teaching in the areas of human rights, development law and public policy throughout Africa, Europe and the US.

Most recently, he was part of a three-member team that mediated the readmission of The Gambia into the Commonwealth, where he litigated human rights before national and regional courts as well as in transnational contexts.

From 2011 to 2015, he chaired Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission, the country’s lead institution for the protection of human rights and promotion of human rights policy. He also worked within human rights philanthropy.

For 10 years prior, he was involved in drafting the Protocol for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights through to adoption by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1998.

In 2004, he led the advocacy effort for its entry into force with the creation of the Coalition for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. For more than three years, until 1993, Odinkalu was head of legal services for the Civil Liberties Organization in Lagos, where he was responsible for litigation, advocacy and constituent building strategies, as well as managing relationships with the military government and its institutions.

“I am honored to join the Fletcher community and look forward to working with Fletcher’s students, faculty and administration to apply intellectual and strategic innovation to the most pressing challenges in governance and international human rights law,” said Odinkalu.

A native of Nigeria born into internal displacement during the country’s civil war, he received his PhD in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

https://gazettengr.com/top-american-university-appoints-chidi-odinkalu-new-professor-on-human-rights-studies/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Ohanaeze Denies Meeting Malami Over Nnamdi Kanu's Detention

The statement stated that the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the issue of Kanu demonstrated their recognition of belonging to Nigeria and succumbing to the rule of law.

The legal team of the Ndigbo Group has reportedly met with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to monitor the proceedings relating to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Office of the AGF, Jibrilu Gwandu.


The statement stated that the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the issue of Kanu demonstrated their recognition of belonging to Nigeria and succumbing to the rule of law.

"The group showed a mature departure from the mindset of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra when Ohanaeze said they 'do not support the use of any form of violence' while channeling concerns and presenting demands.

"By urging the youths to be law-abiding and sheath their sword as well as asking them to try to obtain a voter's card to enable them to contribute to national development, the position of Ohanaeze becomes glaringly constitutional and commendable," it read in part.

Malami also stated that the current administration "respects the rule of law and does not advocate for the breach of law. Hence, with or without the so-called monitoring group, justice will be adequately served to Nnamdi Kanu in compliance with the enshrined provisions of the law."

He also expressed hope that the group would be open-minded and guided by the rule of law to convey the court's judgment to their people in their local dialects.

However, the President-General, Ohanaeze, Prof George Obiozor, who spoke to Punch on the telephone, stated that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, led by him, did not send anyone to the Federal Government, adding that another organization using the name of Ohanaeze might have met the AGF.

He retorted when asked if the Ohanaeze legal team met with the AGF. "Ohanaeze legal team? I don't know about that one. I don't know about the Ohanaeze legal team; we haven't sent a legal team.

"I don't know about that, Ohanaeze. Maybe it is another Ohanaeze wherever, but the Ohanaeze worldwide, the one led by me, has not sent any legal team yet to him (Malami). We constituted our team just on Saturday led by the Ohanaeze national legal adviser," he said.


http://saharareporters.com/2021/07/13/ohanaeze-denies-meeting-malami-over-nnamdi-kanus-detention

Sentence Nnamdi Kanu to Death, Group Mounts Pressure on FG

The Kungiyar Matasan Kano Advocacy Organisation has reacted to the arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu
The Kano-based group detailed some of the alleged crimes Kanu was said to have encouraged in Nigeria while he was on the run
The IPOB leader has been scheduled to appear before the Abuja Federal High Court for the continuation of his trial on July 26, 2021

A Kano-based group, the Kungiyar Matasan Kano Advocacy Organization (KMKAO), has urged Nigerian courts to sentence the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to death.

The organisation in a statement on Friday, July 2, via Facebook, accused Kanu of being responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent lives.

The chairman of the organisation, Alhassan Haruna Dambatta, argued that the IPOB leader should face capital punishment for his alleged reign of terror.


The group said:

''Kanu has proven beyond reasonable doubt that people like him belong to the dungeon of hell where he will find his equals passing through the judgment of God.
“He belongs only to the body bag because of his role in the deliberate planning, coordination, financing of terrorism that led to the death of thousands of innocent Nigerians whose only crime is obeying the Constitution on their rights and freedom of movement and residence.''
The group claimed the IPOB leader should be severely punished for allegedly inciting and calling for the killing of citizens and burning of properties of innocent Nigerians.

According to Daily Nigerian, the organisation alleged that within 4 months, Kanu called for and coordinated fifty-five 55 violent attacks on either some innocent security forces or innocent civilians in the south-south and southeast.

It said:

“Kanu’s incitement and calls for violence has led to the attacks on the police headquarters in Imo state, various police posts in the Southeast and south-south, even the customs, immigration, and the correctional officers looking after our prisons were not spared, thousands of prisoners were set free by IPOB, using the principle of anarchy.''


The group noted that there is nothing befitting to Kanu than the ultimate price of death because his actions have allegedly led to deaths and the destruction of properties.

KMKAO stated that such capital punishment would serve as a deterrent to his supporters.


https://www.legit.ng/1423246-sentence-nnamdi-kanu-death-group-mounts-pressure-fg.html

Fulani Herdsmen Lure Butcher With Sale Of Cow, Kill Him, Abduct Two Others In Ibadan
SaharaReporters learnt that the youth leader, a butcher, was lured by a Fulani man to come to their settlement to buy a cow but while on his way, a Fulani herder intercepted him on the road with AK-47.


Ayouth leader in Akinkunmi village in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo state was on Saturday killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

SaharaReporters learnt that the youth leader, a butcher, was lured by a Fulani man to come to their settlement to buy a cow but while on his way, a Fulani herder intercepted him on the road with AK-47.


According to a source who spoke to SaharaReporters, about seven other Fulani men joined also joined the operation on the road and started shooting indiscriminately.

The village head, Pa Olagoke Akinkunmi, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters in Ibadan on Sunday said after hearing the news, youths in the village swung into action. 

He, however, said they could not save the youth leader from being killed.

He said, "When youths heard about it, they went into the forest and arrested one of the Fulanis. Other Fulanis escaped with the two others they kidnapped.

"The youth leader was however by their bullet and he died after some time. The one we arrested is now with the police but we have warned the police not to release him.

"We are calling on the government of Oyo state, security agencies, and leaders in Ibadan land to kindly come to our rescue. They must not allow Fulani people to kill all of us."

http://saharareporters.com/2021/07/11/fulani-herdsmen-lure-butcher-sale-cow-kill-him-abduct-two-others-ibadan

Armed bandits have abducted a second class Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu  at his residence in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state.

The bandits also whisked away 12 other family members of the emir including women and children.


The grandson of the emir and traditional title holder of Dan Kajuru, Saidu Musa confirmed the abduction to Daily trust.
He said the incident happened around 12:30 am.
Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, and the Police Public Relations Officer, Jalige Mohamed didn’t answer their calls.
Details later.

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-bandits-abduct-emir-12-other-family-members-in-kaduna

Sokoto Residents Ask Sultan To Pass Death Sentence On Youth Who Allegedly Insulted Prophet Muhammad

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Abdullahi, while receiving leaders of the youths, assured them that the suspect would be arraigned before a Shari’ah court on Monday.

Pandemonium broke out in Sokoto on Thursday when youths in large number stormed the palace of the Sultan, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar asking him to order the arrest of one Isma’ila Sani Isah for allegedly posting a blasphemous comment against Prophet Muhammad (SAW) via his social media handle.

The suspect, upon failing to secure a local government job, had made the comment to register his grievances against the religion.


The protesting youths stormed the area on Thursday evening with placards, among which read: “We are calling on the Sultanate Council to take the necessary measure against the perpetrator” and “Isma’il must die,” according to a report by Daily Post.

It was learnt that the security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer of Marina Police Station, Chief Superintendent of Police, M. Y. Maru, attached to the palace, denied the protesters entrance.

The Divisional Police Officer who addressed the angry youths, appealed to them to be calm, saying the command had arrested the suspect.

According to him, the wanted man was being detained at the Criminal Investigation Department of the state command.

“We have arrested the suspect. He is currently under detention at the CID office and I can lead your leaders to the headquarters to confirm,” he said.

At the police headquarters, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Abdullahi, while receiving leaders of the youths, assured them that the suspect would be arraigned before a Shari’ah court on Monday.

SaharaReporters had reported on April 1 how residents of Sade Community in the Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State also burnt a man to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad.

Some of the residents had explained that the youths dragged the victim, Talle Mia Ruwa from a police post in the community where he was initially kept, overpowered the police personnel and dragged the middle-aged man to the community square where they killed him.

SaharaReporters reported that irate youths, supported by leaders in Sade community in the Darazo LGA, burnt Talle Mai Ruwa for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. 

SaharaReporters had reported that Mai Ruwa was dragged away by the youths in the presence of his mother and burnt to death.

The witnesses stated further that the youths contributed money to buy petrol to set Mai Ruwa ablaze.

http://saharareporters.com/2021/07/09/sokoto-residents-ask-sultan-pass-death-sentence-youth-who-allegedly-insulted-prophet

British High Commission Replied Nnamdi Kanu's Letter, Pledges Consular Protection—Lawyer

Ejimakor said the letter specifically stated that Kanu will get "support and welfare" of the British authorities.

The British High Commission in Nigeria has acknowledged the receipt of the letter written on behalf of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking its support as a British citizen, SaharaReporters has gathered.

 
In the acknowledgement letter sent to Kanu’s counsel, Aloy Ejimakor on Tuesday, 6th July, 2021, the British authorities guaranteed the protection of Kanu's welfare.


Ejimakor said the letter specifically stated that Kanu will get "support and welfare" of the British authorities.

 
Recall that Kanu through Ejimakor petitioned the British High Commission, requesting "That Mr Kanu be granted every possible Consular Assistance to which he is entitled as a British citizen."

 
When SaharaReporters contacted Barrister Ejimakor, he confirmed receipt of such a letter but said that its contents are confidential.

 
In his own words, Ejimakor said, "Yesterday I received a response from the British High Commission acknowledging the receipt of the letter and telling me what they (British authorities) can do for Kanu as a British citizen.

 
"The content of the letter is highly confidential so I can't say more than that. I understand the public has a right to know the development but I cannot reveal all the content which is key to our strategy."

 
When asked about Kanu's health conditions, the legal practitioner stated that "They (Nigerian government) have not allowed him to see his doctors. They brought doctors through DSS (Department of State Services) but his health condition is beyond that. It requires him to see his special medical doctor because of the seriousness of his health issues."

 
The lawyer went on to say, "Even the British authorities know that only a suspect that is physically fit can stand trial, so they are going to see to his welfare.

 
"As his lawyers, we have to make sure he gets all his entitlements under the law. He is entitled to administrative or judicial bail regardless of the degree of his offence.

 
"But if he's denied, we'll take it from there. But we believe that based on the doctrine of presumptions of innocence, everybody is entitled to bail until they are proven otherwise."


http://saharareporters.com/2021/07/07/british-high-commission-replied-nnamdi-kanus-letter-pledges-consular-protection%E2%80%94lawyer

NGpatriot:

E pain this fulani terrorist !

With all this atrocities committed by your maruader brothers and still walking free, Nigeria can never remain as one..

Nnamdi Kanu represents 99.9% Ndigbo’; as Igbo lawyers mobilise defence

The Bishop, Methodist Church Nigeria, Onitsha Diocese, Rt Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha, Tuesday, said that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, might have exhibited youthful exuberance, but that he is representing 99.9 percent of the Igbo and the entity called Biafra.

This is just as lawyers from the South-East are mobilising in support of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the Mazi Kanu.

Bishop Onuagha also said that Mazi Kanu is an asset not only to the Igbo but to entire Southern Nigeria, adding that any Igbo person openly criticizing him now he is embattled is a lost soul, a bastard and a naive person and he has no apology for using such words.


Bishop Onuagha also said that a handcuff in the hands of Mazi Kanu is a handcuff in the hands of every  Igbo,  saying that in a country dominated by ethno-religious identity politics, anyone throwing his own under the bus is making the biggest blunder one could commit.

Bishop Onuagha in a press statement, entitled, “My take on Nnamdi Kanu: Nnamdi Kanu is not the problem of Nigeria”   and made available to newsmen in Onitsha said that as long as Northerners are still standing with Pantami, Gumi,  Miyetti Allah and others, he will stand with Nnamdi Kanu.

Bishop Onuagha said that Nigeria is not working and can never work until something drastic is done about its lopsided structure, adding that what is happening in Nigeria is total injustice, calculated intimidation, sidelining and enslaving a group of people, adding that those that are benefiting from the systematic injustice will never allow the current system to be tampered with.


Bishop Onuagha’s statement read in part: “In the last few days, there have been mixed feelings in the nation of Nigeria.

“It is no longer news that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Many people have their opinion on this and they are entitled to them. I am equally entitled to mine.

“Some people are rejoicing that Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested. Others are not happy because of that. The chase after Nnamdi Kanu is a misplaced priority.

“To me, any Igbo person openly criticizing Kanu now is a lost soul, a bastard and a naive person. No apology.

“Those Igbo rejoicing like Joe Igbokwe in Lagos is only being ignorant of the hand writing on the wall. Let me refer him to the Scripture if he reads his Bible:

“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, and there we wept, when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps; for the wicked carried us away captivity, and required from us a song. How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?”(Psalm 137: 1-4.)

“Joe Igbokwe does not know or understand that handcuffs on the hand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is handcuffs on the hands of every Igbo man. If I may ask, why is Joe Igbokwe thanking God for the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu?

“If I take a look at the apartheid policy in South Africa, the legend of our time- Daddy Nelson Mandela, he spent 27 years in prison to emancipate his people.

“He died in the struggle. Joe Igbokwe is only being selfish. How many of his investments are in Onitsha, Enugu, Awka, Abakaliki, Umuahia and Owerri? He is only making himself as a Tobias or Samballat.

“I listened to Senator Victor Umeh talk about the ideology of Nnamdi Kanu where he said Kanu may have spoken like a young man he is but there is truth in all he is saying.

“Can somebody tell me why Nigeria is insisting that Biafra should not  be self  governed? Is the Igbo man in the second agenda of this government?

“In a country dominated by ethno-religious identity politics, throwing your own under the bus is the biggest blunder anyone could commit. As long as the Northerners are still standing with Pantami, Gumi, Miyetti Allah, etcetera, I will stand with Nnamdi Kanu.

“Nnamdi Kanu may have his youthful exuberance but he is representing 99.9% of the Igbo and the entity called Biafra. This is no time to openly talk about his mistakes.

“Like every human being, he is not infallible. He has his Achilles’ heel and its attendant hubris. Even with his mistakes, Nnamdi Kanu is an asset not only to Ndigbo but to Southern Nigeria as a whole. His courage has earned my respect.

“He is the catalyst providing oxygen to all the agitations in the South today, be it Biafra or Oduduwa. The question is, the injustice and oppression that Kanu is fighting, are they real or imagined? Of course, even the blind can see them.

“You may not know the value of  a mad man in your family until herds of other madmen invade your ancestral home.

“Nigeria is not working and can never work until something drastic is done about its lopsided structure. What is happening in Nigeria is total injustice, calculated intimidation, sidelining and enslaving a group of people.

“Make no mistake, those that are benefitting from the systematic injustice will never allow  the current system to be tampered with.”

Igbo lawyers mobilise for Nnamdi Kanu, demand fair trial

In another development, the Igbo Lawyers Association, ILA, has said it is mobilizing other lawyers to work with Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to ensure he gets the best legal representation in his ongoing trial.

Kanu who was recently re-arrested by the Nigerian government is scheduled to be in court on July 26, 2021, for the continuation of his trial

Briefing the media in Aba, chairman of the Association, Chief Chuks Muomah, SAN, who was represented by Chief Ukpai Ukairo, condemned the illegal manner in which Kanu was intercepted and brought to Nigeria.

The association called on the British government to investigate the illegality to ascertain how the IPOB Leader was moved from Kenya to Nigeria.

The group stated that one of its major objectives is to fight and protect the justifiable course of the Igbo man to fairness, justice and equity in Nigeria, stressing that it will henceforth, interface with all pro-Igbo organizations including the World Igbo Congress, WIC, for the attainment of the objectives.

“We’re calling on the British government to interrogate the interception of a British citizen, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and the subsequent detention in Nigeria.

“We are doing this because we want the British government to ensure the reversal of the illegality of that interception.

“We are also giving notice that Igbo Lawyers Association is mobilizing lawyers from across the globe to put up the best defence available under municipal and  international law  in defence of the rights of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

“This is because we stand on the pedestal that there must be a fair trial within the prism of  settled international guidelines to ensure justice. We’re already in touch with Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor and he’s aware.

“The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation used the word interception and not arrest because he knows that what happened cannot come under the definition of an arrest.

“An interception is a kidnap and abduction. Having intercepted him, brought him to court, what we are saying is that all  tenets of justice must be observed,” the Association said.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/nnamdi-kanu-represents-99-9-ndigbo-says-methodist-bishop-as-igbo-lawyers-mobilise-defence/

Presidency Describes Igboho As A Militant, Accuses Nnamdi Kanu Of Inflicting Hardship On Nigerians

The Presidency on Tuesday praised the nation’s security agencies for their collaboration in the operations that led to the arrest of the leader of...

The Presidency on Tuesday praised the nation’s security agencies for their collaboration in the operations that led to the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

In a statement, Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), accused Kanu of inflicting hardship on Nigerians.

He said the international operation against Kanu was closely coordinated leading to his arrest.

Shehu also justified the raid on the home of Sunday Igboho, self-acclaimed activist, whom he described as a militant.

He said despite criticisms, the Buhari administration respects the rights of citizens.

The statement read: “Last week, we saw the enhanced collaboration of the Nigerian law enforcement agencies, as they executed with great synchronisation arrests of individuals who had inflicted pain and hardships on fellow citizens.

“The subversive leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a group known for its murderous actions and virulent messaging was detained as a result of cross-border cooperation.

“This international operation was executed in a closely coordinated fashion following which he was handed over to our National Intelligence Agency, and then returned to Nigeria to face the Law.

“The violence inspired by IPOB has led to hundreds of fatalities, particularly targeted at government assets and law enforcement agents.  Additionally, there have been at last count, fifty (55) separate violent attacks, heavily concentrated in the South-East, which heaped further hardship on our honest and hardworking citizens, preventing them from earning their livelihood and going about their normal lives.

“The government had long been monitoring the activities of IPOB and had strong cause to believe that their funding sources include proceeds of suspected illicit criminal activities. By this singular action of our security forces, sanity, calm and peace have been returned to our communities who previously lived in constant fear of these misguided elements.

“In furtherance of continued diligent work, the State Security Service on Thursday, 1st July raided the residence of a militant ethnic Secessionist, who has also been conducting acts of terror and disturbing the peace under the guise of protecting fellow “kinsmen”.

“His seditious utterances and antics, which he is known to have publicly expressed, have over time morphed into very hateful and vile laden speeches.  It must be highlighted that the government respects the fundamental rights of citizens to express their views and recognizes this as a democratic tenet.

“However, any attempt to build an armoury coupled with plans either subtle or expressed to undermine our unity as a nation will not be condoned.

Security agencies should treat them same way

“Mr President’s directives to Security Services regarding anyone seen to be carrying arms, particularly AK-47 are clear and require no further illumination.  Assault weapons are not tools of peace-loving people and as such, regardless of who they are and where they are from, the security agencies should treat them all the same.

“The successes of our security agencies must be commended as they have demonstrated significant deftness, guile and secrecy in carrying out these missions.  This level of professionalism must be sustained and brought to bear as we focus on extracting from our society those who have found a new trade-in targeting students, rural dwellers and our citizens in the North-West.  The nation recognises their efforts and sacrifice.”

https://dailytrust.com/presidency-describes-igboho-as-a-militant-accuses-nnamdi-kanu-of-inflicting-hardship-on-nigerians

Timeline of Fulani herdsmen massacre across the South that lead to Agitation in the south, cos fulani government failed to bring the perpetrators book..

Stop Giving Nigerian Government Loans, Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Warn World Bank, IMF, US, China, Others

Notable members of the group are former Military Vice-President of Nigeria, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (Rtd); former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang; renowned historian and Second Republic member of the Senate, Banji Akintoye; former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; respected don, Prof. Yusuf Turaki, and 124 others

Some leaders of Southern Nigeria and the Middle Belt, under the auspices of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-determination (NINAS) have warned the international community against giving loans to the Nigerian Government, stating that "Nigeria is now a country with questionable sovereignty".

Notable members of the group are former Military Vice-President of Nigeria, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (Rtd); former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang; renowned historian and Second Republic member of the Senate, Banji Akintoye; former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; respected don, Prof. Yusuf Turaki, and 124 others.

In the statement, NINAS warned the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations, African Union, European Union, United States, French, Chinese and British governments to cease giving loans to the Nigerian Government, stressing that borrowing a "disputed project" loan can only be considered an act of negligence.

The statement signed by Otunba Shade Olukoya, Treasurer, Ilana Omo Oodua, and Chairman, Steering Committee of NINAS read, “Again, we remind the International Community that Nigeria is now a disputed project. This was articulated in our Press Conference of 16 December 2020, when we declared a Constitutional Force Majeure. 

"Subsequent activities as articulated at Press Conferences of 17 March 2021, and 17 April 2021 emphasise that Nigeria remains a disputed project. Knowing this and lending to a disputed project can only be considered negligence.

"For the avoidance of doubt, the Indigenous Nations will not, and cannot be expected to repay such loans or allow their assets to be used as collateral to offset the loans.”

NINAS is the multi-ethnic alliance of the indigenous peoples of the Middle Belt (part of the former Northern Region), Ilana Omo Oodua (the former Western Region), and the Lower Niger (Former Eastern & Mid-Western Regions).

Although each group works separately in their blocs, they come together as the Movement for New Nigeria (MNN) Alliance.
MNN is the alliance of the three platforms (MBC, IOO, and LNC) that are the keepers/custodians of the self-determination strategy.

NINAS essentially is the alliance of the indigenous peoples of the Middle Belt, Oodua, and Lower Niger blocs seeking self-determination for each ethnic nationality.


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TRENDING NOW! Foreign News Site Sparks Controversy With Report That Blamed Nnamdi Kanu For Buhari's Twitter Ban


Following their newest publication reacting to the Twitter ban in Nigeria, The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, has prompted netizens to react.

Telegraph Media Group publishes the national British daily broadsheet newspaper The Telegraph, which is delivered throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.

In their latest piece titled " How A Man From Peckham Caused Nigeria To Shut Down Twitter, " the writer went into great detail on how Nnamdi Kanu forced the Nigerian government to suspend Twitter operations in the country.

According to the BBC, the former London resident was the " catalyst" for Facebook' s extraordinary decision to exclude Nigerians from accessing the network.

" The 52- year- old (Nnamdi Kanu), who leads the effort to resurrect the former breakaway state of Biafra, was the spark for President Muhammadu Buhari' s unusual decision two weeks ago to ban Nigeria' s 200 million people from using Twitter, " according to the story.

The report also went into great depth about President Buhari' s message being deleted by Twitter on June 2nd for breaking the platform' s policies.

" Twitter subsequently took down his tweet, citing a " abusive behavior" policy as the reason. The president then banned Twitter in Nigeria two days later. "

" Defending the decision, Mr Buhari argued that Mr Kanu had used his own Twitter account, which has 300, 000 followers, " to direct his loyalists to kill Nigerian soldiers and policemen, " according to the statement.

" The government accuses IPOB' s armed branch of escalating lawlessness in the erstwhile Biafra area of south- east Nigeria in recent months. " As written in the article, I' ve quoted it.

Making Kanu more popular than ever. The most painful part to Buhari is the sit- at- home order for BiafraDay Celebration.

However, the report elicited a variety of responses from online users. Here are a few reactions below;

VIDEO: ARMY vows to crush IPOB

Niger Delta leaders give FG three months to restructure Nigeria


Niger Delta leaders have issued a three-month ultimatum to the Federal Government to restructure the country and convene a national dialogue comprising representatives of ethnic groups in order to chart a new course for the country.

This position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a South-South zonal conference held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday.

The conference which has critical stakeholders and representatives of ethnic nationalities in the region was organised by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development in partnership with Agape Birthrights Development Initiative.

Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, was represented at the event by Chief Obiuwevbi Ominimini who read his address. Others also at the conference include career diplomat and Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Dr Godknows Igali; and the National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Senator Emmanuel Ebok-Essien.

While restating the urgent need for restructuring and devolution of more powers to states, they said oppressive and repressive tendencies against the Niger Delta region and its people would no longer be tolerated and urged the apex government to stop selling out their resources to the Chinese and others.

The stakeholders cutting across the nine states of the region said at the expiration of the three months deadline, the Niger Delta people will commence the process that will guarantee their freedom and progress.

The communique was read by prominent Niger Delta activist and President of Agape birthrights development Initiative, Ms. Ann Kio-Brigss partly stated, “We the people of the Niger Delta hereby give the Government of Nigeria a three months window, within which to cordially address our concerns towards re-federalizing the polity, by convening a national dialogue of the representatives of the ethnic groups in Nigeria to chart a new course for the country.


At the expiration of this three months window, we the people of the Niger Delta will commence the process that will guarantee our freedom and progress.

“Our people should mobilize all human resources to see that fiscal federalism and devolution of powers are includes in the constitution. There should be internal justice amongst us- charity begins at home.

“We the people of the Niger Delta hereby reaffirm their commonality, unity and oneness despite our multi-ethnic diversities.


The Niger Delta people who are the breadwinners of Nigeria, demand to be heard and fairly, treated with equity by the oppressive Nigerian State, and by extension, the insensitive Nigerian political class, as the only basis for peaceful co-existence.

“We the people of the Niger Delta demand restructuring, with the states as the federating units and devolution of more powers to the states

“We the ethnic nationalities of the south-south, affirm the right of peoples to self-determination and to fully control their resource to stop and put an end to further deprivation and despoliation of their environment which they have suffered in the last 60 years.

“The people of the Niger Delta will take all lawful measures to develop an agenda for freedom and liberation and development of the region.

The Niger Delta ethnic nationalities hereby demand that the Governors of the South-South immediately set up security outfits in their respective states and network with each other in the region to protect our territories against terrorists, criminals, land grabbers and other criminals who often operate as bandits and kidnappers.

“Niger Deltans demand that the Governors of the South-South region immediately set up community based defence forces in all Local Government Areas of the South-South.

“The ethnic nationalities of the Niger Delta demand the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately discontinue the selective appointments, posting and deployment of mainly non-middle-belt and Southern Nigerian security officials to the Niger Delta to the oppression of our people.

“The Niger Delta demands equal representation, control and headship of all relevant security and military organizations in the country. The Niger Delta demands and expresses the desire for a provision in the Nigerian constitution for the exercise of the inalienable right to self-determination through a referendum in line with international laws.

“The Niger Delta demands total ownership rights to lands, natural resources, seas and waters by communities wherever such is located in the region.

“The Niger Delta has resolved to put an end to all oppressive and repressive tendencies by the Nigerian State against our region and warns that we shall no longer tolerate same from other nationalities.”

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Twitter rejected Nigerian government’s demand that Nnamdi Kanu’s account be blocked – Lai Mohammed— 2mins read

MICROBLOGGING platform Twitter rejected the Nigerian government’s demand that the account of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu be blocked, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed disclosed on Tuesday.

Mohammed stated this when he featured on ‘Politics Nationwide,’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme in Abuja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The minister insisted that Twitter was suspended in Nigeria because the platform was being used to promote the views of those who wanted to destabilise the country.


Mohammed said that it was unfair to conclude that Twitter was suspended because it deleted a tweet posted by President Muhammadu Buhari.


Twitter has become a platform of choice for a particular separatist promoter,” he said.

“The promoter consistently used the platform to direct his loyalists to kill Nigerian soldiers and policemen, run-down INEC offices and destroy all symbols of Nigeria’s sovereignty.

“Every attempt to persuade Twitter to deny its platform to this separatist leader was not taken serious.”

The minister added that the Nigerian government had no apology to offer to those who were unhappy with the suspension of Twitter’s operations in the country.

He argued that a country must exist in peace before citizens could exercise freedom of speech.

Speaking further, Mohammed blamed the violence and destruction of property recorded in parts of the country during the #EndSARS protests on Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey.

He alleged that Dorsey raised funds through bitcoins to sponsor the #EndSARS protest while his platform, Twitter, was used to fuel the crisis.

Mohammed quoted an unnamed online medium which he alleged indicted Dorsey for his role in the protest through its investigations and independent fact-checking.

The minister said the online publication confirmed that Dorsey retweeted posts made by some members of the coalition that supported the #EndSARS protest.

He said it was also confirmed that the Twitter founder launched a fundraising campaign for the protesters and asked people to donate through bitcoins.

The minister said Dorsey further launched an Emoji to make the #EndSARS protest visible on the microblogging site.

He further alleged that Dorsey retweeted the tweets of some foreign and local supporters of #EndSARS.

“If you ask people to donate money via bitcoins for #EndSARS protesters then you are vicariously liable for whatever is the outcome of the protest.

“We have forgotten that #EndSARS led to the loss of lives, including 37 policemen, six soldiers, 57 civilians while property worth billions of naira were destroyed.

“One hundred and sixty-four police vehicles and 134 police stations were razed to the ground, 265 private corporate organisations were looted while 243 public property were looted.

“Eighty-one warehouses were looted while over 200 brand new buses bought by Lagos State Government were burnt to ashes,’’ the minister added.

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Apostle Suleman Warns Buhari, Threatens Him With God Over IPOB Treatment
He pointed out that the military goes after IPOB members and leaves Fulani herdsmen to kill and maim people.

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKJUN 11, 2021

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has warned Nigerian Government over its constant attacks on members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), noting that they might not have people in power but they have God.

The Christian leader, who took to his Twitter page on Friday stated this, warning the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to tread with caution. 


He pointed out that the military goes after IPOB members and leaves Fulani herdsmen to kill and maim people.

Suleman also noted that IPOB's agenda is to pull out a part of Nigeria, unlike killer herdsmen who seek to destroy the whole of Nigeria.

His tweet read, “You will go after IPOB? Yet you can't go after killer herdsmen? IPOB seeks to pull out of a part of Nigeria. Killer herdsmen destroy the whole of Nigeria. Who should be dealt with urgently?
“Tread with caution sir. They might have no one in power to speak for them, they have GOD.”

Suleman is one of Nigeria's clerics who lend their voices to national issues.

Suleman recently took a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over its reaction to Twitter's deletion of Buhari's tweet considered to be 'genocidal'. 

He condemned the move by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed after the latter organised a press conference over the issue. Suleman noted that there were weightier matters that required a press conference.

He said, ”Schoolchildren were kidnapped, no federal press conference addressed it. People are killed daily, no word of stern threat to the bandits. A tweet was deleted and you had a press conference? Define joblessness! Many are mad (mentally ill), few are roaming.”

http://saharareporters.com/2021/06/11/apostle-suleman-warns-buhari-threatens-him-god-over-ipob-treatment

Fulani Herdsmen Strike Benue Community Again, Kill 40 Residents

The Fulani attackers stormed the community in the early hours of the day, and carried out the massacre

Armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have again launched a deadly attack in Odugbeho community in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, killing over 40 residents.

It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the community on Sunday night, killing residents and injuring scores.


File photo used to illustrate story.
Guardian Nigeria
The police in the state had yet to release any official statement on the latest killings, but the Senator representing the Benue South Senatorial District, Senator Abah Moro, confirmed the incident in a statement he posted on his official Facebook page.

The senator, who condemned the attack on his constituency, lamented the incessant killings in the area stating that “enough should be enough”.

“I’m deeply saddened by the attack on Odugbeho community in Agatu LGA on Sunday, which claimed over 40 lives of my constituents. This is highly condemnable and very unacceptable.

“For how long will this carnage continue unabated in Benue South? Enough should be enough,” the statement partly reads. 

Only about a week ago, Fulani herdsmen struck Shikaan Mbagena Kpav, a Tiv community in Benue State, killing at least 36 residents including students of the College of Education in Katsina Ala.

SaharaReporters had learnt that the Fulani attackers stormed the community in the early hours of the day, and carried out the massacre.

The incident had sparked outrage among Nigerians on social media who condemned the ongoing silent genocide under the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.


http://saharareporters.com/2021/06/07/fulani-herdsmen-strike-benue-community-again-kill-40-residents

Amnesty International (AI) has described the suspension of Twitter by the federal government as “unlawful”.

The non-governmental organisation condemned the development and called for an immediate reversal.

REVERSE UNLAWFUL TWITTER SUSPENSION

—Amnesty International condemns the Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter in Nigeria — a social media widely used by Nigerians to exercise their human rights including their rights to freedom of expression and access to information. We call on the Nigerian authorities to immediately reverse the unlawful suspension and other plans to gag the media, repress the civic space, and undermine Nigerians' human rights.

—This action is clearly inconsistent and incompatible with Nigeria's international obligations including under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Amnesty International Nigeria