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Vessi:
You can't possibly end this terrorism Atiku if you are not the C-in-C.
But then, you will never reach that spot till Nigeria divides.

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Radio Biafra LIVE Broadca: You can received Radio Biafra via satellite @ 17 East. : You can also get live broadcast on TUNEIN @ http://tune: On SHOUTCAST @ http://www.radioforest.net/radio/radio-b: RADIO BIAFRA BROADCAST in Biafra land at 7AM & 7PM Biaf: Call studio number to join the debate: +447831308376 or: Skype ID: radiobiafra or radiobiafra1 or radiobiafra2: Tweet: @radiobiafralive:

WE CONTINUE TO FAST, WE
CONTINUE TO PRAY, WE
CONTINUE TO ATONE...PLEASE
HEAR US WHEN WE CRY OUT TO
YOU
For the sake of your name and
promise you made to my
forebears have mercy on us O'
Lord of Hosts Chukwu Abhiama.
According to your unfailing love
which is why we adorn you with
Abiama (come close and
witness his goodness),
according to your great
compassion blot out our
ignorance, sins and iniquitous
existence in the Zoo called
Nigeria.
We compounded our
transgressions before your eyes
by allowing your children to be
part of the creation of Lucifer and
forces of darkness from Britain
called Nigeria. We sold your
children as slaves to foreigners,
we killed your creation, we cast
aside your handiwork through
the discriminatory Osu caste
system which is an abomination
before your sight, we bowed
down before images made by
the hands of men which you
explicitly forbade us to do, we
became unclean by associating
with those that reject the beauty
of life Hausa/Fulani people, we
slavishly followed foreign
religion and served gods that
claim to be you when clearly
they are not, we committed
adultery, we stole, we pillaged,
we became unworthy of your
gracious protection.
You are creation Chukwu Okike,
in your boundless mercy please
wash away all our iniquity and
cleanse us from our countless
sins for we are your children. For
I know our transgressions, and
our sin is always before us.
Against you, you only, have we
sinned and done what is evil in
your sight; so you are right in
your verdict and justified when
you judge. Surely we were sinful
at birth, sinful from the time our
mother conceived us. Yet you
desired faithfulness even in the
womb; you taught us wisdom in
that secret place. Cleanse us
with hyssop, and we will be
clean; wash us and we will be
whiter than snow. Let us hear
joy and gladness; let the bones
you have crushed rejoice. Hide
your face from our sins and blot
out all our iniquity. By the blood
of your beloved son Yeheshua
(the one Greeks call Jesus
Christ) create in us a pure heart,
O' Lord of Lords Abasi Mbong,
and renew a steadfast spirit
within us.
Do not cast us from your
presence or take your Holy Spirit
from us. Restore to us the joy of
your salvation and grant us a
willing spirit to sustain us. Then
we will teach transgressors your
ways, so that sinners will turn
back to you. Deliver us from the
guilt of bloodshed O'Chukwu
Abhiama for you are our Saviour,
and our tongue will sing of your
righteousness in your own
kingdom on this earth
Biafraland. Open our lips O'
heavenly one that our mouth
may declare your goodness until
the end of time. You do not
delight in sacrifice, or we would
bring it; you do not take pleasure
in burnt offerings. Our sacrifice
Eke Kere Eligwe na Uwa is a
broken spirit; a broken and
contrite heart. You Chukwu
Abhiama will not despise your
creation we your children in
Biafra forever.
Remember your promise to us
that any day we return back to
you, having recognised that
indeed you are a jealous God,
that day will you restore our
inheritance. Today we call down
this covenant because we have
come back to you as our one
and only true God, the creator of
the universe, the giver of life.
There is none like thee. Here
before the world we have laid
bare our shame please be
merciful to us. Our request is
that you give us this new Biafra
that we may return to the land of
our ancestors to bear witness to
your magnificence. Through
Biafra the world will once again
know you are God and revere
your holy name. May it please
you to prosper Biafra, to build up
her walls and those of
Jerusalem. Then you will delight
in the sacrifices of the righteous
which have made on this day of
atonement. All we are we
present to thee in offering and
burnt offering before your altar of
grace now and forever. Ise! Isee!!
Iseee!!!

new2020: Great point. Besides bravery and human resource, the biggest resource Biafra has now and didn't have pre-1967 is INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WEALTH/MONEY. The individual wealth of the Igbos, diaspora alone excluding home-based wealth which is 50x of Diaspora, can singlehandedly finance the war and will render the Nigerian government bankrupt. Igbos are well connected today in the world than they were in pre-1967. They are more educated in science and technology; invention capability will quadruple that of 1967-70, they have more economic clout in Nigeria and many more.

https://www.nairaland.com/369012/nigeria-beware-igbos-wealth-u.s

EXACTELY

Dear MONEY ,Because all the
ethnic groups in Nigeria, agreed
that it is only the IGBOS that LOVE
you so much. Please rise and visit
every Igbo person struggling
anywhere around the globe...visit
them in DOLLARS, in POUNDS ,in
EUROS And in NAIRA .Do not visit
any other TRIBE because they keep
denying u in
public ..In Jesus Name Amen!.... If
u are proudly Nwafor lgbo, let me
hear a thundering Ameeeeeen!!!.
Bless another Nwafor Igbo with
this message.

Idrismusty97: I dislike landlocked countries just don't know why. They are a few great landlocked countries like Switzerland, others are doing well economically like Ethiopia but honestly a real country should at least have access to the ocean. All the most powerful and wealthy Nations at least have access to the ocean.

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trouble


noun (plural troubles)
- A distressful or dangerous situation.
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- A malfunction.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

verb (troubles, troubling; past and past participle troubled)
- (transitive) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
- (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
- (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.

Question 3 in the test is troubling me.

I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.


- (reflexive) To take pains (to) do something.

Front page tinz

A nigerian man on his way from germany bought a lie detector machine. The machine is designed to dish out a slap immediately to anybody that tells a lie. When d man got home, he decided to test d machine. First he called his son, johnson where were u during school hours today?. Johnson: daddy i was in class( machine slaps johnson) oh sorry daddy i went to d cinema. His father asked him again, what kind of film did u watch?. Johnson: tom and jerry( machine slap him) sorry daddy, i watched blue film, his father said to him, when i was ur age i never watch blue films. (machine slaps johnson's father) at dis stage. Johnson's mother who was watching them intervened: u see, like father like son. Why wouldn't johnson watch blue film when he is ur son? (machine slaps mum)

Igbo people
"Ndigbo" redirects here. For the pan-Igbo organization, see Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
The Igbo people, formerly known as the Ibo, are an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects.[2][3] Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.[4]
Igbo people
Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò

Biafran Genocide on the Combat Genocide Association website
My Biafran Eyes – Writer Okey Ndibe's memoir of the Biafran War in Guernica
These Women Are Brave – A project on Igbo women's experiences during the Biafran war.
Remember Biafra – A brief history on the Republic and conflict
Insight guide into Igboland
Biafra National Transitional Council

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Movement to re-secede
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) advocates a separate country for the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria.[16] They accuse the state of marginalising the Igbo people. MASSOB says it is a peaceful group and advertises a 25-stage plan to achieve its goal peacefully.[33] There are two arms to the government, the Biafra Government in Exile and Biafra Shadow Government.[34] The Nigerian government accuses MASSOB of violence; MASSOB's leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, was arrested in 2005 and is being detained on treason charges; MASSOB is calling for his release. MASSOB is also championing the release of oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who is facing similar charges.[16] In 2009, The MASSOB launched "the Biafran International Passport" in response to persistent demand by Biafrans in diaspora.[35]

Meaning of "Biafra" and location
Little is known about the literal meaning of the word Biafra. It is part of the Igbo language. It is clear that the origin of the word Biafra has a relationship to "Bia", the Igbo word for "Come". The word Biafra most likely derives from the subgroup Biafar or Biafada[36] of the Tenda ethnic group who reside primarily in Guinea-Bissau.[37] Manuel Álvares (1526–1583), a Portuguese Jesuit educator, in his work Ethiopia Minor and a geographical account of the Province of Sierra Leone,[38] writes about the "Biafar heathen" in chapter 13 of the same book.[39] The word Biafar thus appears to have been a common word in the Portuguese language back in the 16th century.

Historical maps
Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th–19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some information about Biafra:

The original word used by the European travellers was not Biafra but Biafara,[40][41] Biafar[42] and sometimes also Biafares.[43]
The exact original region of Biafra is not restricted to Eastern Nigeria alone. According to the maps, the European travellers used the word Biafara to describe the entire region east of River Niger going down to the Mount Cameroon region, thus including Cameroon and a large area around Gabon. The word Biafara also appears on maps from the 18th century in the area around Gambia.[44]
Maps indicating the word Biafara (sometimes also Biafares or Biafar) with corresponding year:

1662
1660
1707
1729
Maps from the 19th century indicating Biafra as the region around today's Cameroon:

1843
Additional maps from the Michigan State University Map Collection
See also
Ambazonia
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
Bruce Mayrock
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External links
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Military

Roundel of the Biafran Air Force.
At the beginning of the war Biafra had 3,000 soldiers, but at the end of the war the soldiers totaled 30,000.[23] There was no official support for the Biafran army by another nation throughout the war, although arms were clandestinely acquired. Because of the lack of official support, the Biafrans manufactured many of their weapons locally. A number of Europeans served in the Biafran cause; German born Rolf Steiner was a Lt. Colonel assigned to the 4th Commando Brigade and Welshman Taffy Williams served as a Major until the very end of the conflict.[24]

The Biafrans managed to set up a small yet effective air force. The BAF commanders were Chude Sokey and later Godwin Ezeilo, who had trained with the Royal Canadian Air Force.[25] Early inventory included two B-25 Mitchells, one B-26 Invader (piloted by Polish WWII ace Jan Zumbach, known also as John Brown), a converted DC-3 and one Dove. In 1968 the Swedish pilot Carl Gustaf von Rosen suggested the MiniCOIN project to General Ojukwu. By the spring of 1969, Biafra had assembled five MFI-9Bs in Gabon, calling them "Biafra Babies". They were coloured green, were able to carry six 68 mm anti-armour rockets under each wing and had simple sights. The six aeroplanes were flown by three Swedish pilots and three Biafran pilots. In September 1969, Biafra acquired four ex-Armee de l'Air North American T-6Gs, which were flown successfully to Biafra the following month, with another aircraft lost on the ferry flight. These aircraft flew missions until January 1970, flown by Portuguese ex-military pilots.[25]

Legacy

A child suffering the effects of severe hunger and malnutrition during the Nigerian blockade
The international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières ("Doctors Without Borders" came out of the suffering in Biafra. During the crisis, French medical volunteers, in addition to Biafran health workers and hospitals, were subjected to attacks by the Nigerian army and witnessed civilians being murdered and starved by the blockading forces. French doctor Bernard Kouchner also witnessed these events, particularly the huge number of starving children, and, when he returned to France, he publicly criticised the Nigerian government and the Red Cross for their seemingly complicit behaviour. With the help of other French doctors, Kouchner put Biafra in the media spotlight and called for an international response to the situation. These doctors, led by Kouchner, concluded that a new aid organisation was needed that would ignore political/religious boundaries and prioritise the welfare of victims.[26]

In their study, Smallpox and its Eradication, Fenner and colleagues describe how vaccine supply shortages during the Biafra smallpox campaign led to the development of the focal vaccination technique, later adopted worldwide by the World Health Organization, which led to the early and cost effective interruption of smallpox transmission in west Africa and elsewhere.[27]

On 29 May 2000, the Lagos Guardian newspaper reported that the now ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo commuted to retirement the dismissal of all military persons who fought for the breakaway state of Biafra during Nigeria's 1967–1970 civil war. In a national broadcast, he said the decision was based on the belief that "justice must at all times be tempered with mercy".[28]

Violence between Christians and Muslims (usually Hausa or Fulani Muslims and various Christian ethnic groups) has been incessant since the end of the civil war in 1970.[citation needed]

In July 2006 the Center for World Indigenous Studies reported that government sanctioned killings were taking place in the southeastern city of Onitsha, because of a shoot-to-kill policy directed toward Biafran loyalists, particularly members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).[29][30]

In 2010, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of Nigeria, Nsukka, showed that Igbos born in Biafra during the years of the famine were of higher risk of suffering from overweight, hypertension and impaired glucose metabolism compared to controls born a short period after the famine had ended. The findings are in line with the developmental origin of health and disease hypothesis suggesting that malnutrition in early life is a predisposing factor for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes later in life.[31][32]

Geography

Satellite pictures of Nigeria
Enclosed in Biafra's borders were over 29,848 square miles (77,310 km2) of land;[17] the land borders were shared with Nigeria to the north and Cameroon to the east. Its coast was on the Gulf of Guinea in the south.

The former country's southeast borders the Benue Hills and mountains that lead to Cameroon. Two rivers flow from Biafra into the Gulf of Guinea: the Cross River and the Niger River.[18]

Climate
Biafra has a tropical climate with two distinct seasons, dry and rainy. From April to October the rainy season takes place, with heavy rain and high humidity. The heaviest rain occurs between June and July with up to 360 mm (14 in) of rain. The temperature of the region on a clear day is 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) high and 22 degrees Celsius (71.6 degrees Fahrenheit) low. The dry season starts in November and ends in April. The lowest rain level 16 mm (0.63 in) in February. The temperature at night reaches 20 °C (68 °F) and in the day has a peak temperature of 36 °C (96.8 °F).[19]

Language
The English language is spoken throughout Nigeria and carried on into the new state of Biafra. The predominant language of Biafra was Igbo.[20] Along with Igbo there were a variety of other different languages, including Efik and Ibibio.

Economy
An early institution created by the Biafran government was the Bank of Biafra, accomplished under "Decree No. 3 of 1967".[21] The bank carried out all central banking functions including the administration of foreign exchange and the management of the public debt of the Republic.[21] The bank was administered by a governor and four directors; the first governor, who signes on bank notes, was Sylvester Ugoh.[22] A second decree, "Decree No. 4 of 1967", modified the Banking Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the Republic of Biafra.[21]

The bank was first located in Enugu, but due to the ongoing war, the bank was relocated several times.[21] Biafra attempted to finance the war through foreign exchange. After Nigeria announced their currency would no longer be legal tender (to make way for a new currency), this effort increased. After the announcement, tons of Nigerian bank notes were transported in an effort to acquire foreign exchange. The currency of Biafra had been the Nigerian pound, until the Bank of Biafra started printing out its own notes, the Biafran pound.[21] The new currency went public on 28 January 1968, and the Nigerian pound was not accepted as an exchange unit.[21] The first issue of the bank notes included only 5 shillings notes and 1 pound notes. The Bank of Nigeria exchanged only 30 pounds for an individual and 300 pounds for enterprises in the second half of 1968.[21]

In 1969 new notes were introduced: £10, £5, £1, 10/- and 5/-.[21]

It is estimated that a total of £115–140 million Biafran pounds were in circulation by the end of the conflict, with a population of about 14 million, approximately £10 per person.[21

War
The FMG launched "police measures" to annex the Eastern Region on 6 July 1967. The FMG's initial efforts were unsuccessful; the Biafrans successfully launched their own offensive, occupying areas in the Mid-Western Region in August 1967. By October 1967, the FMG had regained the land after intense fighting.[9][14] In September 1968, the federal army planned what Gowon described as the "final offensive". Initially the final offensive was neutralised by Biafran troops. In the latter stages, a Southern FMG offensive managed to break through the fierce resistance.[9]

On 30 June 1969, the Nigerian government banned all Red Cross aid to Biafra; two weeks later it allowed medical supplies through the front line, but restricted food supplies.[14] Later in October 1969, Ojukwu appealed to the United Nations to mediate a cease-fire. The federal government called for Biafra's surrender. In December, the FMG managed to cut Biafra in half, primarily by the efforts of 3 Marine Commando Division of the Nigerian Army, led by then Colonel Benjamin Adekunle, popularly called "The Black Scorpion", and later by Olusegun Obasanjo. Ojukwu fled to Côte d'Ivoire, leaving his chief of staff, Philip Effiong, to act as the "officer administering the government". Effiong called for a cease-fire 12 January and submitted to the FMG.[9] More than one million people had died in battle or from starvation.[15][16] Biafra was reabsorbed into Nigeria on 15 January.

History
Secession
Main article: Nigerian Civil War
In 1960, Nigeria became independent of the United Kingdom.[5] As with many other new African states, the borders of the country did not reflect earlier ethnic boundaries. Thus the northern Sudan and Sahelian Savannah region of the country is made up of Muslim majority, while the southern population was predominantly Christian and Animist. Furthermore, Nigeria's oil, its primary source of income, was located in the south of the country.[5]

Following independence, Nigeria was divided primarily along ethnic lines with Hausa and Fulani in the north, Yoruba in the south-west, Ijaws in the south and Igbo in the south-east.[5] In January 1966, a group of primarily eastern Igbo led a military coup during which 30 political leaders including Nigeria's Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and the Northern premier, Sir Ahmadu Bello, were killed. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the President, of Igbo extraction, and the premier of the southeastern part of the country were not killed.[6][7][8]

In July 1966 northern officers and army units staged a counter-coup. Muslim officers named a Christian from a small ethnic group (the Anga) in central Nigeria, General Yakubu "Jack" Gowon, as the head of the Federal Military Government (FMG). The two coups deepened Nigeria's ethnic tensions. In September 1966, approximately 30,000 Igbo were killed in the north, and some Northerners were killed in backlashes in eastern cities.[9]

Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, by virtue of the authority, and pursuant to the principles, recited above, do hereby solemnly proclaim that the territory and region known as and called Eastern Nigeria together with her continental shelf and territorial waters shall henceforth be an independent sovereign state of the name and title of "The Republic of Biafra".

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu[10]
In January 1967, the military leaders and senior police officials of each region met in Aburi, Ghana and agreed on a loose confederation of regions. The Northerners were at odds with the Aburi Accord; Obafemi Awolowo, the leader of the Western Region warned that if the Eastern Region seceded, the Western Region would also, which persuaded the northerners.[9]

After the federal and eastern governments failed to reconcile, on 26 May the Eastern region voted to secede from Nigeria. On 30 May, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Eastern Region's military governor, announced the Republic of Biafra, citing the Easterners killed in the post-coup violence.[5][9][11] The large amount of oil in the region created conflict, as oil was a major component of the Nigerian economy.[12] The Eastern region was very ill equipped for war, out-manned, and out-gunned by the military of the remainder of Nigeria. Their advantages included fighting in their homeland and support of most Easterners.[13] The British and Soviet support (especially militarily) of the Nigerian government played a major role in the outcome of the war.[citation needed]

Biafra
For the American musician, see Jello Biafra. For the West African bight known as Bight of Biafra, see Bight of Bonny.
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south).[2] The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria. The creation of the new state that was pushing for recognition was among the causes of the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War.
Republic of Biafra
Unrecognized state
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1967–1970[1] →

Flag

Motto
"Peace, Unity, and Freedom."
Anthem
Land of the Rising Sun

Green: Republic of Biafra.
.

Republic of Biafra in May 1967
Capital Enugu
Languages English (official)
Igbo / Ibo (predominant)
Efik · Annang · Ibibio · Ekoi
Government Republic
President C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Historical era Cold War
 -  Established 30 May 1967
 -  Rejoins Federal Nigeria 15 January 1970[1]
Area
 -  1967 77,306 km² (29,848 sq mi)
Population
 -  1967 est. 13,500,000 
     Density 174.6 /km²  (452.3 /sq mi)
Currency Biafran pound
Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 762. ISBN 0-313-32384-4.

The state was formally recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania and Zambia. Other nations which did not give official recognition but which did provide support and assistance to Biafra included Israel, France, Portugal, Rhodesia, South Africa and Vatican City.[3] Biafra also received aid from non-state actors, including Joint Church Aid, Holy Ghost Fathers of Ireland, Caritas International, MarkPress and U.S. Catholic Relief Services.[3]

After two-and-a-half years of war, during which a million civilians had died in fighting and from famine, Biafran forces agreed to a ceasefire with the Nigerian Federal Military Government (FMG), and Biafra was reintegrated into Nigeria.[4

Night is a wonderful opportunity
To take rest,
To forgive,
To dream,
To smile and
To get ready for all the battle
That you have to fight tomorrow
Good Night, dear Readers !!!!! :-D :-D :-D

indigenous individual has the right to a nationality. & #Biafra is our Country #indigenouspeopleofbiafra

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<<<AKOPS & HIS CLASS MATE AJAYI>>>

akpos....ajayi.. do u kn dat my dad is very wiked?
ajayi.......how do u mean?
akpos.....they aways fight each other at night.
ajayi.......na who dey first find quarrel?
akpos......itz lik my dad...each time i pretend as if am sleeping, i wil hear my mum saying... u don start again? & my dad wil say..i wil show u my power like yesterday.
ajayi......is dat all?
akpos.....the one wey dey pain me wel wel na the time wey my dad go tear my mums raper troway com ly ontop of her.
ajayi.......wetin ur mum con do nah?
akpos.....my mum con dey cry dey shout..hmmm!..papa akpos!..yes!.. easy!............:-D ONE WORD FOR #AKPOS................ https://m.facebook.com/EmytexOnyomacom?refid=5