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THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION MUST KEEP AN EYE ON NIGERIA

Nigeria is an African giant. Its population of
220 million people is more than that of the two largest African countries—Ethiopia and Egypt—combined. Although Nigeria is no longer among the world’s top ten oil producers, it is still a major OPEC member whose production impacts the global economy.

Nigeria is also on the front line of several security seams. To its north, it faces a persistent Boko Haram terrorist insurgency, while pirates ply its southern waters. Corruption saps its potential and contributes to disillusionment and instability.

In order to distract from their failings, successive Nigerian presidents have exploited Nigeria’s ethnic and sectarian divisions. The problem grew especially bad under President Muhammadu Buhari, president of the country, between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was no stranger to ethnic and religious discord. As a young military officer in the late 1960s, Buhari was at the vanguard of the forces that perpetrated genocide against the largely Igbo population in the self-declared Republic of Biafra. After a half-century, his disdain for the country’s Christian and animist Igbo did not diminish. He facilitated the transit of Fulani militiamen to raid and murder the region’s Christians and designated the peaceful representatives of the Biafrans to be terrorists.

Alas, he found a friend in Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden administration who argued that the anti-Igbo, anti-Christian violence was the result of migration caused by global warming. This was patently false, however. Climate change does not charter buses to transport death squads. Nevertheless, even as Islamists kidnapped Christian girls, slaughtered Christian men and boys, and burned churches, Blinken removed Nigeria from the religious freedom watch list.

Biafrans, however, are not going to subordinate their faith to support State Department pandering, nor are the Igbo willing to pretend that they feel safe and secure in Nigeria. Between February and May 2024, the Biafra Republic Government in Exile held a referendum to allow Biafrans and their diaspora to declare if they wished to remain part of Nigeria or become an independent country. Thirty million voted, a greater number than those who cast ballots in Nigeria’s most recent presidential elections. Those who cast physical ballots on the Biafra referendum registered in advance and showed voting cards, while those who cast their vote electronically used Google forms to ensure they only voted once. The results are consistent with public opinion surveying.

Biafran leaders suggest they could declare independence as soon as this autumn. Biafrans, it seems, want self-determination. Even if they do not declare independence, however, the Nigerian government’s unwillingness to address ethnic persecution and anti-Christian discrimination cannot continue.

Blinken believed he could sweep persecution under the carpet in the name of diplomacy. He believed that if the State Department refrained from criticizing the Nigerian leadership’s bigotry, Washington and Abuja might enjoy smooth relations. It is impossible to paper over such persecution, however. By refusing to demand that Nigeria treat all its citizens equally and respect their cultural and religious freedom, Blinken and the State Department demonstrated that Biafrans could not work within the system.

Succession is never an easy solution. It often sparks great violence if not civil war. Absent American attention, that could quickly become Nigeria’s future.

A more astute U.S. policy, whether under President Harris or Trump, would acknowledge the reality of decades of Nigerian persecution toward Biafrans, recognize that trust no longer exists, and work toward greater autonomy if not an internationally supervised referendum to confirm the Biafra Republic Government in Exile poll results.


https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-next-administration-must-keep-an-eye-on-nigeria

The attention seeker Simon Ekpa.

🤡

trutharena:
The attention seeker Simon Ekpa.

What Ronu cannot attempt........they mock! Yorubas do not have what it takes to fight for liberty! You have no idea what that means sir!

They will soon give that Ipob prime minister the Nnamdi Kanu treatment

Simon Ekpa nwa abakaliki pepper them

WeddingParol:
They will soon give that Ipob prime minister the Nnamdi Kanu treatment

Lol..
You're a comedian

Broveens42:
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION MUST KEEP AN EYE ON NIGERIA

Nigeria is an African giant. Its population of
220 million people is more than that of the two largest African countries—Ethiopia and Egypt—combined. Although Nigeria is no longer among the world’s top ten oil producers, it is still a major OPEC member whose production impacts the global economy.

Nigeria is also on the front line of several security seams. To its north, it faces a persistent Boko Haram terrorist insurgency, while pirates ply its southern waters. Corruption saps its potential and contributes to disillusionment and instability.

In order to distract from their failings, successive Nigerian presidents have exploited Nigeria’s ethnic and sectarian divisions. The problem grew especially bad under President Muhammadu Buhari, president of the country, between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was no stranger to ethnic and religious discord. As a young military officer in the late 1960s, Buhari was at the vanguard of the forces that perpetrated genocide against the largely Igbo population in the self-declared Republic of Biafra. After a half-century, his disdain for the country’s Christian and animist Igbo did not diminish. He facilitated the transit of Fulani militiamen to raid and murder the region’s Christians and designated the peaceful representatives of the Biafrans to be terrorists.

Alas, he found a friend in Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden administration who argued that the anti-Igbo, anti-Christian violence was the result of migration caused by global warming. This was patently false, however. Climate change does not charter buses to transport death squads. Nevertheless, even as Islamists kidnapped Christian girls, slaughtered Christian men and boys, and burned churches, Blinken removed Nigeria from the religious freedom watch list.

Biafrans, however, are not going to subordinate their faith to support State Department pandering, nor are the Igbo willing to pretend that they feel safe and secure in Nigeria. Between February and May 2024, the Biafra Republic Government in Exile held a referendum to allow Biafrans and their diaspora to declare if they wished to remain part of Nigeria or become an independent country. Thirty million voted, a greater number than those who cast ballots in Nigeria’s most recent presidential elections. Those who cast physical ballots on the Biafra referendum registered in advance and showed voting cards, while those who cast their vote electronically used Google forms to ensure they only voted once. The results are consistent with public opinion surveying.

Biafran leaders suggest they could declare independence as soon as this autumn. Biafrans, it seems, want self-determination. Even if they do not declare independence, however, the Nigerian government’s unwillingness to address ethnic persecution and anti-Christian discrimination cannot continue.

Blinken believed he could sweep persecution under the carpet in the name of diplomacy. He believed that if the State Department refrained from criticizing the Nigerian leadership’s bigotry, Washington and Abuja might enjoy smooth relations. It is impossible to paper over such persecution, however. By refusing to demand that Nigeria treat all its citizens equally and respect their cultural and religious freedom, Blinken and the State Department demonstrated that Biafrans could not work within the system.

Succession is never an easy solution. It often sparks great violence if not civil war. Absent American attention, that could quickly become Nigeria’s future.

A more astute U.S. policy, whether under President Harris or Trump, would acknowledge the reality of decades of Nigerian persecution toward Biafrans, recognize that trust no longer exists, and work toward greater autonomy if not an internationally supervised referendum to confirm the Biafra Republic Government in Exile poll results.


https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-next-administration-must-keep-an-eye-on-nigeria

Thanks for posting this Nwanne! You too much 💪
Biafra must be restored as independent State

My Prime Minister Simon Ekpa bu Odogwu ✊✊✊

This one no concern me

Wetin I wan know na when Biafra dey comot


Enough of all these paparazzi abeg

Tell us the day you'll be leaving

trutharena:
The attention seeker Simon Ekpa.

No one knows Sunday igboho 😂😂😂😂

CyrusVI:
This one no concern me

Wetin I wan know na when Biafra dey comot


Enough of all these paparazzi abeg

Tell us the day you'll be leaving

Body never begin pepper you

That marriage when Una wan marry with Fulani Una go real marry am

Just wait

Broveens42:
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION MUST KEEP AN EYE ON NIGERIA

Nigeria is an African giant. Its population of
220 million people is more than that of the two largest African countries—Ethiopia and Egypt—combined. Although Nigeria is no longer among the world’s top ten oil producers, it is still a major OPEC member whose production impacts the global economy.

Nigeria is also on the front line of several security seams. To its north, it faces a persistent Boko Haram terrorist insurgency, while pirates ply its southern waters. Corruption saps its potential and contributes to disillusionment and instability.

In order to distract from their failings, successive Nigerian presidents have exploited Nigeria’s ethnic and sectarian divisions. The problem grew especially bad under President Muhammadu Buhari, president of the country, between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was no stranger to ethnic and religious discord. As a young military officer in the late 1960s, Buhari was at the vanguard of the forces that perpetrated genocide against the largely Igbo population in the self-declared Republic of Biafra. After a half-century, his disdain for the country’s Christian and animist Igbo did not diminish. He facilitated the transit of Fulani militiamen to raid and murder the region’s Christians and designated the peaceful representatives of the Biafrans to be terrorists.

Alas, he found a friend in Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden administration who argued that the anti-Igbo, anti-Christian violence was the result of migration caused by global warming. This was patently false, however. Climate change does not charter buses to transport death squads. Nevertheless, even as Islamists kidnapped Christian girls, slaughtered Christian men and boys, and burned churches, Blinken removed Nigeria from the religious freedom watch list.

Biafrans, however, are not going to subordinate their faith to support State Department pandering, nor are the Igbo willing to pretend that they feel safe and secure in Nigeria. Between February and May 2024, the Biafra Republic Government in Exile held a referendum to allow Biafrans and their diaspora to declare if they wished to remain part of Nigeria or become an independent country. Thirty million voted, a greater number than those who cast ballots in Nigeria’s most recent presidential elections. Those who cast physical ballots on the Biafra referendum registered in advance and showed voting cards, while those who cast their vote electronically used Google forms to ensure they only voted once. The results are consistent with public opinion surveying.

Biafran leaders suggest they could declare independence as soon as this autumn. Biafrans, it seems, want self-determination. Even if they do not declare independence, however, the Nigerian government’s unwillingness to address ethnic persecution and anti-Christian discrimination cannot continue.

Blinken believed he could sweep persecution under the carpet in the name of diplomacy. He believed that if the State Department refrained from criticizing the Nigerian leadership’s bigotry, Washington and Abuja might enjoy smooth relations. It is impossible to paper over such persecution, however. By refusing to demand that Nigeria treat all its citizens equally and respect their cultural and religious freedom, Blinken and the State Department demonstrated that Biafrans could not work within the system.

Succession is never an easy solution. It often sparks great violence if not civil war. Absent American attention, that could quickly become Nigeria’s future.

A more astute U.S. policy, whether under President Harris or Trump, would acknowledge the reality of decades of Nigerian persecution toward Biafrans, recognize that trust no longer exists, and work toward greater autonomy if not an internationally supervised referendum to confirm the Biafra Republic Government in Exile poll results.


https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-next-administration-must-keep-an-eye-on-nigeria

The usual IPOB/Obidients/Biafra propaganda.
This is an article written by an individual in an ordinary journal/magazine being mischievously and fraudulently passed off as a United States government document.
This article is full of lies,half truths and total IPOB propaganda. The writer of this article is obviously a hack for sale and a grifter.
Below is the by line of the article which this OP mischievously excluded from his copy and paste in order to deceive that this is an American state department release. It is not. This is the purchased personal opinion of a hack and a grifter named Michael Rubin.

confusedlady:
The usual IPOB/Obidients/Biafra propaganda.
This is an article written by an individual in an ordinary journal/magazine being mischievously and fraudulently passed off as a United States government document.
This article is full of lies,half truths and total IPOB propaganda. The writer of this article is obviously a hack for sale and a grifter.
Below is the by line of the article which this OP mischievously excluded from his copy and paste in order to deceive that this is an American state department release. It is not. This is the purchased personal opinion of a hack and a grifter named Michael Rubin.

Yeah! It's Lagos Ibadan news paper

That's why you should go back to school..

After circling an area where they mentioned "fact checking" before publishing, you still went ahead to call it lies
Wonderful

Broveens42:
Yeah! It's Lagos Ibadan news paper

That's why you should go back to school..

After circling an area where they mentioned "fact checking" before publishing, you still went ahead to call it lies
Wonderful

Leave that mumu....their heart dey beat fast cause if we leave them for this country wetin Fulani go use their eyes see only God knows.

Broveens42:
Yeah! It's Lagos Ibadan news paper

That's why you should go back to school..

After circling an area where they mentioned "fact checking" before publishing, you still went ahead to call it lies
Wonderful

In the usual Biafra/IPOB mischief you dubiously failed to mention what the journal said next. Stop trying to be clever by half.

"WE KNOW WE ARE NOT PERFECT BUT WE TRY OUR BEST." This lacuna gives space for grifters like Michael Rubin and the mischievous IPOB OP of this thread.

They answered you on the thread to debunk your foolish lies and you abandoned the thread. This is how you will abandon your own HOUSE when FULANI Herdsmen come knocking.

YORUBA people have some dignity...

The unity Begging is becoming disgusting...

confusedlady:
The usual IPOB/Obidients/Biafra propaganda.
This is an article written by an individual in an ordinary journal/magazine being mischievously and fraudulently passed off as a United States government document.
This article is full of lies,half truths and total IPOB propaganda. The writer of this article is obviously a hack for sale and a grifter.
Below is the by line of the article which this OP mischievously excluded from his copy and paste in order to deceive that this is an American state department release. It is not. This is the purchased personal opinion of a hack and a grifter named Michael Rubin.

Otondo...

Was it Published or approved for Publishing in the Journal?

But when ..

Nation Newspaper
PM News
Foolish Twitter accounts
TVC
PUNCH
CABLE

publish your worthless Propaganda, we should accept it as Gospel? This is an international body...this is not LAGOS -IBADAN Propaganda Nonsense

confusedlady:
In the usual Biafra/IPOB mischief you dubiously failed to mention what the journal said next. Stop trying to be clever by half.

That was an article based on the previous thread.

The new one is just a continuation

Broveens42:
Yeah! It's Lagos Ibadan news paper

That's why you should go back to school..

After circling an area where they mentioned "fact checking" before publishing, you still went ahead to call it lies
Wonderful

Don't mind the hypocrites.

ezechi24:
Leave that mumu....their heart dey beat fast cause if we leave them for this country wetin Fulani go use their eyes see only God knows.

No more free oil and gas for them, no more usel ess loans and Owo mi da will be reduced as Biafrans will only pay tax to their government direct so that they will loot and it and leave the touts to drink their urine since no more free money for free money for their lazy citizens

Excerpt from the article:

"In order to distract from their failings, successive Nigerian presidents have exploited Nigeria’s ethnic and sectarian divisions. The problem grew especially bad under President Muhammadu Buhari, president of the country, between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was no stranger to ethnic and religious discord. As a young military officer in the late 1960s, Buhari was at the vanguard of the forces that perpetrated genocide against the largely Igbo population in the self-declared Republic of Biafra. After a half-century, his disdain for the country’s Christian and animist Igbo did not diminish. He facilitated the transit of Fulani militiamen to raid and murder the region’s Christians and designated the peaceful representatives of the Biafrans to be terrorists."

RuggedBiafran:
They answered you on the thread to debunk your foolish lies and you abandoned the thread. This is how you will abandon your own HOUSE when FULANI Herdsmen come knocking.

YORUBA people have some dignity...

The unity Begging is becoming disgusting...

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Lmao......

The arrogance of your ignorance is embarrassing to your masters in terrorism Nnamdi kanu and Simon Ekpa.
The default mindset of a typical mindless IPOB minion is that anyone opposed to your demented Biafra agitation is either a Yoruba, a Muslim or a unity beggar.
The fortunate fact is that the information on the internet is available everywhere and free and from information available there is no tribe in Nigeria more committed and proponents of unity Begging like the Ibo tribe.

In 1953,Obafemi Awolowo advocated in parliament that a secession and referendum clause be included in the up coming constitution however he was vehemently opposed by an Ibo man named Nnamdi Azikiwe. You may choose to enlighten yourself on this thread below where at Azikiwe argues blindly against secession and referendum in 1953.

https://www.nairaland.com/8150566/nnamdi-azikiwes-1953-speech-opposing


In January 1966 an Ibo, Ignatius Ironsi became Nigeria head of state after the Ibo coup of January 15th 1966 and introduced decree 34 of 1966 which abolished the regional government and introduced the unitary system of government. So who is the main tribe promoting unity Begging here?


In 1967 another Ibo, Odumegwu Ojukwu plunged his tribe and the whole country into a bloody civil war in which he led over 3 million of his own Ibo people to a needless slaughter and then when he saw the handwriting of defeat staring him in the face he abandoned his poor people and fled to Ivory Coast where he lived large at the behest of Houphet Boigny,the then president of Ivory Coast. While there Ojukwu never spared a thought for the people he led to slaughter but engaged in debauchery while divorcing and marrying various women.
In 1983,in the greatest display of unity Begging Odumegwu Ojukwu pleaded and begged President Shehu Shagari to be allowed to return to Nigeria to be allowed to contest for the low seat of a senator on the NPN ticket. Fortunately he lost the election woefully to an unknown NPP candidate. Is this not like the case of a dog returning to eat its putrid vomit? What can be more unity Begging than the video below? Just imagine the way the coward is Begging to return to a country he waged a treasonous war against and cost so many citizens their lives.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM69swDw1XI?si=miD7q9vUFVbsymoQ

Broveens42:
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION MUST KEEP AN EYE ON NIGERIA

Nigeria is an African giant. Its population of
220 million people is more than that of the two largest African countries—Ethiopia and Egypt—combined. Although Nigeria is no longer among the world’s top ten oil producers, it is still a major OPEC member whose production impacts the global economy.

Nigeria is also on the front line of several security seams. To its north, it faces a persistent Boko Haram terrorist insurgency, while pirates ply its southern waters. Corruption saps its potential and contributes to disillusionment and instability.

In order to distract from their failings, successive Nigerian presidents have exploited Nigeria’s ethnic and sectarian divisions. The problem grew especially bad under President Muhammadu Buhari, president of the country, between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was no stranger to ethnic and religious discord. As a young military officer in the late 1960s, Buhari was at the vanguard of the forces that perpetrated genocide against the largely Igbo population in the self-declared Republic of Biafra. After a half-century, his disdain for the country’s Christian and animist Igbo did not diminish. He facilitated the transit of Fulani militiamen to raid and murder the region’s Christians and designated the peaceful representatives of the Biafrans to be terrorists.

Alas, he found a friend in Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden administration who argued that the anti-Igbo, anti-Christian violence was the result of migration caused by global warming. This was patently false, however. Climate change does not charter buses to transport death squads. Nevertheless, even as Islamists kidnapped Christian girls, slaughtered Christian men and boys, and burned churches, Blinken removed Nigeria from the religious freedom watch list.

Biafrans, however, are not going to subordinate their faith to support State Department pandering, nor are the Igbo willing to pretend that they feel safe and secure in Nigeria. Between February and May 2024, the Biafra Republic Government in Exile held a referendum to allow Biafrans and their diaspora to declare if they wished to remain part of Nigeria or become an independent country. Thirty million voted, a greater number than those who cast ballots in Nigeria’s most recent presidential elections. Those who cast physical ballots on the Biafra referendum registered in advance and showed voting cards, while those who cast their vote electronically used Google forms to ensure they only voted once. The results are consistent with public opinion surveying.

Biafran leaders suggest they could declare independence as soon as this autumn. Biafrans, it seems, want self-determination. Even if they do not declare independence, however, the Nigerian government’s unwillingness to address ethnic persecution and anti-Christian discrimination cannot continue.

Blinken believed he could sweep persecution under the carpet in the name of diplomacy. He believed that if the State Department refrained from criticizing the Nigerian leadership’s bigotry, Washington and Abuja might enjoy smooth relations. It is impossible to paper over such persecution, however. By refusing to demand that Nigeria treat all its citizens equally and respect their cultural and religious freedom, Blinken and the State Department demonstrated that Biafrans could not work within the system.

Succession is never an easy solution. It often sparks great violence if not civil war. Absent American attention, that could quickly become Nigeria’s future.

A more astute U.S. policy, whether under President Harris or Trump, would acknowledge the reality of decades of Nigerian persecution toward Biafrans, recognize that trust no longer exists, and work toward greater autonomy if not an internationally supervised referendum to confirm the Biafra Republic Government in Exile poll results.


https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-next-administration-must-keep-an-eye-on-nigeria

This must sound scary to one Nigeria proponents because it seems Simon Ekpa's lobbying of US lobbyists is paying off gradually as Igbos and Christians persecution in Nigeria seems to be getting the much needed global attention, and should Trump win, it may portray even greater danger for Nigeria, lets watch and see as things unfold with time

CyrusVI:
This one no concern me

Wetin I wan know na when Biafra dey comot


Enough of all these paparazzi abeg

Tell us the day you'll be leaving

2nd of December, 2024

franchasofficia:
This sounds scary to one Nigeria proponents because it seems Simon Ekpa's lobbying of US lobbyists is paying off gradually as Igbos and Christians persecution in Nigeria seems to be getting the much needed global attention, and should Trump win, it may portray even greater danger for Nigeria, lets watch and see as things unfold with time

Lmao..😁😁😁😁🤣😂
In deed every one of your comments is strictly for fun 😁 ....You are so funny that I suggest you take up comedy as a profession....

afube:
What Ronu cannot attempt........they mock! Yorubas do not have what it takes to fight for liberty! You have no idea what that means sir!

Lols

..you are very wicked..

ezechi24:
Leave that mumu....their heart dey beat fast cause if we leave them for this country wetin Fulani go use their eyes see only God knows.

Na only 48 Hrs Fulani go give them to go buy their quran and jalabia.

confusedlady:
In the usual Biafra/IPOB mischief you dubiously failed to mention what the journal said next. Stop trying to be clever by half.

"WE KNOW WE ARE NOT PERFECT BUT WE TRY OUR BEST." This lacuna gives space for grifters like Michael Rubin and the mischievous IPOB OP of this thread.

That's why I said you should go back to school;
Not just any school, but elementary/primary school.

The context "We know", gives space for constructive criticism and doesn't mean the article is fake . They held in affirmative their article was fact checked, left for you to disprove those facts by rolling out your points.
You failed to counter those points with facts and figures, but went the way of tantrums, and maybe influenced by your 6334 system of education.

confusedlady:
The usual IPOB/Obidients/Biafra propaganda.
This is an article written by an individual in an ordinary journal/magazine being mischievously and fraudulently passed off as a United States government document.
This article is full of lies,half truths and total IPOB propaganda. The writer of this article is obviously a hack for sale and a grifter.
Below is the by line of the article which this OP mischievously excluded from his copy and paste in order to deceive that this is an American state department release. It is not. This is the purchased personal opinion of a hack and a grifter named Michael Rubin.

U don catch them again

U sabi hol them for blokos like say dem be small pikin :

CyrusVI:
U don catch them again

U sabi hol them for blokos like say dem be small pikin :

Their ignorance is very scary.

A people so easy to manipulate.

Every propaganda is very easily successful once you understand their mental limitations.

CyrusVI:
This one no concern me

Wetin I wan know na when Biafra dey comot


Enough of all these paparazzi abeg

Tell us the day you'll be leaving

Go and ask Awolowo, Herbert Macaulay and co, how many years it took them to achieve independence from British rule. It is not a day's job.