Members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra/Biafra Independence Movement (MASSOB/BIM), in Isiala Mbano, Imo State ...

In stout defence of its role in Monday’s protests by pro-Biafra groups, the Nigeria Army declared yesterday that its intervention was to ensure peace, stability and security of lives and property.

As pro-Biafra protests rocked the South East states of Enugu, Imo, Abia , Ebonyi and Anambra, two policemen were feared killed in Asaba, the state capital of neighbouring Delta State yesterday .

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead following protest by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Asaba on Monday.

The police in Owerri on Monday arrested some 17 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) for holding a road show in commemoration of 49th anniversary of Biafra.

A fight broke out between policemen and some people suspected to be members of the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Asaba on Monday, eyewitnesses said.

It is one year today since Buhari and the All Progressives Congress came to power at the centre. As it is traditional, all the people that will talk today and the days ahead ...

In spite ofabundance of prominent writers others from the minority areas in the south of the country, none seems to remember the Nigerian Civil War in their writing much less engage it.

Former Nigeria head of state, General Yakubu Gowon yesterday faulted agitators for a separate state of Biafra, saying such agitation does not take into cognizance the effect of the civil war on children.

PROMINENT Igbo groups across the country yesterday condemned the alleged threat on Igbo residents in Lagos by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu to vote for his preferred candidate in the April 11 governorship election or face his wrath. 

SOME eminent Nigerians, under the umbrella, “Council of the Wise,” yesterday expressed worry at the gale of protests by some armed militias in different parts of the country, describing the development as “unfortunate and partisan.” In past days, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), in Enugu and Lagos respectively, had been calling for the dismissal of the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, over the large number of citizens being disenfranchised by the electoral body ahead of the general elections.