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Jul

30

2023

Ohanaeze backs Gov. Mbah to stop sit-at-home in Enugu and South East

Metro, NewsMetro, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sit-At-Home

On Sunday, the Enugu State chapter of the pan-Igbo sociocultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo reaffirmed its unwavering support for the State government's decision to call off the sit-at-home campaign. A section of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Simon Ekpa, who claimed to be the Biafran Prime Minister and lives in Finland, imposed the weekly sit-at-home. The organization is enforcing sit-at-home as a means of demanding the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is being held by Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS), the country's secret police. Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State However, the group praised the…

Jul

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Simon Ekpa: “Don’t blame Nnamdi Kanu for the actions of the Biafrans.”

Metro, NewsBiafra, Freedom, IPOB, Simon Ekpa

Simon Ekpa, a well-known separatist and pro-Biafra agitator, has declared that he is absolving Nnamdi Kanu, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra, of any responsibility for the activities that Biafrans will do. In a video posted on his Twitter account on Sunday, Ekpa, a lawyer who calls himself the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government, is based in Finland. Simon Ekpa According to report earlier shared by OHAFIATV News, Kanu ordered Ekpa to quit criticizing southeast governors, and stop sit at home exercise forthwith. Ekpa, however, claimed that the letter was false and phony. He claims that…

Jul

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Enugu youths take to the streets to support Nnamdi Kanu in ending Sit-At-Home policy

Metro, News, OpinionBiafra, Enugu State, Freedom, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu

Youths in Enugu demonstrated peacefully on the streets on Saturday in support of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, who is calling for an end to illegal sit-at-home protests in the South East. The numerous youngsters marched through the city of Enugu's main streets and roads while carrying signs that read, among other things, "Even Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is Against Sit-at-Home" and "Sit-at-Home Discourages Economic Progress." "We Say NO to Enemies of Our dear State region because Sit-at-Home affects our children's Education," he said. Comrade Edeani Maduabuchi Edeani, the leader of the Enugu Innovative Youths, spoke out and urged…

Jul

29

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nnamdi Kanu orders Simon Ekpa to end sit-at-home in Southeast

Lifestyle, Metro, News

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, has ordered Simon Ekpa, a Biafra agitator living in Finland, to put an end to all sit-at-home protests in the Southeast. Ekpa was also told to quit provoking politicians or governors from the southeast. He issued a warning that anyone who enforces sit-at-home orders in the Southeast is not one of his disciples and ought to be made to face the full force of the law. Simon Ekpa The instruction was given by the IPOB leader in a telegram to Ekpa, which his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, made public on Friday.Kanu was quoted by…

Jul

28

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

100,000 firms to be removed from the CAC database – See Why

Business, Economy, MetroBusiness, CAC, Economy, Metro

100,000 registered firms will soon be deleted from the Corporate Affairs Commission's database, according to the organization. The Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer of CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, announced the commission's intention to remove 100,000 registered firms from its database during a training on "Use of the Beneficial Ownership Register" in Lagos. "CAC steps up enforcement of going off its register of 100,000 companies for failure to file an annual return," Abubakar added. He claimed that the Corporate Affairs Commission was scheduled to revoke the status of 100,000 businesses that had missed their deadline to submit yearly reports over the…