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Aug

05

2023

Kanu bans sit-at-home in the Southeast and introduces EED

Economy, Metro, NewsBiafra, Freedom, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, Sit-At-Home

By Silas Mmadu and Sampson Ojeh Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the pro-Biafra group Indigenous People of Biafra IPoB, has banned all sit-at-home protests in the South-East and proclaimed every Monday in the area as Economic Empowerment Day (EED). Emma Powerful, the IPoB's media and publicity secretary, revealed this in a statement on Saturday. IPoB's statement provided further clarification, stating that "Economic Empowerment Day, or EED, refers to a day designated for mass mobilization of Biafrans to devote their resources and means toward reversing the sharp and unprecedented decline in the economic, educational, and social needs of our…

Aug

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu’s bid to send troops to Niger is denied by the Senate

Metro, News, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Niger, Senate

implores the leaders of ECOWAS to use more political and diplomatic means to address the political impasse in the Niger Republic The Senate has requested that the head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other regional authorities exercise caution when dealing with the political impasse in the Niger Republic. The Senate requested ECOWAS to strengthen political and diplomatic options as well as other means to resolve the political impasse in the Niger Republic after emerging from a closed-door meeting that lasted nearly two hours and was held to discuss a letter sent to the Senate on…

Aug

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Niger Coup: Timi Frank alleges Tinubu has plans of imposing state of emergency in Nigeria

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Freedom, Niger, Opinion, Timi Frank

Following a coup in Niger Republic, Timi Frank, a former APC deputy national publicity secretary, claimed that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president of Nigeria, was planning to suspend the current Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and establish a state of emergency. In a statement he gave to the media on Saturday, he said that the President was asking the Senate for permission to declare war on Nigeria over a coup in Niger. This would allow him to impose a state of emergency and halt the meeting of the Presidential Election tribunal. He cautioned President Tinubu against leading Nigeria into conflict with…

Aug

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Niger Republic severes ties with Nigeria and others after coup

News, PoliticsAfrica, Coup, Freedom

Following the failure of the peace negotiations between the representatives sent by the Economic Community of West African States, the military junta in the Niger Republic severed ties with Nigeria, France, and other nations on Friday. The ECOWAS team "arrived in Niamey with the aim of establishing a dialogue with the junta in order to obtain the return to constitutional order," Radio France International reported on Friday. The initial site interactions were favorable. But at night's end, the CNSP spoke through Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane, the same man who had spoken on July 26 when the troops announced that they had…

Aug

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohanaeze warns Judges that error in judgment at tribunal may result in coup situation like in Niger.

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion

The ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is being eagerly awaited by Nigerians, and the Ohanaeze sociocultural organization has cautioned the justices against rendering an incorrect judgment. Ohanaeze warned that Nigerians would go through a situation like to the military takeover in the Niger Republic if the judges make a bad ruling. The body cautioned the judiciary to exercise independence in its decision about the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, which are tainted by claims of irregularities and violations of electoral rules. The group's factional secretary-general, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, asserted that these concerns were made worse by the failure to…