Tag: Biafra

Mr. Danbazau says the call is "unwarranted".

A coalition of northern youth had on Tuesday ask Igbos leaving in the north to leave the region.

The governors called on security agencies to arrest the sponsors of the Igbo exit threat.

The group said it was not bothered by the threat of arrest by the Kaduna State government.

The group plans to react to Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s call for their arrest.

A Northern group made the threat in Kaduna on Tuesday.

A Northern coalition on Tuesday asked Igbos to leave Northern Nigeria.

A Northern youth coalition made the threat on Tuesday in Kaduna.

“Nigerians are dissatisfied with how the federal structure operates,” the group stated.

“What matters most is … what we are able to achieve for the Igbo with what we occupy.”

The lawmakers urged security agencies to exercise restraint to avoid bloodshed.

Market areas dominated by Igbos faced light business activities.

Two banks that refused to open for business in the morning later opened around 11 a.m.

Markets including the popular Ariara main market in Aba were on total lockdown.

Pro-Biafra groups had called for a sit-at-home protest.

“Last year’s heavy-handed response against pro-Biafra activists further stirred up tensions in the south east of Nigeria.”

The Army also denied it shot at IPOB protesters on Monday.

IPOB and MASSOB urged Igbos to sit at home on May 30.

The IPOB leader was granted bail in April on 12 conditions.

“The deputy senate president is fighting marginalisation of the Igbos at the federal level,” the governor said.

The arrested IPOB members were defiant.

Mr. Osinbajo says Nigerians should think more of what unites them than what separates them.

Police seized Biafran flags.

MASSOB denies taking part in the protest

The women accuse soldiers of harrasing and arresting them.