Enugu - Ethnic Nationalities Movement (ENM), yesterday dismissed the on-going electoral reforms by the Federal Government, describing the exercise as a "diversionary tactics" employed by President Musa Yar'Adua's administration to remain in power.
Enugu - FOR the umpteenth time, Federal Government was yesterday urged to release the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and other political prisoners "being illegally incarcerated."
Lagos - Movement for the Actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday denied involvement in the kidnap of persons and other criminal activities in Anambra State.
The group regional director of information, Mr. Uche Okorie and the regional administrator, Nze Christian Umeaka who spoke with reporters said MASSOB was a non-violent freedom seeking movement and could not have been involved in kidnap of the people they are struggling for their freedom.
Lagos - Detained leader of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign state of Biafra, (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has expressed disappointment over the way and manner the Nigerian government is handling his case.
Lagos - The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has restated its call on the United Nations (UN) to urgently intervene and carve out the people of South East zone from Nigeria to stem the tide of gross marginalization against them.
Weekly Trust (Abuja)
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Kaduna - Each time I read about the Abachas, late Wada Nas and the few things he told me flash in memory. At certain level we were close and interacted quite a lot. Indeed I was his unofficial media consultant. In this position I was privy to over 90 per cent of all his media activities.
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Lagos - Consecutively this month, reports of the killing of scores of Nigerians said to belong to the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), have featured in the media.
Abuja - Request for additional ministerial slot and release of the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Chief Ralph Uwazuruike may top the five-point demand by the South East caucus in the Senate in a meeting with President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua today.
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Lagos - The first law of good governance is good security across the land, for one and for all.
You cannot have one without the other. Security permeates everything else. It is the lifeblood of healthy nations as opposed to troubled geographical expressions. That this crucial arena has been honored more in the breach and the easy resort to hired escorts and private militias, speaks volumes to the mindset of those who have run this country in the past.
Onitsha - Twelve more corpses, believed to some of the casualties of the Tuesday morning bloody clash at Elenchele Island, in the River Niger, between people suspected to be members of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Joint Military/Police Taskforce in Onitsha, Anambra State, were yesterday disovered floating in the River Niger by the police in Onitsha.
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