06/29/2009

interview Lagos - Leader of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike spoke to Senior Reporter, EMMA OGU on plans by his movement to mourn the death of President Omar Bongo of Gabon. He also accuses South east governors of not delivering on their campaign promises

06/21/2009

Lagos - President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's amnesty offer to militants in the troubled Niger Delta region may have started getting the desired result. Last week, one of the kingpins of the militant groups in the region, Mr. Ateke Tom, leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, announced his readiness to accept the offer. Charles Ajunwa writes on the development and the attendant matters

06/17/2009

Washington, D.C. - The ongoing military exercise in the Niger Delta will be over in a matter of weeks, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, said in Washing-ton D.C., United States, yesterday. The military campaign against militants in the Niger Delta has been received with mixed reactions across the world, with reports of humanitarian crisis provoking criticism from human rights activists.

06/16/2009

Owerri - The leader of the Movement for Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Barr. Ralph Uwazuruike has denied an allegation that he is one of the sponsors of a suspected kidnapper, Innocent Obi. In a statement issued yesterday, Uwazuruike denied having anything to do with Innocent Obi, saying throughout his years in prison, he neither called Innocent Obi or any person related to him.

06/15/2009

Lagos - Leader of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has called for stiffer penalty against kidnappers in Imo State. Uwazuruike told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri yesterday, that MASSOB was against "such devilish act."

06/06/2009

Enugu - THE South Eastern States of Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo have been under the siege of kidnappers who have in the last one year made life unbearable for the residents especially the wealthy and foreign nationals.