07/28/2009
analysis Lagos - From the tight corner of the oil esplanade where I sat, I saw a huge number of people impossible to count: men and women, children, the sick, traditional rulers dressed in different traditional attires, politicians, diplomats, journalists, native doctors, fiery-fighting militants, among others, all anxiously waiting for the great event to commence.07/24/2009
Daily Independent (Lagos) opinion Lagos - Did the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) actually bomb the Atlas Cove Jetty? If they did, then it would have been a calamitous error of judgment which is bound to have negative long-term consequences. On the other hand, it is possible that a fifth columnist might have been at work and MEND disastrously just cashed in, as it were, to claim the dubious kudos.07/09/2009
Lagos - Next level Campaign Organisation, of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), in Anambra State, has refuted allegations that its gubernatorial candidate, Emeka Etiaba, instigated Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), against the state Governor, Peter Obi.07/08/2009
It took the personal intervention of ex-Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu to extricate Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi from an irate gang suspected to be MASSOB militia at the residence of Chief Ojukwu at the weekend.07/08/2009
Daily Independent (Lagos) analysis Enugu - Nigeria, especially South East, was thrown into mourning on May 5, 2009 when the media broke the news of demise of former Governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Onoh at the age of 82.07/08/2009
Awka - THE campaign organisation of the son of the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Emeka Etiaba has denied the involvement of the governorship aspirant in the reported assault of Governor Peter Obi by people suspected to be members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) during the burial ceremony of the former Governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Onoh at Ngwo in Enugu State last weekend.07/01/2009
Abuja - Leader of a kidnapping gang that recently abducted two Chinese, Innocent Orji Alias 'B' Stone General, yesterday alleged that Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Raphael Uwazuruike, an Army Corporal, Ike Nwachuchu, serving in Lagos and an Onitsha based millionaire, Chief Innocent Igbowa, are his major sponsors.07/01/2009
Owerri - As part of programme to celebrate the 10 anniversary of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the organisation has launched what it called "the Biafran International Passport".
