MASSOB – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:43:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png MASSOB – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 2023: MASSOB Wrong On Okowa, Claims Baseless – Ohanaeze https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-massob-wrong-on-okowa-claims-baseless-ohanaeze/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-massob-wrong-on-okowa-claims-baseless-ohanaeze/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:34:44 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=330435 Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, to avoid creating needless division among Ndigbo ahead of the 2023 general election. This is following a press statement issued by the MASSOB national leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, wherein he told the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-massob-wrong-on-okowa-claims-baseless-ohanaeze/feed/ 0 Peter Obi’s Challenger, Ezenwafor Withdraws From Presidential Race https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obis-challenger-ezenwafor-withdraws-from-presidential-race/ https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obis-challenger-ezenwafor-withdraws-from-presidential-race/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:00:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=326449 Mr. Jude Ezenwafor, the factional presidential candidate of the Labour Party has reportedly withdrawn from the contest. Ezenwafor had received ultimatum from the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide led by Mazi Okwu Nnabuike to withdraw from the contest. InfoStride News learnt that he took the decision via a letter he conveyed to the national leadership [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obis-challenger-ezenwafor-withdraws-from-presidential-race/feed/ 0 Igbos Not Beggars, We Will Fight For 2023 Presidency – MASSOB https://www.theinfostride.com/igbos-not-beggars-we-will-fight-for-2023-presidency-massob/ https://www.theinfostride.com/igbos-not-beggars-we-will-fight-for-2023-presidency-massob/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:00:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=314620 The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has said the southeast would not kneel and beg for the Presidency in 2023. Uchenna Madu, leader of MASSOB, said the southeast would fight tooth and nail to produce Nigeria’s president. In a statement he signed, Madu said Igbos are not beggars; hence [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/igbos-not-beggars-we-will-fight-for-2023-presidency-massob/feed/ 0 We Will Have A Biafra State With No War – MASSOB https://www.theinfostride.com/we-will-have-a-biafra-state-with-no-war-massob/ Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:58:50 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=237490 The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has asked its members to be focused and law-abiding, as the group is on track to make the dream for the sovereign state of Biafra, a reality. MASSOB also hinted they will achieve their aim with no war. Revealing this in Calabar in a [...]

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]]> Biafra Cannot Be Renounced – MASSOB https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-cannot-be-renounced-massob/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 03:08:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=142190 The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, stated that Biafra is not negotiable and cannot be renounced as it is pivotal to the existence and future of the Igbo people. This came as the group condemned the inclusion of Comrade Uchenna Madu as one of the [...]

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]]> PMB Is Persecuting Ike Ekweremadu Because He’s Igbo – MASSOB https://www.theinfostride.com/pmb-is-persecuting-ike-ekweremadu-because-hes-igbo-massob/ Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:36:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=137925 The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is after Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu because he is Igbo. MASSOB made the comment via a statement released by leader, Uchenna Madu. The statement reads in part: “MASSOB has discovered the major reasons behind President Buhari’s [...]

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]]> MASSOB Plan To Drag OBJ to International Criminal Court https://www.theinfostride.com/massob-plan-to-drag-obj-to-international-criminal-court/ Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:11:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=120017 The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has revealed that it has finalised plans to drag ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to the International Criminal Court at the Hague. MASSOB spokesperson, Samuel Edeson said the former President deserves to appear before the court, because of the alleged atrocities he committed against the [...]

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]]> Governor Okorocha Hails Nigerian Soldiers For Professionalism Over Biafra Agitation https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-okorocha-hails-nigerian-soldiers-for-professionalism-over-biafra-agitation/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:39:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114378 Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has commended the officers of the Nigerian Army on how they had worked in cooperation with other security agents in Imo state to handle thousands of MASSOB members who staged a protest in Owerri recently and ensured that there was no blood shed. He made this commendation while on a visit [...]

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]]> MASSOB Leader Discloses Pro-Biafra Protests Are Politically Motivated https://www.theinfostride.com/massob-leader-discloses-pro-biafra-protests-are-politically-motivated/ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:46:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112908 Chief Ralph Uwazuruike who is the leader and founder of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), on Tuesday, disclosed that the pro-Biafra protests threatening the peace of Nigeria’s southeast and the country in general are politically motivated. “The current pro-Biafra protests are political, if not so where do they get the [...]

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]]> Biafra Agitations: The Situation Needs Carrot And Stick Approach – Oyegun https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-agitations-the-situation-needs-carrot-and-stick-approach-oyegun/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:02:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111816 The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday distanced itself from instigating the killings of pro-Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) protesters in Onitsha in August. It would be recalled that nine people were reportedly killed on Aug. 22 when MASSOB protesters clashed with security agents during a protest seeking the [...]

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]]> Igbo Have The Full Right To Agitate For Self-Determination But Not To Kill Security Operatives – Kalu https://www.theinfostride.com/igbo-have-the-full-right-to-agitate-for-self-determination-but-not-to-kill-security-operatives-kalu/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110938 Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has declared that the Igbo have the full right to agitate for self-determination but not to kill security operatives. Speaking to newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Kalu, however, slammed the youth for turning what should be a peaceful protest into a violent one involving [...]

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]]> Pro-Biafra Protests: Northern State Governors Condemn Onitsha Violence, Take Firm Measures To Prevent Spillover https://www.theinfostride.com/pro-biafra-protests-northern-state-governors-condemn-onitsha-violence-take-firm-measures-to-prevent-spillover/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:28:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110445 Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) comprising governors of the 19 northern states, yesterday condemned Wednesday’s violence in Onitsha, Anambra State as a result of activities of members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), calling for calm as well as preventive measures against any [...]

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]]> Pro-Biafra Protests: IPOB and MASSOB deny setting Mosque ablaze in Onitsha https://www.theinfostride.com/pro-biafra-protests-ipob-and-massob-deny-setting-mosque-ablaze-in-onitsha/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:22:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110167 The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Wednesday, disassociated themselves from acts of arson and violence that culminated in the razing down of Onitsha Central Mosque and burning of some vehicles. Over 40,000 members and sympathizers of MASSOB and IPOB, had last Tuesday, shut [...]

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]]> Ex-Police Chief Cautions Igbo Leaders Over Infuriating Pronouncements On Pro-Biafra Protesters https://www.theinfostride.com/ex-police-chief-cautions-igbo-leaders-over-infuriating-pronouncements-on-pro-biafra-protesters/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:00:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109745 Former Chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), Chief Simon Okeke has cautioned some Igbo elders to “stop making pronouncements that can be very infuriating and dishonourable to the groups agitating for Biafra. He also urged them to speak out early when youths start derailing, instead of keeping what he called “criminal silence” and subsequently condemning [...]

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]]> Biafra: MASSOB Lambasts Igbo Leaders, Says They Are Showing Loyalty To Their Oppressors https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-massob-lambasts-igbo-leaders-says-they-are-showing-loyalty-to-their-oppressors/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:29:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109071 The factional leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday, accused the South-East governors, members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other Igbo leaders in the country of betraying the interest and demands of Ndigbo in the current political dispensation. In a statement in Abakaliki, the National Director of factional [...]

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]]> Biafra: FG’s Handling Of Agitation Dangerous – Evah https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-fgs-handling-of-agitation-dangerous-evah/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:46:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108833 Ijaw Monitoring Group Coordinator, Comrade Joseph Evah, has criticized the way the Federal Government is handling ongoing agitations for the sovereign state of Biafra. “The way the Federal Government is handling the Biafra agitation in the East is very dangerous. They are taking the wrong steps by ignoring the agitations that are going on. For [...]

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]]> South-East Elders To Set Up Committee On Dialogue With Biafra Agitators and FG https://www.theinfostride.com/south-east-elders-to-set-up-committee-on-dialogue-with-biafra-agitators-and-fg/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:00:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108413 Political and opinion shapers in the South-East, including state governors, on Sunday agreed to set up a committee to dialogue with pro-Biafran groups and the Federal Government over the rising agitation for Biafra. This was part of the decision taken at a meeting of South-East Elders, which was convened by the state governors in Enugu. [...]

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]]> Biafra Agitation: CD Condemns Igbos Criticizing IPOB And MASSOB, Calls On Igbo Christians To Boycott Fr. Mbaka’s Ministry https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-agitation-cd-condemns-igbos-criticizing-ipob-and-massob-calls-on-igbo-christians-to-boycott-fr-mbakas-ministry/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:47:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108164 Campaign for Democracy (CD) has condemned those it described as selfish Igbo elements, who are publicly condemning the non-violent protests for the actualization of Sovereign state of Biafra by the youths, asking them to shut their mouth, if they have nothing to say. The South-East states comprising Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi and some areas [...]

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]]> Biafra Agitation: MASSOB Urges Igbo To Return Home https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-agitation-massob-urges-igbo-to-return-home/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:49:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108064 The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has directed all Igbo living outside Igbo land to start returning home and re-establish their businesses and investments in the South-East. Decrying what he described as the nonchalant attitude and insensitivity of many Igbo people residing in northern and western parts of the [...]

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]]> MASSOB Leader, Uwazuruike Discloses He’ll Feel Fulfilled Dying For The Sake Of Biafra https://www.theinfostride.com/massob-leader-uwazuruike-discloses-hell-feel-fulfilled-dying-for-the-sake-of-biafra/ Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:49:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107629 The Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday, stressed the need for members of the group to remain steadfast and focused in the revolutionary struggle. Uwazuruike pointed out that the non-violent approach adopted by MASSOB in its agitation for Biafra had started to give the ‘so-called’ pan northern [...]

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]]> Pro-Biafra Protests: Nigerian Army Warns IPOB, MASSOB, Others Against Secession https://www.theinfostride.com/pro-biafra-protests-nigerian-army-warns-ipob-massob-others-against-secession/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:59:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107464 The Nigerian Army has warned secessionists against agitating for the country’s break-up. The General Officer Commanding, 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, in Plateau State, Major General Hassan Umaru, gave the warning on Monday. Apart from Boko Haram insurgents in the North East of Nigeria, some separatists under the banner of Indigenous People of [...]

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]]> Biafra Republic: Nigeria Cannot Afford Another Civil War – ACF https://www.theinfostride.com/biafra-republic-nigeria-cannot-afford-another-civil-war-acf/ Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:52:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107022 The pan-northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has reacted to the fresh agitation for Biafra, saying Nigeria can ill-afford another civil war. The forum, therefore, told the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to desist from the cause as Biafra was dead and buried. The ACF was reacting to [...]

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]]> Pro-Biafra Protest: Owerri Locked Down As MASSOB Faction Threatens To March On Abuja https://www.theinfostride.com/pro-biafra-protest-owerri-locked-down-as-massob-faction-threatens-to-march-on-abuja/ Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:13:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107060 The wave of protests by Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and a faction of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), as well as other pro-Brafra groups, has finally reached Owerri, the Imo State capital with economic activities and vehicular movements grounded on Friday. The protesters took to [...]

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]]> #Biafra > If Obasanjo Couldn’t Stop Us For 8 Years, Buhari Won’t Succeed Too – MASSOB Leader https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-massob-leader-boasts-if-obasanjo-couldnt-stop-us-for-8yrs-buhari-wont-succeed-too/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:30:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-massob-leader-boasts-if-obasanjo-couldnt-stop-us-for-8yrs-buhari-wont-succeed-too/ The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Onitsha, Anambra State, has maintained that the continued clampdown of its members by security agents would not silence their agitation until Biafra is actualized. MASSOB Deputy Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, stated this yesterday in Onitsha while speaking with journalists. According [...]

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]]> #Biafra > MASSOB To Igbo Politicians: Reject President Buhari’s Appointments https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-massob-to-igbo-politicians-reject-buharis-appointments/ Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:30:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-massob-to-igbo-politicians-reject-buharis-appointments/ The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) led by Ralph Uwazuruike, has called on Igbo politicians to reject any appointment that might be offered them under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The Rivers South zonal leader Sunday Kalu-Amuzie, gave the charge after a thanksgiving service to mark the movement’s 16th [...]

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]]> #Biafra > Anyone Against MASSOB Should Vacate Igbo Land – Ralph Uwazuruike https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-anyone-against-massob-should-vacate-igbo-land-uwazuruike-orders/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:30:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-anyone-against-massob-should-vacate-igbo-land-uwazuruike-orders/ Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has declared that anyone that does not want the actualization of the group’s demand should leave Igbo land. He gave the directive after he reported at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Imo State police command on [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > Naval Officers Didn’t Injure, Let Alone Kill MASSOB Members In Anambra – Rear Admiral https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-naval-officers-didnt-injure-let-alone-kill-massob-members-in-anambra-rear-admiral/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 09:30:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-naval-officers-didnt-injure-let-alone-kill-massob-members-in-anambra-rear-admiral/ The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has denied the alleged killing of members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra by its operatives in Anambra State.The CNC, which has its headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, is in charge of Anambra, Kogi, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states. The Flag [...]

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]]> Police Kill Two MASSOB Members In Onitsha | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/police-kill-two-massob-members-in-onitsha-nigeria/ Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:30:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/police-kill-two-massob-members-in-onitsha-nigeria/ Two persons, suspected to be members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have been feared dead in Onitsha, Anambra State, while four others, including a policeman, were critically injured in a bloody clash between some members of the group and policemen. The incident occured along Oguta Road when [...]

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]]> Jega Must Go For Elections To Hold In The South – MASSOB Leader https://www.theinfostride.com/jega-must-go-for-elections-to-hold-in-the-south-massob/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 01:15:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/jega-must-go-for-elections-to-hold-in-the-south-massob/ The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), says it would not allow elections to hold in the South if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega is not sacked. Speaking, Wednesday, at a world press conference held at the MASSOB headquarters annex, New Owerri, Imo State, leader of [...]

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]]> MASSOB Members’ Arrest: No Amount Of Intimidation, Provocation Will Stop Actualization Of Sovereign State Of Biafra – Uwazurike https://www.theinfostride.com/massob-members-arrest-no-amount-of-intimidation-provocation-will-stop-actualization-of-sovereign-state-of-biafra-uwazurike/ Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/massob-members-arrest-no-amount-of-intimidation-provocation-will-stop-actualization-of-sovereign-state-of-biafra-uwazurike/ The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has vowed that no amount of intimidation, provocation or arrest of its members would stop it from pursuing and actualizing its objective of a sovereign state of Biafra, no matter how long it takes. Leader of the movement, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, who made [...]

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