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Ohanaeze Youths Urge Anambra Market Leaders to Partner Soludo to End Monday Closures

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:32 +0000

The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on market leaders in Onitsha, Nnewi and Awka to collaborate with Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to ensure that markets remain open on Mondays. The group made the appeal while reacting to the recent closure of Onitsha Main Market by the state government over continued compliance with [...]

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IPOB Hails Anambra Residents Over Sit-at-Home, Warns Soludo Against Market Closures

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:23 +0000

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has commended residents of Anambra State for observing the Monday sit-at-home despite warnings by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Reports indicated that traders and residents largely stayed indoors on Monday in compliance with the sit-at-home directive, prompting the state government to shut the Onitsha Main Market for one week. It was [...]

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Tension Eases in Southeast After Simon Ekpa’s Arrest – Defence Chief

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:00:41 +0000

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has revealed a significant reduction in tension in the Southeast following the arrest of Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. General Musa made this disclosure on Tuesday while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Defence to defend the 2025 budget proposal. According to him, the enforcement [...]

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Hooded Gunmen Kill Two in Aba Amid Sit-at-Home Enforcement

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:00:20 +0000

Suspected enforcers of a sit-at-home order killed two residents on Tuesday in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. The assailants, dressed in black and wearing hoods, attacked around Old Express, off Sameck Junction, within Aba North Local Government Area. One of the victims was identified as a caretaker, while the identity of the second [...]

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Umuahia Records Low Activities as Businesses Shut, Residents Stay Indoors

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:00:33 +0000

Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, experienced a lull in activities on Monday as many residents stayed indoors, and several businesses remained closed from morning till afternoon. Major businesses, including banks, petrol stations, and eateries, did not open, while motor parks were largely empty. A few commercial drivers who ventured out lamented the scarcity of [...]

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Enugu Govt Dismisses Illegal Sit-at-Home Order, Urges Citizens to Carry On with Daily Activities

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:00:16 +0000

The Enugu State Government has dismissed an illegal sit-at-home order circulated by unidentified individuals, stating that the state has moved beyond such disruptions. The government encouraged residents to continue their lawful activities, assuring them that security measures are in place to protect lives and property. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, [...]

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Lets end sit-at-home orders – Ohanaeze to Southeast Governors

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 19:00:25 +0000

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a cultural group, has asked the governors in the Southeast to work with them to lift the sit-down ban within 40 days. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, a factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, released a statement in which he expressed his dismay at the role of Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa, who is based in Finland, in the [...]

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Biafrans must obey Nnamdi Kanu, ignore sit-at-home order – IPOB

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:30:35 +0000

The IPOB has reiterated its call on the people of Southeast Nigeria to ignore Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa, who lives in Finland. As IPOB’s spokesperson Emma Powerful put it: “Every Biafran must comprehend the importance of this message. Fans of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, you must hear him out. With Kanu, the man Ekpa claims to [...]

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Ignore sit-at-home order – Police urges Imo residents

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 08:00:43 +0000

The Police Command of Imo State has urged citizens to ignore the IPOB’s illegal sit-at-home order and continue with their normal activities without fear of violence or intimidation. The police reiterated their earlier order not to stay indoors and instead go about their daily routines. This was announced on Sunday during a press briefing at [...]

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Sit-at-home: Nnamdi Kanu’s handwriting letter genuine – IPOB

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 20:00:56 +0000

The IPOB has denied that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, wrote a false letter, as claimed by Simon Ekpa, a Biafran separatist resident in Finland. When asked if the letter from Kanu instructing Ekpa to cease the sit-in in the Southeast was genuine, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said it was. On Friday, Kanu had written a [...]

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Ohanaeze supports Governor Mbah to end sit-at-home in Enugu

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 19:30:34 +0000

On Sunday, the Enugu State chapter of the pan-Igbo social and cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo announced their full backing of the State government’s decision to call off the sit-at-home. Simon Ekpa, self-proclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra and resident of Finland, led a faction of IPOB that enforced a weekly stay-at-home policy. The group is using [...]

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30th May Sit-At-Home Will Be Special – IPOB

David Folami — Fri, 03 May 2019 10:17:29 +0000

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB have said 2019’s Sit-at-home exercise in every Biafraland on the 30th May 2019 will be specially observed, and will also be used to remember those that lost their lives in the killer herdsmen attacks, Boko Haram terrorists attacks and even innocent Nigerians that have been killed by security agents. [...]

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