IPOB Accused Of Killing Soldiers+ Ohanaeze, Nnamdi Kanu Rejects IPOB+Trump Found Guilty W/OjyOkpe

Former governor of the eastern region, the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, On May 30th 1967, declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria.

The declaration led to the civil war that started on July 6th 1967, and ended on January 15th 1970. It is estimated that during the two and a half year war, between 500,000 and 2 million Biafran civilians died of starvation.

To commemorate the civil war, some south east stakeholders declared May 30th Biafra Day.

Last week, the indigenous peoples of Biafra, through its spokesperson Emma Powerful, issued a sit-at-home order in the south-east to honour the fallen heroes of the civil war.

The group directed all schools, banks, transport unions, markets and offices to shut down operations on May 30th.

According to the daily Trust, some soldiers were killed in Abia State by suspected IPOB militants who were reportedly enforcing the sit-at-home order. A viral video showed the moment the assailants shot sporadically, before setting a military van ablaze.

President General of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has denounced the killing of security personnel in the Southeast.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday, Iwuanyanwu stated that the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu has also condemned the killings in the south east and the sit at home order by the indigenous peoples of Biafra.

A video showing some school children carrying concrete on their heads, during school hours has made rounds on social media.

In the video the woman who forced the children to carry out the hard labour could be heard attempting to justify her actions.

The re-introduction of the old national anthem continues to generate reactions. Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the National Anthem bill to law on Wednesday, videos of pupils reciting the anthem during morning assembly, have been making the rounds on social media

Reciting the anthem has not only been popular in Nigerian schools, the governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has also attempted to recite the Anthem.

In Kenya, the country’s president, William Ruto has debunked claims that he spent over $1.5M dollars to chatter a private plane to the United States, stating that the plane he used only cost about $73,000.

The president stated this at a National Prayer Breakfast event in Nairobi on Thursday, adding that some friends of the country offered the plane at that price when he had opted to use the national airline to save money.

Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes.

In a historic verdict he was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records, in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor stormy Daniel’s who he had an affair with.

The conviction does not stop him from running for office, in fact Trump on Truth Social has been using the verdict to solicit money from donors for his campaign! The Biden campaign has however continued to mobilize their supporters.

They say that there is only one way to keep trump out of the Oval Office and that’s through the ballot box, felon or not trump will be the republican nominee or president.

Afrobeats Superstar, Davido has been hailed by the Coalition of Orphanages and Children’s Homes in Nigeria for his financial support to orphanage homes under the coalition, stating that 42 out of 52 homes have benefitted from his financial support.

In February, Davido donated N300 million Naira to orphanage homes across Nigeria, as part of his annual contribution to the nation.

In a statement on Thursday, the coalition thanked Davido for his commitment to loving the forgotten Nigerian children, adding that no Nigerian or government has given them such magnanimous support.

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