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Nigeria: France Denies Housing Biafra's Financial HQ
Vanguard, 21 September 2017
France has denied information that the Financial headquarters of the proscribed Indeginous People of Biafra (IPOB) is located in that country. Read more »
The French government has denied knowledge of the alleged headquarters and also pledged its commitment to cooperate with Nigeria in the area of security. Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed claimed that the Biafra group had its headquarters in France where it raises money from Nigerians in Diaspora and some foreign countries.
France was reportedly involved in Biafra's breakaway bid.
The government has said that it has traced the financial headquarters of the Indigenous People of Biafra to France and vowed to block the inflow of funds. Read more »
The government has said politically disgruntled individuals and treasury looters are sponsoring secession agitators, the Indigenous People of Biafra, to destabilise the country. Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a presidential proclamation proscribing the Indigenous People of Biafra over the group's involvement in terrorist activities. Buhari's ... Read more »
The ethnic Igbo-majority Eastern Region declared its independence on 30 May 1967. The attempt to break away led to a 32-month war, resulting in between 500,000 and two ... Read more »
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