Only Biafra can bring peace to Nigeria

MASSOB has vowed to continue with its Biafra agitation until it is achieved

- The group said it is responsible for keeping Igbo people safe

The Movement for the Actualisation for a Sovereign State Of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that the only thing that can bring peace to Nigeria and end the Igbo agitation is for Biafra to be granted.

The Sun reports that the pro-Biafra group promised to continue its agitation for Biafra until it is granted.   

    

Mr. Sunday Ezaka who is the leader of the group in Ebonyi south applauded Chief Ralph Uwazuruike for his commitment in the Biafra struggle.

“Members of MASSOB-BIM in Ebonyi South zone, Ebonyi State support Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, the leader of MASSOB-BIM and Chief S.O Chukwu for their vision for the Igbo and Biafra nation.

“Today, Biafra has come to be a reality and very soon it will be open and clear to everybody. The only thing that will bring peace to Nigeria and Biafra is for the Federal Government to stop opposing the full existence of Biafra.”

Chief Emmanuel Omenka who is the leader of MASSOB in Anambra north who spoke through the zonal Director of Information, Charles Igbokwe said this was the perfect time to achieve Biafra due to the mass return of Igbos to celebrate the festive period.

He said the military and police were not responsible for the safe yuletide celebration in the region and credited the security arm of MASSOB for maintaining peace

He said: “If Biafra stays on its own, it will help a lot. We have all the minerals resources and endowment that will help us develop and be independent for life. It will bring peace as Biafran will develop without bounds. The Federal Government is not helping matters and we blame them for all the deaths of our members since the agitation began in the country.”

Ivory Coast names solid AFCON 2017 group

Manchester United shield Eric Bailly and Crystal Palace winger Wilfred Zaha have been named in a temporary squad of 24 players by Ivorian mentor Michel Dussuyer.

Additionally called is veteran forward Salomon Kalou, who is set to show up in his fifth Nations Cup and PSG shield Serge Aurier.

Ivory Coast, which is the guarding champions, will however be without its skipper Gervinho who was precluded of the competition after he endured a genuine knee damage.

The elephants have a preparation camp in Abu Dhabi beginning on 2 January.

The west African country has arranged two cordial matches against Sweden on January 8 and Uganda, after three days.

The last rundown of the 23 players will be named on January fourth in front of the competition which will commence in Gabon on 14 January.

Fifa supervisor Infantino says 48-group World Cup has bolster

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has emphasized that the proposed move to a 48-group World Cup from 2026 has bolster from around the world.

Talking at a question and answer session in Dubai, Infantino additionally implied that video partner officials (VAR) might one be able to day be utilized at a World Cup after its usage at the Club World Cup prior in December, as indicated by ESPN.

FIFA inquire about had on Friday presumed that the best and most productive approach to grow the World Cup is to 48 groups, included 16 three-group bunches with the main two experiencing to a customary round-of-32 knockout arrangement.

Despite the fact that FIFA recognizes that the current 32-country arrange produces the most astounding quality football, the 48-group rendition gives the best all-round advantages.

Once received, a sum of 80 recreations would be played contrasted and the current 64.

Mozambique: Thousands uprooted in 'noiseless war'

The administration says everything's fine, except that is not what the casualties say. A large number of Mozambicans have been uprooted by a quiet war between the legislature and the primary resistance party. In the focal part of the nation, a large number of individuals who have fled their homes from misuse and savagery now live in camps or with relatives.

24-year-old rancher Titus Albaosui is one of the uprooted people, living in Vanduzi IDP camp, situated in Manica region.

"Toward the end of the war, we couldn't live in our homes any longer. After 5 pm, we needed to go to rest in the woodland, it was no more drawn out conceivable to stay so we fled," he says.

It has however been hard to distinguish those in charge of these misuse: some blame the armed force, others agitators, and they keep on living in steady dread. They say that since March mystery demise squads and execution units from both government and restriction have focused on regular folks.

The contention between the decision Front for Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and the contradicting Mozambique Resistance Movement (RENAMO) has pushed the nation's regular citizen populace in the line of sight.

In dread for their lives, 12,000 Mozambicans have fled to neighboring Malawi since the mid 2015.

Gambia: Jammeh will turn into a revolt on January 19 if ... - restriction

Gambia's restriction coalition says the active president Yahya Jammeh consequently turns into a revolt on the nineteenth of January in the event that he neglects to gently exchange energy to President-elect Adama Barrow.

Representative of the coalition, Halifa Sallah, told Radio France International on Wednesday that regardless they regarded the way that Jammeh was still the president and that they were proceeding with arrangements for Barrow's initiation on the nineteenth.

''We trust that on the nineteenth (January) his (Jammeh's) term will lapse, and president-elect Barrow will accept office, he will be the president of the Armed Forces so we anticipate that President Jammeh will handover gently and in the event that he neglects to do as such on that day, he turns into a revolt.

''Anyone in the Armed Forces ought to likewise owe constancy to the State, to the Republic, and in this way ought to take after the order of the president-elect, else they additionally get to be dissidents,'' he said because of their association with the armed force as at now.

They had expressed a week ago that no court could topple the triumph of Barrow in the December 1 surveys.

"President-elect Adama Barrow is certain to have won the race and that no court on this planet will have the capacity to take an opposite choice, tt is his position that he (Barrow) is not going to depend on what the Court will do however on the consequences of the race and we won't estimate on what this Court will choose," Sallah said.

He said Jammeh could without much of a stretch have been a political good example like Ghana's John Dramani Mahama however for his U-turn and require a rerun of the surveys that saw him lose control without precedent for a long time.

''ECOWAS has officially chosen the president of Nigeria furthermore the president of Ghana – who is likewise an active president. He is currently simply remaining for 30 days, he ought to be a good example to active president Jammeh.

''Active president Jammeh would have been a model since he acknowledged the outcomes and in the event that he permitted a smooth move, now he would have been cited as a model. So we expect that these two individuals will come and proceed with the arrangements so that the offering of our constitution and the will of our kin will be declared,'' he included.