Tag Archives: Sit-at-home

The two weeks sit-at-home order declared by the Finland-based Biafra agitator and separatist, Simon Ekpa failed to hold on Tuesday in Imo State as residents refused to comply with the order. Meanwhile, most markets and businesses visited by NIGERIAN TRIBUNE are fully open for business without any harassment.   Residents …

Tension has heightened in Enugu State following the alleged killing of three residents as protests hit the Coal City metropolis. Reports gathered that traders took to the streets Wednesday morning protesting the sealing of their shops by the State government for not opening for business on Monday.   However, the …

According reports the Senate, on Wednesday, condemned the Monday sit-at-home in the South East geopolitical zone and asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finnish Government and extradite a pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, for prosecution. The upper chamber also resolved to invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs (when appointed) …

For the first time in several months, full academic and business activities resumed in Enugu State, yesterday, as the government intensified efforts to eradicate the sit-at-home order imposed by Biafra agitators. This was as Governor Peter Mbah, who monitored compliance with the forced restriction, yesterday, warned traders at Ogbete Main …

Operatives of the Ebonyi Police Command has killed two hoodlums, who were allegedly enforcing sit-at-home, in the state. Sit-at-home in the South-East is a brainchild of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.   The hoodlums were said to have shot …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has again supported Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on his resolve to end the regular sit-at-home being ordered by a faction of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The national president of the council, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, gave the support in a statement he …

There was pandemonium in Enugu State, yesterday, following reports of shooting by unknown gunmen, who allegedly invaded the town to enforce a one-week sit-at-home order by Simeon Ekpa-led Biafra independence agitators. The group had said the order was part of efforts to secure release of the Indigenous People of Biafra …