The Arewa Community and Traders in Lagos State have distanced themselves from the proposed national protests and urged all their members not to partake in an exercise they regard as “sponsored protests”  by “faceless groups and individuals”. They said they are totally against the proposed national protest, scheduled to start on Thursday, because “we believe we don’t need any national …

The Arewa community in Southern Nigeria has faulted call for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) by President Muhammadu Buhari, according a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by its leader, Alhaji Musa Saidu. On Sunday , the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu had urged President Buhari to release Kanu …