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How exiled Biafra separatist deploys disinformation to claim foreign support

How exiled Biafra separatist deploys disinformation to claim foreign support

For several years, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a secessionist movement seeking the establishment of a Biafran state carved out of Nigeria’s South-East, has actively sought to claim international support to apply pressure on Nigeria to concede to their requests. This movement, which was latent for decades after the Civil War (1967-70), has since...

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FACT CHECK: Did an Enugu boy build a hydro metallic bomb as claimed by Igbo Times Magazine?

FACT CHECK: Did an Enugu boy build a hydro metallic bomb as claimed by Igbo Times Magazine?

A claim by Igbo Times Magazine, a media-categorised by the War Room as a ‘bad actor’ in terms of penchant for peddling disinformation suggested that an Igbo boy from Enugu state built a metallic bomb. According to the online media, the metallic bomb could destroy 7 armoured tanks simultaneously, surpassing the Russian MG4 Missile. While...

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FACT CHECK: Did 15 Saudi Arabia Mercenaries Arrive Imo State to Fight Biafra Liberation?

FACT CHECK: Did 15 Saudi Arabia Mercenaries Arrive Imo State to Fight Biafra Liberation?

Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the separatist and proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that approximately 15 mercenaries from the Middle East have entered Imo State with the intention of manipulating the elections. This claim follows closely on the heels of his recent assertion of a self-declared lockdown in the...