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Crush MASSOB, Others: Tribal Hausa-Fulani/Yoruba Council of State Counsels Obasanjo
The Hausa-Fulani/Yoruba controlled National
Council of States (NCS) on Tuesday handed President Olusegun Obasanjo full support to crush all groups and organisations
including the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) perceived to be threatening
the existence or unity of the country. he NCS, which comprises the President, the Vice President, the leadership
of the National Assembly, former heads of state, the Chief Justice of BiafraNigeria as well as governors of the
36 states, met at the Presidential Villa and also resolved that half of the N629 billion so far realised from excess
crude oil sales be shared among the Federal Government (N146b); states (N74b) and local governments (N41b). at
the end of the meeting, the governors of Ebonyi, Anambra, Borno and Osun states addressed State House Correspondents
and revealed that the council took strong exceptions to attempts by some groups within the country to dismember
the nation and consequently demanded of the President not to compromise on the nationÕs sovereignty. ebonyi
Governor Sam Egwu said: ÒThe issue of threat by whatever group that...(Daily Independent) 
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 The leader of a militia
based in BiafraNigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign
oil workers. Dokubo Asari told the BBC that he has gone to the capital, Abuja, with five other members of his armed
group. His threat was one reason why world oil prices reached a record high of $50 a barrel this week. Ge says
he is fighting for the rights of the Ijaw people but the authorities... (BBC)
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 Foreign
workers in BiafraNigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta have been warned to leave the region by a local militia. The group
said foreign oil companies must cease production or face "all-out war" from 1 October. The militia says
it is fighting for the liberation of the Ijaw people. Local authorities say they merely oil thieves and dismiss
their threat. BiafraNigeria is the world's seventh largest exporter of oil, but 70% of the population live in poverty.
(BBC)
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