{"id":34772,"date":"2017-09-29T18:47:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=34772"},"modified":"2017-09-29T18:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:47:22","slug":"nigerian-government-must-learn-spain-ex-minister-talks-biafra-agitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/nigerian-government-must-learn-spain-ex-minister-talks-biafra-agitation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Nigerian Government Must Learn from Spain &#8211; Ex Minister Talks on Biafra Agitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the Nigerian government to learn something positive from Spain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, the people of Catalan in Spain have not been called terrorists, despite insisting on a referendum.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fani-Kayode tweeted:\u00a0<em>\u201cThe people of Catalan in Spain are insisting on a referendum. Their leader says he will declare independence if the \u201cyes\u201d vote wins. The Spanish govt. refuses to recognise the process but they have NOT called the people of Catalan terrorists or sent in the army. LEARN FROM THIS!\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The people of Catalan in Spain are insisting on a referendum.Their leader says he will declare independence if the &#8220;yes&#8221; vote wins. The Spanish govt. refuses to recognise the process but they have NOT called the people of Catalan terrorists or sent in the army. LEARN FROM THIS!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realFFK\/status\/913706169511874560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>The Federal Government has gazetted the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which proscribed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and declared it a terrorist group.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The FG, through the Central Authority Unit of the Federal Ministry of Justice, had commenced moves to notify banks, Nigerian embassies abroad and foreign missions operating in Nigeria from further relating with IPOB.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the Nigerian government to learn something positive from Spain. 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