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Newspaper from 2004/08/26

Many Igbo people in Lagos are not traveling to their hometowns in eastern Nigeria for the New Yam Festival due to the current uncertainty and the activities of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), which has vowed to declare a sovereign state of Biafra. Some Igbo people in Lagos have decided to celebrate the festival at the level of their unions in Lagos instead of traveling to the east.

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Many Igbo people in Lagos are not traveling to their hometowns in eastern Nigeria for the New Yam Festival due to the current uncertainty and the activities of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), which has vowed to declare a sovereign state of Biafra. Some Igbo people in Lagos have decided to celebrate the festival at the level of their unions in Lagos instead of traveling to the east.

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