Nigeria, May 15 -- Every year on May 30, the memory of fallen heroes and heroines of the Biafran cause is rightfully awakened. It is a day soaked in pain, history, and the reminder of a people's cry for justice and self-determination. Against the backdrop of the approach of the 2025 Remembrance Day, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the pro-Biafra group that has made headlines for its unyielding advocacy, has recently announced its insistence on a total lockdown of the entire South East region in Nigeria to commemorate this year's Biafra Heroes Day. But with all due respect to the cause and the memory of the departed, we must ask the hard question: "Must commemoration come at the cost of economic and social regression?" The answer t...