The court of appeal sitting in Abuja, Tuesday has reserved judgment on the case against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to trash terrorism and felony charges preferred against him. Human rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), led the delegation of legal practitioners representing the IPOB leader, urged the court to strike out the Read More
Onitsha completely locked down as residents continue sit-at-sit-at-home protest over Nnamdi Kanu’s detention. Recall that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had declared sit-at-home order for 12th and 13th September. All shops and market are still locked up every Monday in solidarity for Nnamdi Kanu’s release.
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday September 13, 2022 pay a working visit to Imo State. This will be the second time Nigeria’s President will be visiting the state physically since Governor Hope Uzodimma came to power in January 2020. According to the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, who briefed newsmen Saturday at the Conference Hall Read More
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted after Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, threw out a fresh application bill. Speaking after the hearing, the IPOB leader called for peace across South East states. He said, “I want Biafra state to be calm, and very peaceful. We are fighting for peace and Read More
About five persons suspected to be members of unknown gunmen were killed on Friday during a confrontation with people suspected to be Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to a viral video, the incident occured along Onitsha/Owerri road by Akwa village, Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State. The viral video showed a Hilux van carrying five Read More
The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the security agencies of killing and harvesting human organs which they say is now a lucrative business. They pointedly maintained that many Biafran youth who are labelled as IPOB or ESN members are being exterminated by security agents and their organs harvested and sold. According to a statement made Read More
The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will no longer hold on Thursday, a statement from the court has confirmed. The new date for his trial according to the Registrar of the Federal High Court Abuja will now be on June 28, 2022. Blueprint lerant that IPOB was informed by the Federal High Read More
The killing of Fatima, a pregnant house wife, with her four children and other innocent people from northern extraction by the violent and outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is crude, barbaric and condemnable. Since the arrest and detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, for alleged treason, IPOB through its armed-wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) has turned to s Frankenstein Read More
The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the gruesome murder and beheading of the Anambra law maker, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, describing the act abominable. The organisation in a statement issued by their media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, said that the heinous crime was the handiwork of Nigeria security agencies such as the military and the Read More
An angry leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has ordered an immediate end to what he called “the senseless killings going on in the South East,” which is officially being attributed to the members of the organisation. Currently in detention a the Department of State Services (DSS), facility in Abuja, the enraged IPOB leader bewailed the Read More
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani sociocultural association has threatened to drag no fewer than ten northern states to court over alleged diversion of billions of naira meant for the establishment of cattle ranches in their domains. Secretary General of the group, Alhaji Saleh Alhassan at a press conference in Abuja identified Plateau, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Katsina and Niger states Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu must defend himself in court. The president said this while responding to appeals for the release of the detained IPOB leader. South-east traditional, religious and political leaders made the appeal during a Town Hall meeting with Buhari in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, on Friday. Read More
Five years after, the United Kingdom government has eventually designated Nigeria’s Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The federal government had in 2017 branded IPOB a terrorist group, since then, the sect has continued their agitation with insecurity rising in Southeast. According to reports, UK’s U-turn followed series of atrocities committed by the group. The country has Read More
Outlawed pro-Biafra group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said weekend that it is willing to cooperate with or support any governor from South-east or South south that supports its cause of ensuring liberation for Biafrans. “We wish to assure South-east and South south governors that IPOB members are human beings with an unwavering interest of Biafrans at heart. Our work Read More
The trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over terrorism charges has been adjourned to February 16, 2022. Inside the court room, Kanu pleaded not guilty to the amended treasonable felony charges. Details loading…
The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised a dirge, calling on the Department of State Services (DSS) not to subject their leader, Nnamdi Kanu to solitary confinement. The pro-Biafra group in a statement through their spokesman, Emma Powerful, wondered that the trial judge, Justice Binta Bello, should be a party to injustice being meted on their Read More
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Wednesday mocked Igbo leaders over their scheme towards actualising the emergence of a president from the region. This was contained in a statement issued by the IPO spokesman, Emma Powerful, who charged the South-east governors to rally behind the Biafra mandate of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The statement further noted that the northern oligarchy Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS) Tuesday raised the alarm to the effect that some groups and individuals were planning to cause a breakdown of law and order in the country. It also said some persons desperately seeking power use wrong and skewed narratives to not only mislead citizens, but overheat the polity. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, who revealed Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said leader of the proscribed separatists group, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was not being maltreated in its custody contrary to claims by members of IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer. DSS, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dr Peter Afunanya, debunked the allegation while addressing journalists, Tuesday at the DSS Headquarters, Abuja. “It (the Service) denies all Read More
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has complained over the numerous killings going on in Imo state. The organisation specifically complained about the killing of promising youth by security agents on the guise that they are hunting for ESN operators, adding that Gov. Hope Uzodimma is instrumental to the killings. While making the outcry, the outlawed pro-Biafra group, posited that Read More
As against the January date slated for continuation of his trial by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, there are indications that IPOB self acclaimed leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, may appear in court on Thursday December 2, 2021. At the last October trial, Kanu it would be recalled pleaded not guilty to the federal government 7 Read More
Tiv Youth Council Worldwide (TYCW) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow himself to be pressured into taking a decision that will set bad precedence. The group specifically said releasing leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) could be an invitation for more treasonable acts. The group was reacting to request made by another group under the Read More
A pro peace group has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari, against any move to interfere with the prosecution of the leader of the dreaded Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, as sought by Igbo leaders. The group known as Concerned Citizens for Peace and Security in Nigeria (COCPSIN), gave the warning in a press release issued Monday in Jos. The Read More
The spate of insecurity in the South-east had always been a subject of discourse. AMARACHUKWU EGWUAGHA examines the scourge. It’s no longer news that the South-east zone has been witnessing pockets of insecurity, just like other parts of the country. For instance, there have been several attacks in states like Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and other parts of the zone, but the Read More
Journalists who arrived the federal high court on Wednesday November 10, 2021, date of an adjourned hearing on the trial of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, have been shut out by Department of State Services (DSS). One of the DSS operatives told Journalists, “We are working on instruction. We can’t let you people in.” Some lawyers, former Read More
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