Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, to reveal the condition of his health after he spending nearly two months in Britain on medical leave. Soyinka, who spoke in an interview with AFP at Paris Book Fair weekend, also said indigenous people had a right to assert themselves as […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 25, 2017 for ruling on bail application filed by the self acclaimed leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and three others. The court also reserved April 6, to hear the application seeking for a variation on its earlier ruling on protection of witnesses, […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday said its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, had commenced the process to ‘sink’ Nigeria as he threatened during his last court appearance. In a press statement in Awka, Anambra State, by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group warned on the danger of the continued detention of its […]
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Detained separatist leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has dragged the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS) to an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court, seeking justice over his detention. The DSS had arrested Kanu last year at Lagos Airport, where he arrived from UK and […]
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The Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dropped his defence lawyers for disowning the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). IPOB said in a statement late on Friday in Abuja that the utterances of the defence lawyers on negotiation between Kanu and the Federal Government as well as on the Avengers were “made without consultation.” […]
Read More The Southeast was on the boil yesterday as pro-Biafra agitators staged protests in major cities to mark the 49th declaration of the state of Biafra by the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, The Nation report. The declaration led to the 1967 Civil War, which lasted till January 1970. No fewer than two million people died […]
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[su_dropcap]M[/su_dropcap]ovement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has once again called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Ben Onwuka of Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM). According to The Nation, Also, the movement demanded for immediate release of 23 other Biafran detainees languishing at Awka […]
Read More The Nigeria Police Force has warned the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against bearing arms in self defence. This is contained in a statement issued by the Force Spokesperson, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olabisi Kolawale, in Abuja on Thursday. The statement said the warning became necessary because of a publication credited to the group […]
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IN an interview with One of Punchng correspondent, IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE. Nnamdi kanu’s father, HRM Eze Israel Okwu Kanu, the traditional ruler of Isiama Afara, a community in Umuahia, Abia State, talked about how proud he his of his own son who is the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra and The Movement for the […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in prison custody. Justice James Tsoho made the order on Wednesday after Kanu, who has since October 14, 2015 been in the custody of the Department of State Service, […]
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The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday resumed the protest against the continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, The Nation report. The protest which was announced on friday, turned bloody in Aba, Abia State, when protesters clashed with security men. Unconfirmed reports said about […]
Read More LEADERSHIP of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) said it has directed its members to resume massive protests from Monday 18 January. The directive came after rising from a one-day meeting of national executive officers at MASSOB headquarters, Okwe Onuimo Local council of Imo state. A statement signed […]
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