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We have no problem with Atiku’s presidential ambition, IPOB says

Leader of the Indigenous People Biafra, IPOB, and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday said he had no problem with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition in Nigeria. Kanu also said his reference of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the forthcoming Nigeria’s election, Alhaji Atiku in his radio broadcast, had nothing to […]

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IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu resurfaced in Israel

Alleged Photo and video of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has surfaced showing where he is praying in Jerusalem, Israel. The photos and videos were shared online by Radio Biafra. Kanu went missing in September last year after the military invaded his home in Abia state and there had not […]

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Nigeria says IPOB is funded by France

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, alleged that apart from receiving money from looters in Nigeria, secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, was receiving a large chunk of its financing from France. According to correspondent, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this during an interview with State House correspondents after the […]

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A security guard stands in the empty Ogbaru Market as shops and businesses shut down to mark the anniversary of the Biafra independence declaration

Southeast shutdown for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration

Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since the declaration of an independent republic of Biafra sparked a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks of the River Niger, most markets were closed and the streets were largely empty […]

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Biafra: a painful chapter in Nigeria’s history

Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking a brutal civil war that left about one million people dead. – Coups and secession – On May 30, 1967, the military head of Nigeria’s eastern region, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, declares “the independent Republic of Biafra”. His […]

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I don’t want to be Biafra president – Nnamdi Kanu

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, he does not intend to be president when the Republic of Biafra was eventually actualized. Kanu told Vanguard that he always preferred to operate from the background, pointing out that if the pioneer leader of […]

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Nnamdi Kanu gets bail, to produce three sureties

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony. Trial Justice Binta Nyako said her decision to release Kanu on bail was based on health grounds. The court held that Kanu must produce three […]

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Nnamdi Kanu is prepared to sink Nigeria, says IPOB

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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IPOB fires Kanu’s lawyers over anti-Avengers comments

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.” […]

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MASSOB demands release of Kanu, others

[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 […]

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IPOB: Police force warns against unlawful possession of arms

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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I’m proud of Nnamdi Kanu and i’m supporting him – Father

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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