Court orders Nigeria to return IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya

IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court By Dennis Erezi A federal high court in Umuahia, Abia state, has ordered the Nigeria government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Kenya from where he was extradited in June 2021. The court also ordered the government to pay Kanu the […]

IPOB: 24 persons arrested over link with Kanu missing, lawyer cries out

Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB Leader By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA–A human rights lawyer, Mr. Nnaemeka Ejiofor, has raised the alarm over what he termed as enforced disappearance of 24 persons that were arrested by security agents, following their alleged link with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Ejiofor, who briefed newsmen in […]

Jubilation as A’Court discharges, acquits Kanu • Says extradition, detention unlawful

From Magnus Eze, Enugu, Godwin Tsa, Abuja, Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri, Okey Sampson, Umuahia and Ogbonnaya Ndukwe, Aba Wild jubilation erupted in the camp of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Afaraukwu-Ibeku, Umuahia in Abia State, yesterday, following the judgement of an Abuja division of the Court of Appeal which quashed the seven-count terrorism charge filed against […]

What FG should do with Nnamdi Kanu – Falana

By Davies Ngere Ify Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights attorney, has advised the government to sit down with IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu and negotiate with him rather than continue with his trial. This assertion was made by Falana in response to a query from the audience at the 14th instalment of the Fela Debates, […]

What I mean by ‘You can’t defeat Biafra’ – Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka has explained that people misunderstood him when he said “you can never defeat Biafra”, noting that it was simplistic to think he was referring to the battlefield. The Nobel laureate made the clarification in an interview on Channels TV, while responding to a question on the Civil War, agitators and history. According […]

2023: IPOB rejects Peter Obi, Igbo presidency

By Seun Opejobi The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has rejected the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Igbo presidency. IPOB said it’s neither interested in an Igbo President nor a Nigerian President of Southeast extraction. The group said its members are not part of Obi’s supporters because they are interested in Nigeria’s […]

Biafra: IPOB names Chika Edoziem as Nnamdi Kanu’s replacement

By Seun Opejobi The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced Mazi Chika Edoziem as its new leader. IPOB said Edoziem would pilot its affairs until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released. A statement by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said Edoziem would relinquish the leadership role to Kanu when he is released. The statement […]

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer shares horrendous story of DSS attack on his home

Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release three of his domestic workers. Ejiofor, who made the call on Friday in Abuja at a news briefing, listed the detained personnel as Felix Okonkwo […]

Why terrorists attacked Kuje prison – IPOB

By afolabi The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has revealed why terrorists attacked correctional facility in the Kuje area of Abuja. Recall that gunmen believed to be Boko Haram members had invaded the Kuje prison on Tuesday with heavy weapons and explosives. The terrorists had released all their members incarcerated in the facility Reacting to […]

Why Buhari is interested in keeping Nnamdi Kanu incarcerated – Ohanaeze chieftain

By Nsikak Nseyen A chieftain of the apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Damien Okeke Okene, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is interested in keeping Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, incarcerated. Okene, who is Ohanaeze’s National Vice Chairman, said Buhari is aware that the Southeast would continue to wallow […]

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