The Police Command in Imo has announced the arrest of 15 suspected members of Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Henry Okoye, said in a statement issued in Owerri on Friday that...
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The Police Command in Anambra has debunked stories making the round that Umunze Community in Orumba South Local Government Area of the State was the operational headquarters of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the military wing of IPOB terrorists. The command made the clarification following a news report...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged Imo residents to ignore sit-at-home order on election day but to come out en-mass to cast their votes for any candidate of their choice. President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call in...
The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed Dec. 15 to deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the Federal Government against the Court of Appeal judgment that quashed the criminal charges against Nnamdi Kanu and ordered his release. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun fixed the date after taking arguments from Kanu’ s...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, says suspected armed men have burnt three commuter buses, four motorcycles and one tricycle in the state. SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, Spokesperson of the Command, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the attack occured in Ezzamgbo, Ohaukwu local government area of the state,...
Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has neutralised four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a gun duel. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Lt.-Col. Jonah...
On a number of occasions, I have felt the irresistible pull of homeland. Maybe it is the subliminal summons of my ancestors or the pull of my birth chord long buried beneath that immortal kola nut tree at the backyard of what used to be my mother’s hut. When...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of...
Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu as a gift to the people of South Eastern Nigeria. Ogah, member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia in the House of Representatives, made the appeal in a statement in Abuja on Monday. ...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee, interfacing with relevant security agencies to reduce kidnapping, assassinations and banditry in Abia communities, has called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Rep. Obinna Aguocha, Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, made this call in Abuja at the resumed sitting of the...
Perhaps for the first time since the country’s return to democracy in 1999, the meeting of the South-East Governors’ Forum recorded full attendance of the 5 governors of the zone. In the past, governors would typically send their deputies and infrequently attended the zonal meetings in...
The proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday, began the distribution of flyers and posters across the South-East to notify residents of cancellation of the sit-at-home exercise in the region. IPOB’s spokesman, Mr Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement entitled: “Monday weekly sit-at-home: An ugly phase...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 3 gunmen have been killed by the police while others escaped with severe bullet wounds after a gun battle with hoodlums in Imufu community within Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State. The police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed...
Residents of Onitsha in Anambra on Wednesday went about their normal businesses in defiance to a two weeks sit-at-home order by Simon Ekpa, a factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ekpa, who is based in Finland and claimed to be IPOB prime minister, had in...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army, sister Services, Nigeria Police and other security agencies have successfully raided hideouts and training camps belonging to IPOB/ESN in Orsomoghu Forest spanning Anambra and Imo States. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the raid was part of the...
Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, has described as fake, a photo of him and the Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Mr Simon Ekpa. The Head of the Obi-Datti Media Office, Mr Diran Onifade, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The News...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Nigerian Army troops in conjunction with Vigilante Group have raided the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network, and arrested nine suspected terrorists in Anambra. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this...
The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed 106 shops and two banks for allegedly observing Monday’s sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the exercise was carried out by officials of the State Government and Enugu...
Enugu State Government has again, urged Enugu residents to disregard Monday’s sit-at-home order by the factional members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and go about their normal businesses. The government directs resumption of normal activities on Monday and threatened to sanction civil servants, schools, markets, and...
The Odinala Cultural Heritage Foundation (OCHIE Igbo), a socio-cultural organisation of young Igbo professionals, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to be more professional in its operations. OCHIE Igbo gave the advice following a recent tweet on the official Twitter handle of the DSS describing some...