Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he has been a fan of Liverpool Football Club from childhood. Kanu, who disclosed this when Justice Binta Nyako jokingly asked him his favourite football team, said Liverpool F.C....
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to admit Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that since Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court must first determine the...
The Federal Government is set to re-arraign the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on an amended six-count of treasonable felony. The amendment came on a day the trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako fixed to hear an application Kanu filed to be released on...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the terrorist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always been enforced by groups claiming to act on his...
The United Kingdom has clarified that it did not designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The clarification comes after it emerged that the UK sought to exclude IPOB members who have committed human rights abuses from its asylum program. A statement signed by presidential...
A former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has exposed those who killed a military couple in Imo State. Asari alleged that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra are responsible for the killing of the military couple identified Gloria Matthew and Audu Linus. Recall that they were killed...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant state pardon to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Nwali made the appeal on Friday in Abakaliki while speaking on behalf of CAN members in a...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that it will be difficult for the South-East zone to continue voting for people who will not vote for it during elections. The governor made the declaration on Friday in Abakaliki during a meeting between visiting President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of...
Leaders in the South East have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. They made the plea on Friday at a meeting with the President who is on a two-day visit to Ebonyi State. The Chairman of...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the Federal Government to release the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying that his release from detention will restore peace and security in the zone. This is contained in a communiqué...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said it would begin the enforcement of the ban on open grazing which has since been pronounced by South East Governors and passed into law by many States in Biafran land. A statement issued by IPOB...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, exonerated the Federal Government on the allegation that leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was forcefully abducted abroad to stand his trial. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that rendition for the purpose of criminal investigation...
Eight of the 15 counts charges brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been struck out. The eight charges were struck out by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. The 15 charges which bordered on terrorism were filed against Kanu...
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra, has given the assurance that he will lead his brother governors in the Southeast to engage the Federal Government on dialogue to handle insecurity situation in the zone. Soludo said that an expeditious release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of proscribed Indigenous...
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has abrogated its sit at home directive in South East Nigeria, saying the development is to embrace peace negotiations organised by the Anambra government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Saturday from Awka that IPOB yielded to the appeal by the Anambra...
Nnamdi Kanu has demanded a compensation of N25 billion from the Nigerian Government over his arrest and repatriation from Kenya. Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. He made the demand before a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State. He explained that the...
Former militant leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Asari Dokubo has threatened to kill Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Dokubo, while responding to reports that he was ‘beaten’ by some members of the group, threatened that the day such...
The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu resumed on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja with him wearing his regular Fendi outfit. This is contrary to the order made by Justice Binta Nyako in December 2021 that he be...
The Department of State Services, on Wednesday, complied with the advice of a Federal High Court, Abuja, not to block the court premises and environs ahead of the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Feb. 28 to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed the date after counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Idowu Awo, informed...