Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to meet and dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, as a measure to curb the secessionist agitations in the South-East. Obasanjo made his opinion known in an interview with the Newsweek Magazine. He said, “I don’t see […]
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After an emergency meeting in Enugu on Friday, South-east governors announced a ban on all the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in their geo-political zone. Earlier on Friday, the defence headquarters declared IPOB “a militant terror group”. According to some insiders, the governors succumbed to a directive from Aso Rock, as a […]
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The defence headquarters has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a “militant terrorist organisation” and urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, John Enenche, the director, defence information, restated the commitment of the armed forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country”. Enenche […]
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The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has directed an immediate imposition of curfew from dusk to dawn (6pm – 6am) within the Greater Jos – Bukuru Metropolis, until further notice. Samuel, Emmanuel Nanle, Director, Press & Public Affairs to the governor said in a statement that the directive followed “sudden build up of tension […]
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A video showing men of the Nigerian army forcing believed to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to swim in dirty swamp water while flogging them with canes, has surfaced on social media. According to the person who brought out the video, the incident took place along Aba-Umuahia road. Watch below Meanwhile, the […]
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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has cancelled a pre-scheduled meeting with the south-east governors forum. In a statement personally signed by him, Kanu alleged that soldiers intend to assassinate him on his way to the meeting. He also said his group was preoccupied with attending to victims of the “unprovoked military […]
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The Nigerian Army has vowed to punish the soldiers who participated in the assault on journalists in Umuahia on Tuesday. During the sad occurrence, at least two journalists were reportedly assaulted. The soldiers had accused the press men of filming them as they rode by the state secretariat of Nigerian Union of Journalists. The newsmen […]
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The Nigerian Army has reacted to reports of killing Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members in Umuahaia, Abia state on Sunday. There had been reports that some soldiers from the 14 brigade of Nigerian army invaded Kanu’s residence and shot at pro-Biafra agitators. But the army refuted the claim, saying it was the IPOB supporters […]
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Following the Federal Government’s call for his bail to be revoked, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), says anyone who comes to “biafraland” to arrest him will die there. Following his arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS), and 18 months incarceration, Binta Nyako, justice of a federal high court […]
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to defeat him with argument in the “debate for freedom”, stressing that his group will never be violent. Kanu said this on Wednesday in Abia state while reacting to Buhari’s marching order to security agencies to tackle the excesses […]
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