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1 day ago
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has taken its legal battle against its proscription as a terrorist organization to the Supreme Court.
2 days ago
The Igbo cherish burying their deceased in their ancestral homesteads, but appeasing gunmen before doing so now has become an “industry” where millions of naira are raked in by non-state actors.
4 Feb
The legal team of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has faulted the recent Appeal Court ruling affirming the Federal Government’s proscription of IPOB and vows to appeal against it at the Supreme Court.
31 Jan
Supreme Head of C&S Unification Church of Nigeria, Prophet Solomon Adegboyega Alao, has urged President Bola Tinubu to be more proactive in the fight against insecurity and prevent a spread to the Southwest region.
31 Jan
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed the order by Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja, proscribing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and designating it as a terrorist organisation.
30 Jan
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the January 18, 2018 order by Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court,
Nnamdi Kanu
28 Jan
The Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) has called on the Federal Government to demilitarise the South-East region and unconditionally release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Police
25 Jan
Operatives of the Imo Police Command’s tactical Unit have neutralised three notorious kingpins of Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Owerri. Adejobi…
25 Jan
The Imo State Police Command have killed three terrorist kingpins, some of their members and destroyed their camps. Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this on Saturday in a statement on the official X account of the Nigerian Police. "As part of the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force to emplace peace and public safety…
Nnamdi Kanu
21 Jan
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a defamation suit at the Enugu High Court against Bashir Ahmad, a former media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari. The suit centres on alleged statements made by Ahmad via his X account on January 19, 2025, labelling Kanu a terrorist and accusing…
President of Kenya William Ruto
21 Jan
Colonial occupation and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into exile were lucky. Sir Evelyn Baring invented the manual on this form of predation as governor of colonial Kenya for seven years until 1959.
21 Jan
Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 25 oil thieves, including four suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), during operations in Delta State.

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