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Comprising five of the country’s 36 states, South-east Nigeria is the site of resilient atrocity. In the eight years from the middle of 2015 to the end of 2023, the monitoring coalition, Nigeria Mourns, confirmed about 3,000 killings
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The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has commended the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, for his leadership in tackling insecurity across the country. The organisation particularly noted that recent military operations across the country have led to a decline in the activities of…
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Mr Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, a former Attorney-General (A-G) and Commissioner for Justice of Imo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ume, who called for political solution in the matter, urged President Tinubu to use his good office…
27 Feb
The legal team representing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), seeking his urgent intervention in the reassignment of Kanu’s case.
26 Feb
The legal team representing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), seeking his urgent intervention in the reassignment of Kanu's case. In a letter addressed to the CJN, lead counsel Aloy Ejimakor urged the judiciary's top authority to direct the Chief Judge…
25 Feb
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected the proposed creation of additional states in Nigeria, stating that the South-East is only interested in a referendum to determine its exit from the country. In a statement on Monday, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the group opposes the creation of new states because the existing ones…
21 Feb
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has filed a motion for injunction against the Court of Appeal judgment that affirmed its proscription. According to lead counsel Aloy Ejimakor, the motion is aimed at checking the imminent danger of deploying the judgment as a cover to unleash extrajudicial killings in the Southeast region of Nigeria. IPOB…
19 Feb
Legal practitioner, Aloy Ejimakor, has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of barring him from visiting his client, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is in their custody. In a terse statement made available to The Guardian, Ejimakor revealed that his legal team alongside an ex-member of the…
17 Feb
Detained IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has declared he will not subscribe to any trial conducted by any judge or court without jurisdiction or whose jurisdiction does not meet constitutional requirements.
16 Feb
Detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has announced that he won't, both now and ever, face any trial conducted by any judge or court without jurisdiction or whose jurisdiction does not pass constitutional muster. He said that this decision would stand even "if it will take the rest of my life in…
11 Feb
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, indefinitely adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
11 Feb
Amidst the increasing clamour for his freedom, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that his release should be based on adherence to the rule of law rather than an act of clemency, pardon, or amnesty.
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