Nigeria Breaking News
ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, opened its case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the Department of State Services, DSS, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how he was arrested in 2015. The development came on a day the court gave permission for identities of …
Following former President Ibrahim Babangida’s clarification in his book that the January 1966 coup was not an Igbo-led conspiracy, the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) has called for reparations from the Nigerian government for the historical marginalization and humiliation that the Igbo have suffered as a result of the false belief that the coup was an …
ABUJA – The President-General of the Igbo Community Association (ICA), FCT, Engr. Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, has revealed that Nnamdi Kanu is optimistic about securing his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) by April 2025. In a statement issued following his visit to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) …
NNEWI – Wife of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Uchechi Kanu, yesterday said her husband has accepted two time Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Nigeria, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, as the new Lead Counsel in his case with the Federal Government of Nigeria. Kanu’s wife said …
ABUJA– The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was on Friday, re-arraigned before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, whose trial started de-novo (afresh) following the reassignment of his case-file to Justice Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to a seven-count charge that bordered on terrorism and …
Kanu, through his new counsel and former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, also apologised to the Federal Government’s lawyer, Chief Awomolo, SAN. The IPOB leader equally apologised to his team of lawyers earlier led by Aloy Ejimakor for also attacking before Justice Nyako. Kanu tendered the apology …
American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) has tasked the new Judge presiding over the trial of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on fair hearing and uprightness, saying that “Kanu is a prisoner of conscience.” This comes barely 24 hours after Kanu’s family hinted that the IPoB leader …
ABUJA – The Federal Government’s planned prosecution of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been described as legally untenable by respected legal expert Barrister Christopher Chidera. Chidera argues that the trial, set to commence on 21 March 2025, faces significant jurisdictional challenges that could render it ineffective. In a statement issued …
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Nigerian government and military of attempting to use the controversial Monday sit-at-home order as a means to discredit the movement. In a statement signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, the group reaffirmed its commitment to self-determination and called for the unconditional release …
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has drawn attention to what he described as serial executive and judicial fraud being perpetrated against him since his extraordinary rendition in 2021. In an open letter addressed to Nigerians yesterday, Kanu said: ‘’In a judgment entered on March 1, 2017, the Federal High …