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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human Rights group, International Society For Civil Liberties and rule of law, has warned against the recent one week sit- at home order, handed down by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, beginning from 5th, November in South East region, saying if not shelved, such act will jeopardize the forthcoming […]

A coalition of civil society organizations in the South-East has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to immediately withdraw the sit-at-home

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, gave updates on the report of a 24-man presidential ad hoc...

People who promote insurrection in Nigeria face a "rude shock", its president warned on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a fierce crackdown on rising violence in the southeast that has included arson attacks on police station and electoral offices.

The actor said he was not campaigning or asking people to join Biafra.

Separatists in Nigeria on Saturday announced a suspension of a weekly protest over the arrest of their leader, a spokesman for the group said in a statement. The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which wants a separate state for the ethnic Igbo people in the southeast of the country, had recently called on businesses in the oil-rich region to close every Monday. The "sit-at-home" order from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm was to protest the arrest of their leader Nnamdi Kanu who i...

As insecurity, corruption threaten Nigeria under a general’s watch The Punch Published 18 July 2021 ADELANI ADEPEGBA X-rays the insecurity bedevilling the country under the watch of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) When Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) promised during the 2014 election campaign that he would bring his experience to bear and defeat Boko Haram within months of assuming the leadership of the country, not a few Nigerians saw him as the sol...

All eyes on govt as Kanu faces fresh trial The Punch The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who sojourned in London, United Kingdom, for about four years following an alleged raid on his home in 2017, was rearrested last Sunday. JESUSEGUN ALAGBE examines how the government can douse any potential unrest following the IPOB leader’s detention After nearly four years of jumping bail, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested and...

...distances self from killing native doctor in Imo Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from the statement credited to the police alleging that the group and its security outfit; Eastern Security Network (ESN) killed a native doctor in Awommama in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. In a statement from the Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful, IPOB described the report as ridiculous, warning against associating the group with such deity. The group also reveal...

Having now provided the Reader with some insights into the two main protagonists of the heavy-handed Military operation in the East, the most sensible solution is the NINAS leadership solution: a “Cease and Desist” caution to all sides, ie, to both Kanu and Buhari.