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No fewer than 52 members of the Biafra Zionist Front, BZF, led by Benjamin Onwuka, who were arrested in Enugu, on May 30, have been remanded in prisons. The pro-Biafra group members were allegedly rounded up on their way to hoist the Biafra flag in the Enugu Government House. According to security sources, they were arraigned on Wednesday alongside their leader, Benjamin Onwuka before an Enugu North Magisterial district of the Enugu State Magistrate Court.

Fifty-two members of the Biafra Zionist Front (BZF) led by Benjamin Onwuka, have been remanded in the Enugu Correctional facility, after being arrested.

Operatives from the Enugu State Police Command have arrested no fewer 30 Pro-Biafra agitators during procession for Biafran Day celebration in Enugu.

Operatives of the Enugu State Command Police of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday reportedly arrested over 30 pro-Biafra agitators during a procession for Biafra Day commemoration in Enugu.   SaharaReporters gathered that the arrested pro-Biafra agitators were of the Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM), which is one of the over 28 groups agitating for a sovereign state of Biafra.   According to security sources, they were arrested around 11 am and taken to the State Police Command headquarters.  

Ahead of the inauguration of Enugu State Governor-elect, Dr Peter Mbah and his Deputy, Ifeanyi Ossai, on May 29, the Inauguration Committee has released details of programmes scheduled for the event. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary of the Inauguration Committee, Dr Sam Ogbu-Nwobodo on Wednesday in Enugu. According to him, the

The Executive Director, PAACA, Ezenwu Nwagwu, said INEC was not to blame entirely for the 2023 general election because they acted within the ambit of the electoral law, pointing out that in Igbo land people were practically being dragged to obtain PVCs and to vote whereas other came out en masse.

Ahead of the inauguration of Enugu State Governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah and the Deputy Governor-elect, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai, on May 29, 2023, the

The Enugu Zonal office of Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was gutted by fire.   The office located at Independence Layout off Federal Government College Road, Enugu, was gutted at about 12:30 am on Friday.   EFCC's Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the fire incident in a statement issued on Friday.   According to him, one of the buildings within the Zonal Command was consumed by the fire.  

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Members of the Muslim community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday, staged a protest

Regimes in four geopolitical and economic nodal points of the continent, with a combined population of 343 million, have launched mass arrests, teargassed protestors, arrested major opposition leaders, and killed at least two protestors.