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On the 29th of June, 2021, the Federal Government announced the re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The government had earlier blamed Kanu and IPOB for using social media to incite violence against the government and for the “Unknown Gunmen” menace in the Southeast, which targeted government security assets. After confirmation of his arrest, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered that Nnamdi Kanu be remanded in the Department of State Servi...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong holds a conversation with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on how he is tackling security challenges in his state and the big move to bring new and more vigorous life, especially in economic terms to Aba, the popular commercial city Abia has been enmeshed in multi-pronged security challenges, how have you been managing these crises? I was trying to say that if I have the privilege of being in charge of the policing of my state, part of what you will see that is differen...

Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko, Founder, Igbo Youth Movement presents an alternative communique which he believes should have been issued from the recent meeting of governors from the South-east, Ohanaeze, Igbo leaders and elders I had no intention of commenting on the communique of the just held meeting of the South-east governors, Ohanaeze, Igbo leaders and elders. I am forced to present the truth once again, for these reasons. 1 To continue prayerfully, driving the conversation in search of reconcilia...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has stated that he has neither spoken to nor met with the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, who is a citizen of his state. Speaking exclusively to THISDAY at the commercial city of Aba, Ikpeazu said: “I have never met him. Incidentally during Python Dance and all of that he was still around. He has never reached me. Whether he has been trying, I don’t know. He should know that I am not ave...

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International Criminal Court: An Early Warning For Nigerian Officials By Aloy Ejimakor So, for what’s worth, this humble piece is an early warning to all Nigerian officials who are - directly or indirectly - involved in any extrajudicial killings or other inhumane treatments that appear to be the order of the day in this era. by Aloy Ejimakor May 25, 2021 The Rome Statute is the international treaty that founded the International Criminal Court. Comprising of 13 Parts, it establishes the gove...

Shoot-At-Sight Order: Igbo group drags IGP to UN, ICC On By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja A leading socio-cultural association of Igbo professionals under the aegis of Nzuko Umuna, has described as horrifying, frightening, and unutterable in a democracy, the shoot-at-order the Inspector General Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, handed to police officers in the South East. The group, which addressed a world press conference in Abuja on Monday, noted that the IGP gave the directive in Enugu on May ...

Views: Visits 12 Seeks intervention of NHRC By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja A leading socio-cultural association of Igbo professionals under the aegis of Nzuko Umuna, has described as horrifying, frightening, and unutterable in a democracy, the shoot-at-order the Inspector General Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, handed to police officers in the South East. The group, which addressed a world press conference in Abuja on Monday, noted that the IGP gave the directive in Enugu on May 1...

Views: Visits 22 Governor Nyesom Wike of Cross River State. By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURT The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has condemned the killing of seven policemen in the state by unknown gunmen. The governor in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, after an emergency meeting of the Security Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday called for calm in the state Wike, who presided over the meeting, condem...

Hausa-Fulani Planning to Secede: Niger, Chad to Benefit (Part 1) MAR 10, 2021 Hausa-Fulani elites of northern extraction have been plotting how to secede from Nigeria since 2017 and the beneficiary nations will include Niger Republic and Chad. The only snag in the plan is the herdsmen who are not ready for any breakup of Nigeria, preferring a secured colony within the national space. When Nnamdi Kanu, Director of Radio Biafra and Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB was arrested in 2015, the lev...