President Muhammadu Buhari has said that an unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), currently standing trial, runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary. Receiving a group under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats, led by First Republic parliamentarian and…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charge preferred against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako, on Thursday, fixed the date after counsel to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, informed…
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has accused leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu of living a five-star life abroad and wearing designer clothes while on the run outside the country for over four years. Lai Mohammed stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday on the re-arrest of the…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja last Wednesday cautioned the Director of Radio Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for asking Igbos to boycott the 2019 Presidential elections. This was part of the resolutions of the Imeobi meeting of the Council of Elders held in Abuja last Wednesday. The body opined that the call for boycott of…
Nigerian ethnic groups are enduring the pains, rather than enjoying the gains of unity. From 1960 to date, successive governments, both the militarily imposed and the democratically elected, has declared Nigeria’s unity non-negotiable. Double-edged, the willingness to retain a united Nigeria is contrasted by the unwillingness to allow the nationalities negotiate their terms of cohabitation.…
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has secured the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and former militant leaders, Henry Okah, in prison in South Africa and Charles Okah, incarcerated in Nigeria. MEND, which has engaged the Federal Government in a dialogue through the oil companies…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has requested to halt the hearing of the case against leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, at a Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. On Monday, the director of Radio Biafra was finally brought to court amidst watertight security. At the hearing, the…
Last week, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to produce in court on Monday, November 23, 2015, the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. This followed failure of the DSS to produce the accused in court in the past to answer criminal charges levelled…