The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the January 30, 2025 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which affirmed its designation as a terrorist group and subsequent proscription by the federal government. The detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has also reiterated his innocence, saying nobody s...
•Nigerian soldiers The military high command says the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorists’ group is a morale booster. It specifically stated that the ruling by the court would motivate the military through its frontline troops to expedite action in destroying and dismantling the terror group ...
•IPoB The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that the Eastern Security Network (ESN) is under oath to safeguard the South-East region, stressing that operatives would not engage in any form of criminality. In a statement commemorating the ESN’s 4th anniversary, IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful commended the gallantry of the...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today, affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organisation. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Hamma Barka, affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which outlawed the IPOB, reports Vanguard. The [...
•Azuta Mbata and Uche Okwukwu The controversy that characterised the buildup to the election of the leadership of Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, seems not to be over as the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, has expressed support for Uche Okwukwu, who emerged in a factional election of the group. Okwukwu, an indigene of Riv...
•Retired Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB yesterday kicked against the candidacy of former Inspector General of Police, Chief Mike Okiro, for the contest of the position of President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo. The pro-biafra group warned that it will no longer keep quiet, while politicians manipulat...
•Police Two operatives of the Imo State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit lost their lives in a gun battle while dismantling a notorious IPOB/ESN syndicate allegedly involved in kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. The operatives also killed three of the suspected IPOB/ESN kidnappers, arrested two others, and recovered six AK-47 rifl...
•Simon Ekpa Pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, who was arrested in Finland for alleged terrorism-related activities, will spend Christmas in detention as the country’s legal system does not permit bail. A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, disclosed this to our correspondent via an em...
•Simon Ekpa The federal government will likely apply for the extradition of Simon Ekpa, the leader of the Eastern Security Network, the paramilitary organisation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen Tukur Gusau, who gave the indication yesterday, said Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple of IPOB l...
•FRSC officials on duty The lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, today called on Nigerians to reject the proposed bill to arm the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC. Ejiofor made this while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, about the said proposed bill. His reason was that the bill if passed would […]
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