•IPOB The final word on the closure of the Onitsha main market by the Anambra State government has yet to be heard, as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, declared a total lockdown of all economic activities across Igboland on Monday, February 2, 2026, in solidarity with traders. Governor […]
•Trump and IPOB members The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, today, held a peaceful rally in three South East States of Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi to mark the infamous January 20, 2017, massacre of its members and Biafra agitators by Nigerian security operatives. IPoB members were holding a rally to mark the inauguration of President […...
•Adolphus Wabara Former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, has expressed deep concern over the low turnout of eligible voters in the South East for the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. According to recent statistics released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), fewer than 5,000 people have registered in...
•Registered voters display their PVCs The South West has recorded the highest figures in the first week of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) online voter pre-registration exercise, accounting for more than 61 per cent of the 1,379,342 applications received between August 18 and 24, 2025. This was revealed as the commission c...
•Housing estate House rent in major cities in the South-East region: Enugu, Awka, Abakaliki, Aba, Owerri, Onitsha, Umuahia and other places, has been on a steady astronomical rise. Residents, particularly civil and public workers and small business owners, are crying out over the matter, saying many of them can no longer cope with the choking ...
•Fulani herdsmen A socio-cultural organisation, the Ambassadors for Self-Determination, has warned that any attempt to reintroduce the rejected Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) in Igboland would be met with stiff resistance, even as it called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu-led federal government not to reintroduce the initiative being canvassed by th...
•Tinubu and Nnamdi Kanu The traditional ruler of Opi Ancient Kingdom in Enugu State, His Royal Majesty Eze-Igwe Williams Ezugwu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s handling of issues affecting the Southeast, saying the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is deepening regional alienation...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen A human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has raised the alarm that 950 locations, especially forests, across the South-East communities are under the occupation of bandits and destructive Fulani herdsmen. According to Intersociety, the criminals operate fr...
•Tinubu and Ohanaeze Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to dialogue with nonviolent pro-Biafra leaders or lose South East support ahead of his re-election come 2027. Ohanaeze Ndigbo stated this in a statement signed by its Deputy President and National Spokesman Mazi Okechukwu Isigu...
•Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) The Southeast region lost more than ₦7.6 trillion to its sit-at-home protests in the first two years of the crisis. A new report by SBM Intelligence titled ‘Four Years of Disruption: Unmasking the Impact of IPOB’s Sit-at-Home Order in Southeast Nigeria’, released today, the amount represented about 50-70 per...

