•Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (rtd) Some retired senior military officers have backed the call by a former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (retd), for the declaration of a state of emergency to effectively address the Boko Haram insurgency. In his new book, ‘Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram [&hell...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a statement in response to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day address, emphasising that the movement is committed to peaceful advocacy and self-determination. In the statement, IPOB’s spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, clarified that the group operates through nonviolent means and...
•Tinubu and Jailed IPOB kingpin Simon Ekpa The federal government has described the conviction of Simon Ekpa for terrorism-related offences and other charges by a Finnish Court as “a major victory” against terrorism. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this while reacting to Ekpa’s sentencing to six yea...
•Ali Modu Sheriff and Boko Haram terrorists Former Borno State Governor and Senator, Ali Modu Sheriff, has urged the federal government to strengthen regional alliances with neighbouring countries as a critical step towards ending the Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television last night, Sheriff stressed that lasting pe...
•Bulama Bukarti A security analyst and human rights lawyer, Dr. Bulama Bukarti, has described the wave of violent attacks in Benue State as “acts of terrorism”, urging the federal government to officially designate them as such and respond with a counter-terrorism strategy. Bukarti, who spoke on Channels Television last night, dismissed the no...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State The governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has declared that the state is under siege from terrorists and bandits, saying that the recent attacks that have claimed several lives is beyond herders-farmers clash. There has been a surge in attacks in the North-Central state in recent weeks, with several [&h...
•Roland Stephen Owie The pioneer Chief whip of the Senate, Senator Roland Stephen Owie, was elected Senator for the Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform. He took office on May 29, 1999 as chief whip after forming a […]
•DSS operatives and IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Department of State Services (DSS) has distanced itself from the controversial arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Kenya, insisting its operations are limited strictly to Nigeria’s territorial borders. This emerged during cross-examination of a prosecu...
•Simon Ekpa Finnish prosecutors today said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with ter...
•Tinubu and terrorists The Nigeria Sanctions Committee has designated 17 individuals and organisations terrorism financiers. Those named on the list include Simon Ekpa, Godstime Promise Iyare, Francis Mmaduabuchi, John Onwumere, Chikwuka Eze, Edwin Chukwuedo, Chinwendu Owoh, Ginika Orji, Awo Uchechukwu, and Mercy Ebere Ifeoma Ali. Others are O...
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