ipob crisis

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has faulted media reports that its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been dismissed as director of Radio Biafra. It dismissed the report as ”a cheap diversionary tactics designed to test our dedication and resolve in the run up to the much anticipated boycott...

The federal government has revealed that the 2,671 seized pump action rifles illegally imported into the country from Turkey could be traced to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The government said this on Tuesday as part of its submissions before the federal high...

Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 17, 2018, to decide if it will set aside the order of proscription against Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. IPOB had earlier asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reverse its orders proscribing it and labelling it as a...

An Igbo socio-activist group, the Igbos for Nigeria Movement [INM], says it has uncovered the person behind the recent Monkey Pox vaccine hoax with sole aim of causing disaffection between the Military and the residents. According to National President of the INM, Mazi Ifeanyi Igwe, the person...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered Senator Eyninnaya Abaribe, and two others standing as sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to explain the IPOB leader’s whereabout. The judge gave the senator Abaribe three...

Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday visited Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) in his country home in Minna, Niger state. Addressing journalists after meeting IBB behind closed door, Kalu said they spoke about 2019 presidential elections. According...

Leader of Southeast caucus in the National Assembly, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has lamented that those who signed the bail bond for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of proscribed IPOB, from detention are now in trouble. Abaribe also stressed that as a result of agitations by the...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has hailed Ooni of Ife over his remark about the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Recall that Ooni had on Friday said the government should not have tagged the Separatist group a terrorist organization but listen to their plights as youths of the...

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, has maintained that family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu knows where Kanu is hiding. Usman urged Nigerians to ask the younger brother and lawyer to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor of Kanu’s...

The Nigerian army has stated that there is no evidence that people were killed in the Southeast during the Operation Python Dance II. Speaking with newsmen, it said reports that its personnel murdered members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were just hearsays. According to him...

Senators from the South East on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the tension generated in the region as a result of the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The Senators, who were led by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu said the South East zone...

Reports say that the leadership of the Senate and governors from South East are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on ways to resolve the crises emanating from the series of ethnic agitations. The senators’ resolve to meet with the executive was reached on Tuesday at its resumption after...

The Presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari did not speak on the activities of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during his speech at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly vecause it is an internal issue.. Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said...

The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB separatist crisis being spearheaded by Nnamdi Kanu is bigger than the activities of the deadly terrorist group Boko Haram, Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has said. According to The Nation, The Governor stated this when he spoke in Owerri on Monday...

Gov Ikpeazu of Abia State has revealed why he will not dethrone the father of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has widely called for. He made this revelation while speaking with State House reporters after a meeting with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo "I clearly separate Kanu from his father...

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to name the “treasury looters” he alleged were sponsoring the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB. Mr. Mohammed at a news conference in Lagos on Sunday alleged that “politically...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with the governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The closed-door meeting is believed to be in connection with the recent clash between soldiers and members of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB)...

The Federal Government says it is aware of sources of funding of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and is taking steps to block them. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on a live TV programme “Good Morning Nigeria” on the...

Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on Monday said the state will not allow an infinitesimal few to separate the eastern part from other regions. The governor stated this when he received five of his colleagues from the northern part of the country. While addressing them inside the executive...

Governor Wike or Rivers State welcomes the Northern Governors delegation and affirms the River State government support for the unity of Nigeria.