Biafra
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Ngozi Orabueze, a staunch loyalist of separatist leader Simon Ekpa, has declared that the sit-at-home observed on Mondays in the Southeast should continue, despite Ekpa’s recent arrest by Finnish authorities. Orabueze, who identifies herself as the Chief of Staff in the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), reaffirmed her support for the controversial protest action.…
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Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed hope that President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government will release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Abaribe expressed hope that Tinubu’s government would release Kanu in the interest of national unity and cohesion. Kanu has been locked up since he was arrested in…
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The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Tuesday, said the leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu, has accepted verdict of the Supreme Court against him. MEZIESBLOG recalls that the apex court on December 15 set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against Kanu. A statement…
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The Presidency on Tuesday denied reports claiming that Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State “blocked” President Bola Tinubu from releasing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the reports as fake news. In a statement he released, Onanuga explained that Tinubu never…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned the apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to be careful not to stand in the way of Igbos agitating for Biafra. IPOB insisted that the group remains resolute on its clamour for Biafra referendum. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, issued the warning while reacting to the…
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Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has told the Federal Government that he will not beg for his release after being cleared by Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja. This was contained in a letter dated August 25, 2023, and signed by Kanu’s lead counsel, Mike…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Supreme Court of subverting the course of justice against its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB accused the Supreme Court of using the instrumentality of adjournment against Kanu. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, said the separatist group was disappointed and bewildered over the decision of the Supreme…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned against the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that such an action would sink Nigeria. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued the warning in response to a call by the Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, urging President Bola Tinubu not to release Kanu. Powerful described the…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to entertain any further charge against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, pending the Supreme Court’s ruling on his bail. Justice Binta Nyako said the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain any further charge against Kanu, in view of the judgment…
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The lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Mike Ozekhome, has warned against the continued detention of the Biafra agitator. Ozekhome said Nigeria would disintegrate if Kanu is not released from custody soon despite courts. He issued the warning during a meeting with Igbo leaders in Atlanta,…
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The Nigerian Government has amended the seven-count terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The Government filed the amended seven-count terrorism charge against Kanu. The amended charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, which was entered before the Federal High Court in Abuja, contained all allegations against Kanu that were earlier sustained by…
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Ndi-Igbo in Germany has apologized to former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, over the attack on him by alleged members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Nuremberg, Germany, last Saturday. The group, which organised the event where the attack took place, described the incident as an embarrassment to the entire Igbo…
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The war-affected police officers from the Old Eastern Region who were pardoned and retired from the Nigeria Police Force through a Presidential Amnesty granted on May 29, 2000 ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, and were graciously given approval for the payment of pension entitlements have said that they believed we are all one and that the…
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Bianca Ojukwu told a shocking story of how a 19-year-old American boy set himself on fire for the sake of Biafrans during the Nigerian civil war. He did it to draw attention from international bodies to the endangered seceeding ethnic group. This undated picture shows Chief Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu and family. Bianca Ojukwu, a widow…
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