The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned Southeast youths against joining the British Army’s recruitment drive, describing it as a “deceptive move” to use them as “sacrificial lambs” in future wars. The separatist group warned Southeast youths to shun calls to join the British  Army, saying the previous efforts made by the African youths to fight various wars for Britain …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has asked the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah to stop linking the group with the Finland-based Simon Ekpa’s autopilot group. It insisted that IPoB had nothing to do with Ekpa and his group. The pro-Biafran group was reacting to the claims by the governor that the police neutralised 27 kidnapping gangs of Eastern …

There has been a heavy push by political elites, traditional rulers as well as Governors of the five South East states namely Abia, Ebonyi, Imo, Anambra and Enugu, for the unconditional release or should one say, State Pardon, of incarcerated leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB); and this is not forgetting to mention the cacophony of noises …

The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has agreed to abide by any condition the Federal Government would give for his release from detention. Leading South East Senators to a meeting with the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi on Wednesday to demand Kanu’s release, the Senator representing …

The Indigenous People of Biafra have called for collective action to end the trafficking of teenagers in the South-East, including boys and girls and sexual exploitation locally and internationally. The pro-Biafran group described the recent viral videos of some teenage girls from the South-East trafficked for prostitution in Ghana as a disturbing development. They stated this in a statement signed …

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of five soldiers by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPoB), vowing stern action against the perpetrators and those calling for a sit-at-home order. In a statement on Saturday, the President described the attack in Aba, Abia State, as an “unwarranted barbaric and evil act” that should never be tolerated …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday confirmed the killing of five soldiers by terrorists of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Abia State on Thursday. It vowed to retaliate the killings. This was contained in a statement made available to defence correspondents in Abuja by the director of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major …

The Anambra State Police command has deployed its operatives of Schools Protection Squad (SPS) to institutions ahead of the 30 May sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to mark the Biafra Day. Although the Anambra State government has not made any official pronouncement on the sit-at-home, the state police command said an Assistant Commissioner of Police in …

Ahead of its “Biafra’s Heroes Day” slated for 30 May across the South-East, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the authorities of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to shift its scheduled examination for the day. Similarly, the body asked the authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, to postpone its convocation ceremony scheduled for the day. In …

The apex Ijaw socio-cultural organisation worldwide, the Ijaw National Congress (INC), has warned pro-Biafran group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to desist from dragging the Ijaw nation into its alleged plan to attack military formations in Bayelsa and Delta states over the Okuama and Igbomotoru invasion. The INC handed down the warning while reacting to an alleged plan by …