The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has opened a liaison office in Padova, Italy, to serve as a contact for its members across Europe. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said in a statement on Sunday, adding that “We are moving quickly towards the restoration of Biafra’s independence and sovereignty through a referendum”. Powerful said the Italy office would serve …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), on Monday, warned the Department of State Services (DSS) to be careful with the handling of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IPoB said the DSS’s decision to deny its leader access to visitors was suspicious. It said the secret police’s claim of denying Kanu access to visitors due to last Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election …

Justice A. O. Onovo of the Enugu State High Court, Thursday, declared the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the South-East Governors’ Forum as illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. The PUNCH reported that in 2017, the South-East Governors Forum, led by former Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, proscribed IPOB activities. The development led to the Federal …

The decision by the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) to dialogue with the Federal Government over a referendum has elicited reactions from some Igbo leaders. The leaders, who insisted on political dialogue to end agitations by some Southeast groups, including IPOB, said no sensible Igbo would want the Southeast to exit Nigeria. The leaders include a one-time Ebonyi State Information …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared its readiness to meet with the Nigerian government for negotiations and dialogue on the peaceful exit of Biafra from Nigeria through a United Nations, UN-supervised referendum. IPOB started peaceful agitation for Biafra independence in 2012. However, the agitation took a different and disturbing dimension in 2015 when IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, …

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), on Friday, said it would not allow the Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration in South-East. The group said events in the country as ‘spearheaded’ by its leadership in the past 63 years did not show South-East was part of Nigeria, stressing, “Anyone seen celebrating the Nigeria flag Independence in Biafraland will regret his or …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Thursday, distanced itself from the killing of eight security personnel by gunmen on Tuesday in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The slain personnel, comprising soldiers, policemen, and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, were set ablaze by the hoodlums who attacked their patrol vans. In a statement …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has urged the Federal Government to be bold and confront its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before the supreme court it has arraigned his matter rather than hiding under several adjournments. Spokesman of the group, Mr. Emma Powerful who disclosed this in a statement he made available to newsmen has also accused the Federal Government …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPoB) has begun the distribution of flyers and posters across the South-East to notify residents of the cancellation of sit-at-home exercise in the region. The pro-Biafran group said the exercise is aimed at conveying Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s pronouncement cancelling Monday sit-at-home and to inform the people that sit-at-home is not only “dead”, but will also …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB),  on Friday, appealed to media houses and social media platforms to be appropriately guided in reflecting and linking the activities of auto-pilot and of leader Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa with IPoB, saying that he is not their member. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, IPoB expressed …