The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has urged Igbo outside the South-East region to return home and be counted during the 2023 census. The National Population Census is scheduled for 3rd to 5th May. IPoB said it was imperative for the Igbo to be counted during this year’s census in order to ascertain their actual population size, adding the …

Not less than five people were reportedly killed in Aba on Friday as security agencies confronted protesters suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) in Aba, Abia State. IPoB members, who adorned white clothing had embarked on street protest over the continued detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu despite the court order for his release …

A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to Helsingin Sanomat (HS). Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of his apartment in Lahti by Finish policemen. He was later released after the Police arrested him for a suspected crime. The Finnish Central …

Thursday’s arrest by the Finnish authorities of a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa was received with rapturous joy and relief in many parts of the South-East and Nigeria as a whole. It is gathered that Ekpa’s eventual arrest in his residence in faraway Lahti followed relentless pressure mounted by the Federal Government and Igbo leaders on the Finland government …

Finland authorities on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa. He is the brain behind the sit-at-home order in the South-East. According to a Finland news outlet, Helsingin Sanomat (HS), the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform reported that its team had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) and the family of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on Monday disagreed on the offer by Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo to stand surety for him. At the weekend, Soludo said that he was ready to stand surety if the detained IPoB leader could not be released unconditionally. The governor said: “I …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has called on the Federal Government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. While flaging off the campaign of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Awka, the Anambra capital, on Saturday, Soludo said that Kanu is critical to the security conversation in the southeast, and …

A coalition of various Igbo unions across the globe, the Global Igbo Alliance (GIA) has advocated that the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention would restore peace and security in the South East region. A statement signed by the group’s president and secretary, Dr. Christian Duru and Mrs Chinwe …

A team of government prosecutors has alleged that the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu refused to present himself before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his planned re-arraignment. The Director of Public Prosecution at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. M. B. Abubakar on Monday told Justice Binta Nyako: “My Lord, …

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Kanu has alleged that “enemies” are seeking loopholes to blackmail the group. According to Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who visited him at the Department of State Security Service facility in Abuja, the embattled leader urged IPOB members to be circumspect in their dealings. In a statement posted …