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 Supreme Court has fixed 15th December to deliver judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. In its ruling on 13th October 2022, the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordered Kanu’s release. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, …

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, 5 October, to hear the appeal of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, according to Sunday PUNCH. His lead counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday. Also confirming the development, IPOB’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said all appeals filed by Kanu would be heard …

Barely one week after the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu disowned Finland-based Simon Ekpa, the man behind sit-at-home in the South East, the former on Saturday directed his followers to dedicate every Monday as ‘Economic Empowerment Day’ (EED) rather than sit at home. In his recent handwritten letter to Ekpa, Kanu had asked …

Leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has met with his personal physicians in an Abuja hospital outside the facility of the State Security Service (SSS). According to The Nation, Kanu’s lead counsel, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday. He said: “Sequel to our avowed assurance to always keep Ezigbo UmuChineke abreast of …

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) , Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, declared an end to all sit-at-home order in the South East and any other proposed means aimed by the group at forcing government to release him from detention. Kanu made the declaration in a handwritten letter authorised to his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, to …

The Senate has rejected a motion to release from the detention the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The motion which was moved by Senator Osita Izunaso (Imo West) sought to address the constant sit-at-home order enforced by unknown gunmen in the South-East. The lawmaker, in the motion co-sponsored by other lawmakers from the …

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu access to his medical records and doctors of his choice. In a judgement on Thursday, Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the objections raised by the DSS for lacking merit. In the suit, …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has urged the Federal Government to release pro-Biafran leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to end insecurity in the South-East region. IPoB has also once again dissociated itself from the violent enforcement of the sit-at-home order across the South-East. The proscribed group pointed out that if the Federal Government really wants insecurity to end in …

The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has confirmed that he would be checked by the two medical doctors the Department of State Services (DSS) earlier prevented from seeing him. Kanu said the doctors would see him on Tuesday, noted that the physicians are not coming to perform any surgery on him. His disclosure …