The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has been in detention at the Department of State Services (DSS) since 2021 following his arrest in Kenya and repatriation to Nigeria. The Supreme Court, on …

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the continuation of the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on terrorism charges. The case, which started in 2015, had been put on hold at the Federal High Court in Abuja after the Court of Appeal dismissed the charges in a judgement delivered in October 2022. …

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 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 …