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 …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday halted the execution of its own judgment which faulted the rendition of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria, and also set aside the terrorism charges against him. Justice Haruna Tsanami upheld the application of the Federal Government and ordered that the execution of …

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The court also ordered the Federal government to return him to Kenya from where he …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in an application by the Federal Government seeking a stay of execution of the court’s judgment that ordered the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Haruna Tsanami, who presided over the hearing of the application, announced that a date for …

The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops on Peace and Conflict Resolution, otherwise known as “the Joint Body” has backed the call on the Federal Government to immediately release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Last week, the Court of Appeal in Abuja discharged Kanu of the …

The Court of Appeal has reserved ruling indefinitely on the case against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. At the sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, Kanu’s lead counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome urged the court to strike out the remaining charges citing a lack of credibility. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria specifically prayed …

President Muhammadu Buhari has tactically rejected the request of southeast leaders to pardon separatist agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. In response to the request on Friday at Umuahia as he concluded his two-day working visit to Ebonyi State, President Buhari said the court should be allowed to decide the fate of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). As they …