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IPOB dares Soludo, declares tomorrow Monday as ‘sit-at-home’ day

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 Aminu Imam

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have announced a sit-at-home order for Monday, February 2, 2026, across the five South-East states. The group described the action as a “Biafra-wide solidarity lockdown”. The announcement comes after Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, ordered traders in the state to resume business on Mondays, and shut down the Onitsha Main Market for one week. In an issued statement signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said the sit-at-home is meant to show support for Onitsha traders and to demand the…

�Our members detained in Anambra prisons without trial� – Miyetti Allah

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Zonal Chairman of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) South-East chapter, Gidado Siddikki, has claimed that its members are being detained without trial at different correctional centres in Anambra State. Siddikki also alleged that some of its members have been labelled as kidnappers, armed robbers and clamped into detention by the police for over five years without trial. He stated these while briefing journalists in Awka yesterday, just as he appealed to the Anambra State government through the Ministry of Justice and the prison authority in the state,…

Election: ‘How Peter Obi rigged out Atiku in Anambra’ � Witness tells tribunal

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Aminu Imam

A witness of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)�s presidential candidate in the February 25th presidential elections, Ndubuisi Nwobu has revealed how his candidate was rigged out by Labour Party�s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Anambra state. Nwobu told the presidential election tribunal yesterday, that �magic happened to the votes of the PDP candidate at different collation centres. In the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission, (INEC), Peter Obi scored 584, 621 votes in Anambra; Atiku polled 9,036 votes in the state and Bola Tinubu of the All…

�People don�t rent houses to us anymore in Anambra� � Miyetti-Allah

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

Members of the Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Anambra State have bemoaned the hostility towards its members in some parts of the south-eastern State. Leader of MACBAN in South-East, Gidado Siddiki, disclosed this to journalists after attending Governor Charles Soludo�s one-year Anniversary in office. The event which was held in Akwa, the state capital, had many dignitaries in attendance. Siddiki cited Anaku, Umueje, Omor, Igbakwu, Omasi, Umumbo, Umuerum and Ifite-Ogwari all in Ayamelum local government council of the areas of the state as places where MACBAN members…

2023: ‘Nigeria�s challenges surmountable with unity, faith, commitment’ � Tinubu

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has promised to create more jobs for youths in Anambra State if he becomes Nigeria�s next president. Tinubu, who stated this at the ‘Meet the Mentor Dinner’, organised by the Progressive Sisters Network (PSN), a national women-led and focused organisation, on Sunday in Abuja, said the challenges facing Nigeria are surmountable with unity, faith and commitment. �As a nation, we are facing some challenges, but these challenges can be overcome. We have the capacity to find our way in…

IPOB hoodlums set Police station ablaze in Anambra

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

Some yet-to-be-identified persons have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station, along the Umuchu-Achina road, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State. According to sources, the hoodlums stormed the place at about 3am yesterday and set the facility on fire. It was gathered that the station was recently renovated by members of the Umuchu Improvement Union, having been destroyed by protesters during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. The community leaders, according to the source, had renovated the station and its adjourning infrastructure and upgraded it to fit the status of…

Anambra: IPOB gunmen bomb Police divisional headquarters�

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Aminu Imam

Gunmen, yesterday, threw explosives into the Ihiala police divisional headquarters, setting the building alight, as attacks on public assets show no sign of abating in the South-East. The Anambra State Police Command spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, in an issued statement, confirmed the attack, but said the assailants were promptly repelled. He said one abandoned AK-47 rifle was recovered during a gun battle. �The gunmen escaped the scene due to the superior fire of the Police operatives, although no casualty was recorded�, the Police spokesman further stated. He explained further, saying, �Unfortunately,…

2023: “My presidency is a stepping stone to Igbo presidency”, Atiku declares in Awka

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party held their Presidential Campaign rally today in Awka Anambra State in continuation of the party’s build up to the 2023 Presidential election.� The Alex Ekwueme Centre, the venue of the event, was filled to capacity as the party bigwigs and supporters thronged the venue in solidarity with the party and its standard bearer, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar (GCON). Speaking amidst cheers from the mammoth crowd, the Wazirin Adamawa admitted that he was overwhelmed by the crowd of supporters that come out in their numbers to pledge…

“Peter Obi cannot win 2023 Presidency” – Soludo

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Aminu Imam

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has declared that Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will not win the 2023 poll. Soludo stated this yesterday, in an article titled: �History beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1)�. He said: �Let�s be clear; Peter Obi knows that he can�t and won�t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too, and he knows that we know. �The game he is playing is the main reason he didn�t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God…

Insecurity: IPOB gunmen kill 4 soldiers, 1 civilian in Anambra

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Aminu Imam

Four soldiers and one civilian have reportedly been killed by a group of rampaging IPOB hoodlums in Anambra State, yesterday. The hoodlums, operating in a Sienna bus, reportedly attacked the soldiers at a checkpoint opposite Zenith Bank in Umunze, Orumba-South local government area of the State. However, when contacted, the spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ikenga Tochukwu, stated that there was sporadic shooting in Umunze, but said he could not confirm the casualty figure in the attack. He also stated that he could…