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‘IPOB paid millions of dollars to put Nigeria on religious watchlist’ – Garba Shehu

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria was listed as a religious violator by the United States after falsehood and misinformation by extremist groups and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), in a well-funded international media campaign. Shehu said this in a statement titled, �What Biden�s removal of Nigeria from religious violation watchlist means,� issued on Friday following the visit to Nigeria by the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. The presidential spokesman said right-wing American lobbyists were funded millions of…

“Request for Nnamdi Kanu�s release difficult” � Buhari tells Igbo leaders

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Promises to consider plea President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to consider the request for the release of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, after meeting with a group of leaders from the South-East region, under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats. He made the pledge yesterday, when he received the delegation led by a First Republic parliamentarian and former Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi, at the State House, in Abuja. The Igbo leaders were at the Presidential Villa to plead with the President…

Nnamdi Kanu trial: “We will cripple Nigeria” � IPOB to FG

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 Aminu Imam

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has threatened to cripple Nigeria over the trial of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement titled: �We will cripple Nigeria if the Federal Government thinks it can use Justice Binta Nyako to keep our leader in perpetual detention without trial�, the group threatened to cripple Nigeria if the Federal Government uses Justice Binta Nyako to keep Kanu in detention without trial. The statement partly reads: �We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) unequivocally condemn the attitude…

IPOB declares sit-at-home in S/East today

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 Aminu Imam

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has declared a ‘sit-at-home’ in the South-East region today, Wednesday, in solidarity with its leader, Nnamdi Kanu who is billed to appear in court the same day on his trial on human rights violation. Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, however, urged people of the region to remain indoors while those residing in Abuja he enjoined to move to the venue with Kanu IPOB has exempted hospitals and their staff as well as journalists from the order. �We hope people…

IPOB cancels one-week �sit-at-home� directive

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Urges Anambra people to vote on Saturday The proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has cancelled its one-week �sit-at-home� directive across the South-East region. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, who disclosed this in a statement he issued yesterday evening, said the order was called off following consultations with elders, traditional, and religious leaders from the South-East. According to Powerful: �Following the genuine intervention of our elders, esteemed traditional Institutions /Rulers and Religious Leaders, and after due consideration of the positive impacts of their engagement, and sequel to the fact…

�IPOB/ESN responsible for arson, killings in South-East� ? Army

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army has claimed that recent killings, arson and destructions in the south-eastern part of the country Nigeria were orchestrated and executed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), and Eastern Security Network, (ESN). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this while briefing newsmen on the ongoing army exercises across the country yesterday, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the group had engaged in the killing of innocent citizens and burning of houses and turned around to accuse personnel of the Nigerian Army of perpetrating…

Biafra: ‘Business in South-East crumbling, IPOB must end sit-at-home now’ � Ohanaeze

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned against the harsh effects of the planned one week sit-at-home directive by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), in the South-East region. In a statement by its Secretary General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro on Tuesday, against the backdrops of the planned exercise by the pro-Biafra group, Ohanaeze, maintained that the planned one week sit-at-home declared by the group was gradually having severe and destructive impacts on the genuine quest of the people to enhance and harness the economic potentials of the South-East for…

Anambra guber poll under threat, as IPOB declares ‘sit-at-home’ protest from Nov. 5

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a one-week sit-at-home protest from November 5 to prevail on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB�s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement made available to Newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital, yesterday. This is coming as the State is scheduled to hold a governorship election on 6th November, 2021. In the statement, IPOB said, �Following the adjournment of our leader, Nnamdi Kanu�s court case to 10th of November 2021, by the…

FG blames Nnamdi Kanu for murder of Akunyili�s husband, Gulak, 184 others

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has blamed the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili. The government further accused Kanu of being responsible for the murder of a former Presidential Aide, Ahmad Gulak, and over 184 others in the South-East region. This is according to a committee set up by President Buhari to investigate Kanu, who is standing trial for terrorism.…

IPOB: Nnamdi Kanu back to DSS custody as court adjourns trial

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been adjourned till November 10, 2021. Kanu, who was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security yesterday, was brought to court in a heavily fortified security convoy, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. Recall that the Federal Government had amended seven counts against Kanu. However, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty to the charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. Nnamdi Kanu�s legal team…