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Court upholds proscription of IPOB

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed the application by the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to reverse the court’s order proscribing it and designating it a terrorist organisation. Delivering his ruling on IPOB’s application, the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High,

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IPOB Hausa service studio: Not in our house – Kanu’s brother

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

Contrary to suspicions in security circles and rumours circulating within the country, the newly launched ‘IPOB Radio Nigeria Hausa service’ is not aired from the family house of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu country home, in Afaraukwu Ibeku, in Umuahia of Abia State. This clarification came from Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the […]

Opinion

A need for caution on the issue of internet monitoring

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

Recently, the Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen John Enenche, was on Channels TV to discuss what the military has embarked upon as part of its national security duties. Gen Enenche set off a storm that could come back to hurt the present administration when he said the military was now monitoring social media and the […]

Features

Obiano’s victory, sign that God has triumphed of political scheming –Asuzu

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

Dr. Ramas Okoye Asuzu Amb.P., renowned traditionalist and universal thinker, is also a political commentator. The Akajiofo Onundigbo gburugburu of Anambra State in this telephone interview with The Daily Times’ GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR, speaks on Saturday governorship election in Anambra State and the implication of Chief Willie Obiano’s victory to the people of the […]

Politics

Igbo group warns against boycotting Anambra election

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2017 0

…..says action will open doors for declaration of state of emergency in state The South East Revival Group has called on all eligible voters in Anambra State to come out enmasse to exercise their civil rights to vote in Saturday’s governorship election in the state to avoid the declaration of a state of emergency in […]

Interviews

What Nigerians have undergone since 2015 will limit chances of APC in 2019 –Anike

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2017 0

Charles Anike is the president, Eastern Mandate, a non political association that intervenes on various political and social problems in the country. In this interview he speaks on the failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to provide good governance for Nigerians and what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can do to return to power […]

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IPOB: Court Fixes Date to Rule on Proscription

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2017 0

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 17, 2018, to decide if it will set aside the order of proscription against Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. IPOB had earlier asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reverse its orders proscribing it and labelling it as a terrorist group. […]

Anambra Times

Nov. guber poll: We must vote to avoid state of emergency – Sen. Oduah

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2017 0

The Senator representing Anambra North in the Senate, Sen. Stella Oduah has urged the people of Anambra State to come out en masse to vote in next Saturday’s governorship election to avoid creating a vacuum of governance in the state. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Oduah said that if the people failed to […]

News

#AnambraDecides2017: IPoB Plans Impersonating Military to Kill Civilians

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2017 0

Proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), has reportedly concluded plans to attack civilians during the Anambra state governorship election on Saturday and blame it on the military. The attacks would be launched against those who stay back in their homes to comply with IPoB’s directive for election boycott. Members of the proscribed group […]

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Few days to the Anambra election, IPOB threaten Voters

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2017 0

Members of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have staged a demonstration in Onitsha, threatening voters in the 18 November governorship election in Anambra state. Their spokesmen said their demonstration was intended to notify the federal government that the group is alive. “If you vote you will die. Don’t go out, stay in your […]

Headlines

IPOB members hold rally in Anambra, makes fresh call on Ndigbo to boycott guber election

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2017 0

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised fresh call on Ndigbo to totally boycott the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 18, this year. In a statement issued by the Media/National Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful which was made available to the media in Enugu on Friday, Nov, 10, the Separatists urged […]

Opinion

The parable of the terrorist, the zoo keeper and the python

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

Once upon a time, 16 years after the Zoo returned to civil rule, there lived a terrorist named Mazi Kanu and his terror squad, the IPOB. Unlike most terrorists of his time – like Alhaji Shekau who led the Boko Haram sect which ran rampage in North Eastern part of the Zoo, Bin Laden who […]

Politics

Wike is an ally of IPOB – APC alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

Nyesom Wike, the Governor of River state was Tuesday alleged to be a close ally of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, according to the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The state arm of the party said since the proscription of the pro-Biafra group, Wike has been “feeling vulnerable, disorientated and very […]

News

Minister urges International partners to proscribe IPOB

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on Nigeria’s international partners to designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organisation. The Minister made the call in his article, entitled ”Thwarting Terrorism in Nigeria”, which appeared in the US newspaper ‘Washington Times’ on Thursday, 12th Oct.

News In Brief

Abaribe to lose ₦100m bail bond if Nnamdi Kanu fails to attend Nov. 20 trial

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to be discharged as a surety to Indigenous Peoples of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu. At the resumed hearing of Kanu’s trial on Tuesday, counsel to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe told the court that his client did not know of Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts, […]

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There will be war if FG can’t bring Kanu to court today – IPOB

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened to take up arms against the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari if it failed to produce its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, dead or alive, on Tuesday (today) in court. Kanu is facing treason charges. He was granted bail in April, with an order to return to court […]

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After3 Weeks , Army Invades Kanu’s Home Again, Carts Away Items

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

Barely three weeks after Nigerian Army personnel invaded the country home of the leader of the now-proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Afaraukwu, Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, reports have been confirmed that soldiers invaded the premises again Sunday. Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu, revealed that the invading soldiers also carted

Opinion Politics

The people following Nnamdi Kanu have entered one chance – Nigerian Army

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2017 0

The Nigerian Army has said that the whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is known by both his brother and his lawyer. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, said this during a two-day media conference on the military’s enhancement of human rights in Abuja, Daily Post […]

Opinion Politics

South-East Governors Are Confusionists – Junaid Muhammad

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2017 0

For trying to renounce their role in the proscription of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), second republic lawmaker, Junaid Muhammad, has described the Southeast governors as a bunch of confusionists. Muhammad made the remark in response to an alleged declaration by Governor Okiezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, that southeast governors only banned IPOB, without declaring […]

Headlines

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers ask court to order Buratai to produce the IPOB leader

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2017 0

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, ‎Nnamdi Kanu, has been declared missing by his team of lawyers. The legal team led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor ‎said it had, therefore, Wednesday filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order directing the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to […]