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Southeast Insecurity: Ojukwu Jnr calls for release of Kanu

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BY NKIRU NWAGBO Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the son of the late Biafra warlord, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB. Emeka Ojukwu Jnr, who spoke to Daily Times in an interview said that Ñnamdi has been

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Bail: Kanu knows fate March 16

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BY ANDREW OROLUA The Federal High Court, Abuja will on March 19 , 2024 deliver its ruling on a fresh bail application brought by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice Binta Nyako reserved the ruling on Monday after listening to Kanu’s new lawyer, Alloy Ejimako who asked the court […]

Politics

Nnamdi Kanu: Deputy Speaker commends S’Court for releasing CTC

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…applauds security agencies on sustenance of peace in S’East as sit-at-home skips away By Tom Okpe Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Benjamin Okezie Kalu has commended the authorities at the Supreme Court of Nigeria for releasing the Certified True Copy, (CTC) of its December 15, 2024 judgement on detention of the leader […]

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Nnamdi Kanu may regain freedom before end of 2023 – Ohanaeze

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2023 0

A pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged Biafra agitators to uphold a ceasefire for 40 days in order to facilitate progress in negotiations for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that this was made known in a statement released on Saturday. Ohanaeze Ndigbo […]

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Release Kanu unconditionally for peace in SE -Reps C’ttee chair

Ihesiulo Grace 25 August 2023 0

By Tom Okpe House of Representatives may have taken the lead to see that peace returns to the South-East zone with a top lawmaker yesterday insisting that violence will cease in the once calm zone if the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is unconditionally released. He also implored the Federal […]

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Nnamdi Kanu freed to see personal doctors outside DSS cell

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2023 0

By our reporter Incarcerated leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Saturday met with his personal physicians in an Abuja hospital outside the detention cells of the secret police, Department of State Services (DSS). This was revealed in a tweet today (Sunday) by his counsel,Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor. It is the first […]

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Court orders DSS to grant Kanu access to medical doctors

Ihesiulo Grace 20 July 2023 0

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, access to medical doctors of his choice. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the order was issued by Justice Binta Nyako on Thursday, following an application by Kanu’s lead counsel, Professor […]

Opinion

The Vindication of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Biafra Question

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2023 0

Someone forwarded an audio recording to me few days ago which must have been preserved for more than 57 years. It was the voice of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola (SLA), the last Premier of the Western Region and the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. The voice was unmistakable, in his distinctive Ogbomosho accent. The summary […]

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Release Nnamdi Kanu now, CUPP spokesman, Ugochinyere urges Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2023 0

BY VAL OKARA Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Party (CUPP), Chief Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to respect the judgments of both the Federal High Courts of Abuja; Umuahia, Abia State and Court of Appeal and release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, […]

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Court strikes out Nnamdi Kanu’s N20bn suit against Malami, NIA boss

Ihesiulo Grace 19 November 2022 0

A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, struck out a N20 billion suit filed by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had sued Malami and the […]

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Kanu asks S’Court to set aside A’Court ruling suspending his release

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2022 0

By Andrew Orolua Embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, challenging the October 28, 2022, ruling of the Court of Appeal that suspended his release from custody. In the appeal, Kanu has asked the Apex Court to set aside Court […]

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Why FG is keeping Nnamdi Kanu despite court ruling-Malami, explains

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2022 0

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says the Federal government cannot release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB despite the Abuja Appeal court issuing an order for his immediate release. In an interview with Vanguard, Malami said the rendition of Nnamdi Kanu could not be used as […]

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Court orders FG to return Kanu to Kenya, pay him N500m as damages for illegal detention

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2022 0

A federal high court in Umuahia, Abia State, on Wednesday, ordered the federal government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Kenya. Kanu was extradited from the East African country to Nigeria in June 2021. The court also ordered the government to pay Kanu N500 million as damages for […]

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S’East traditional rulers, bishops urge release of Nnamdi Kanu

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2022 0

The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have joined the call on the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They made the call in a statement issued in Awka on Tuesday signed by Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, Chairman, Anambra Traditional […]

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IPOB reacts as Kanu’s lawyer floors Buhari govt in court, gets N52m compensation

Ihesiulo Grace 25 July 2022 0

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the defeat of the federal government by the counsel to its leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor at an Awka Federal High Court in Anambra State. The court, led by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, ruled in favour of Ejiofor, following the invasion of the lawyer’s home by operatives of the […]

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Nnamdi Kanu gets senior lawyer to shore up defence against Buhari Govt

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2021 0

A yet-to-be disclosed senior attorney is set to join the defence team of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Naija News reports that this was revealed by the pro-Biafra activist lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a statement on Tuesday after his Monday visit to Nnamdi Kanu. According to Ejiofor, […]

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Court orders DSS to grant Nnamdi Kanu maximum comfort, practice His faith in detention

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2021 0

The trial judge Justice Binta Nyako who gave the order on Thursday also ordered the DSS to allow Nnamdi Kanu to have a change of clothes, give him medical attention and allow him to practice his faith. Justice Nyako said the matter for the day, was for abridgment of time. The judge also brought further […]

Sports

Kanu Nwankwo, hotel fined by Lagos court

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2021 0

Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo and his hotel, Hardley Apartment, have been fined N30, 000 by a Nigerian Court. The Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke-led Federal High Court in Lagos, Friday, ordered Kanu and his hotel, Hardley Apartment, to pay the sum. They were fined for stalling the scheduled hearing of debt recovery suit brought against […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: South-East Governors to meet FG to discuss security

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2021 0

South-East governors are planning to meet with the Federal Government to discuss issues regarding Igbo Youth, including the release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Governors agreed that cultists, armed robbers, and kidnappers used IPOB’s name to conduct crime and kill innocents in the region. They are committed to reaching […]

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How Nnamdi Kanu’s alleged abduction bears semblance to kidnapping of Umar Dikko in 1984

Ihesiulo Grace 5 August 2021 0

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) recently accused the Nigerian government of abducting him from Kenya. Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer to Kanu, who visited him at the State Security Service (SSS) detention, narrated the circumstances of the arrest of his client, putting an end to series of speculations on the place […]