BY ANDREW OROLUA The management of Federal High Court has refuted report making round with the headline “new judge steps down from Nnamdi Kanu’s case.” A statement on Tuesday signed by Chief Registrar, Federal High Court of Nigeria Sulaiman Amida Hassan, Esq.
…As Nnamdi Kanu challenges jurisdiction to try him BY ANDREW OROLUA The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Monday, questioned the jurisdiction of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja to try him in the alleged terrorism charge preferred against him by the Federal Government, forcing the […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The South East governors have again been accused of paying lip services to the widespread agitation for the release of the Igbo Nation agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is being detained on the order of court by the federal government in the past three years. The governors were particularly accused of betraying […]
The Council of South East Traditional Rulers has appealed to the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu, saying his eventual freedom will reduce tension in the South-East zone of Nigeria. The Chairman of the Council, Igwe Samuel Asadu made the call when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on […]
BY ORIAKU IJELE More personalities have raised their voices in defence of the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Yesterday, no fewer than 180 members of the minority caucus of the House of Representatives have adopted the call by Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia) for the release of the detained Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed […]
.Say economy, social life in S’East has suffered enough unrest due to continued incarceration of IPOB leader .Obasanjo denies discussing Kanu`s release with South East governors BY ANDREW OROLUA Senators from the South East Region of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja pleaded passionately with President Bola Tinubu to order the release of the detained Biafra […]
..As Court refuses him bail or removal from DSS custody BY ANDREW OROLUA Embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, caused a stir at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, after his fresh request to be released on bail, was refused. Kanu, who was highly irritated by the decision […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, will on May 20 know his fate on the request for restoration of his revoked bail and the prayer to remove him from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to house arrest. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal […]
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja dismissing his objection to his trial continuation. Kanu, in a notice of appeal dated and filed March 28 through his team of lawyers led by Aloy Ejimakor, prayed the Court […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has again adjourned a fresh N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government until March 18 for hearing. Justice James Omotosho had, on January 8, 2024 fixed the hearing for Monday, March 4, as no lawyer represented Kanu […]
The N50 billion lawsuit filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government has been adjourned by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Naija News understands that the adjournment came after the IPOB leader’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, informed the court that he had filed a notice […]
…urges calm as it seeks IPOB leader’s release, through non litigious means By Tom Okpe Peace In South East Project, (PISE-P), a Non Governmental Organization has called for the release of the Certified True Copy, (CTC) of the recent Supreme Court judgment on continued incarceration of leader, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed September 14, 2023 for definite hearing of the appeal filed by the Federal Government challenging the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who was taken into custody from Kenya in November 2021. The hearing of the main appeal which was […]
Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has said the decision of the Court of Appeal Abuja, to halt the execution of its judgement which freed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of terrorism charges, is “the best”. POLITICS NIGERIA had reported that the Abuja Appeal Court ordered that the enforcement of […]
By Andrew Orolua The Court of Appeal on Monday reserved it ruling on an application to stay execution of the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from custody. Justice Haruna Samani announced this after a fresh three man panel of Justices listened as the Federal Government and Kanu lead […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 applied to be […]
Bruce Fein, the United States lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has written to the British envoy in Nigeria over the continued incarceration of the Biafra agitator. Fein urged the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, to push for the enforcement of the United Nations, U.N. Human Rights […]
Family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has thanked the United Nations, UN, for indicting Nigeria and Kenya in the arrest and detention of the secessionist. According to reports, the United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, indicted both Nigerian and Kenyan governments for the […]
Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, reacted to the ruling of Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court that dismissed his bail application. Kanu said Justice Nyako’s verdict, which denied him bail was ‘expected’. Speaking after Tuesday’s court session, the IPOB leader urged the people […]
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, lost the move to regain freedom. Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court rejected Kanu’s application seeking to grant him bail. The IPOB leader sought the court’s permission to discharge the earlier order revoking his bail, DailyTimesNGR gathered. READ ALSO: Avoid shortcut […]