Tag: IPOB
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Cancel your planned crusade in Abia, IPOB warns pastor Kumuyi
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, has warned the General Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church to cancel his scheduled crusade in Abia state TheNewsGuru.com can confirm Emma Powerful the IPOB’s spokesman sounded a note of warning to Kumuyi, saying the region is not safe for crusade at the moment.
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Sit At Home Order: Police assault BBC journalist in Abia state
A BBC journalist covering the sit-at-home order by IPOB at the cemetry market in Aba, Abia state has been allegedly attacked and arrested by the police who were on patrol in their van. The incident happened on Wednesday morning during the sit at -home order by IPOB.
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FG addresses rumoured plan to shutdown Facebook in Nigeria
The Federal Government has addressed concerns on rumours making the rounds that it was planning to ban Facebook over the alleged inciting statements by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
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Hoodlums storm Ikwo LG Chairman’s house in Ebonyi, Kill four
The country home of the Chairman of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Steve Orogwu, was Tuesday morning raided and attacked and in the process killed three of his relatives. The unknown gunmen also killed the security guard and razed down the building belonging to the Orogwu’s
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Nnamdi Kanu: Court strikes out Federal Government’s amended charges
Justice Binta Nyako in a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out the six-count amended treasonable felony charges by the federal government against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The charges were struck out after a withdrawal by the Prosecution counsel, Mr. K. E. Kaswe. Kaswe, who is…
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IPOB: Court throws out Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to admit Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that since Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court must first determine the real reason he jumped the bail…
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FG accuses Facebook of allowing IPOB use its platform to incite violence in Nigeria
The Federal Government has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the Indigenous People of Biafra from using their platforms to allegedly incite violence and instigate ethnic hatred in Nigeria. The government said that since IPOB had been proscribed and classified as a terrorist organization, Facebook has no justification for yielding its…
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Tension grips South – East/ South over IPOB sit – at – home order
Many parts of South Eastern Nigeria and Delta State in the South-South have been gripped with new tension as a sit-at-home order by IPOB is taking effect. TheNewsGuru.com notes that the order took a different dimension in Owerri, Imo State as residents and traders scampered for safety out of fear of attack by suspected gunmen.…
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What Nnamdi Kanu told me during visit – Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo says the detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always been enforced by groups claiming to act on his behalf.
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PHOTOS: Why I visited Nnamdi Kanu in detention – Charles Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo on Saturday visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Soludo to have said the visitation was part of wider consultations