Tag: Nnamdi Kanu
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Nnamdi Kanu resurfaced to make more money for himself not Biafra – MASSOB founder
The Founder/Leader of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, has said that the leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, resurfaced from his self imposed exile to take advantage of the election season to enrich himself the more. The MASSOB leader insisted that Kanu does not actually…
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu to address supporters today from Jerusalem – Lawyer
Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Saturday said the Biafra agitator is alive and will address his supporters today direct from Jerusalem, Israel. Ejiofor, who had previously accused the Nigerian Army of abducting Kanu during the September 2017 invasion of his residence in…
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Biafra: Court summons Orji Kalu over recent 'outbursts' on Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts
The Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, to appear on November 14, 2018, to testify on the whereabouts of the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. The request to summon the former governor to appear in court was filed by…
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Biafra: IPOB women protest, demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release
The police in Imo on Friday arrested some women protesting over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly conducting an unlawful assembly. Some of the women, mostly of middle age and from the Southeast states, were half nude, while others dressed in black and marched through…
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JUST IN: Biafra protesters storm Westminster, demand release of Nnamdi Kanu from Buhari [Photos]
Some Biafran protesters are currently demonstrating at the Pall Mall Street, Westminster as President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to meet Queen Elizabeth II, British Prime minister Theresa May and other heads of government. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Westminster is 650 metres from Buckingham Palace venue of the meeting. The protesters are, among other things, requesting the release…
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Biafra: Court resumes trial of IPOB members without Nnamdi Kanu
The Federal Government on Tuesday filed a fresh three-count charge of treasonable felony against four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The four accused persons are Bright Chimeze, Benjamin Madubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe and David Nwawuisi. They were initially facing a similar charge along with the wanted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Following the…
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JUST IN: Security agents in Ghana reveal Nnamdi Kanu whereabouts
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been spotted by security agents in Ghana, according to a media report. There has been controversy over the whereabouts of the IPOB leader who was last seen in public in September 2017 before the military launched Operation Python Dance II — apparently to quell…
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Biafra: Produce Nnamdi Kanu for trial on March 28, Court tells Abaribe
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered Nnamdi Kanu’s counsel, to produce him in court on March 28, or for his sureties to explain his whereabouts. Justice Binta Nyako gave the order while ruling on an application for adjournment made by the prosecuting counsel, Mr Shuaibu Labaran. Kanu was admitted to bail on April…
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IPOB: Court orders separate trials for Nnamdi Kanu, others
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be separately tried from the rest of his co-defendants. Justice Binta Nyako made the order following an oral application by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, who noted that Kanu’s continued absence from…