Biafra News

FAILURE OF ABURI ACCORD: GOWON IS A LIAR – US-BASED GROUP A United States-based group, Rising Sun, has faulted the former Head of State, Retired General Yakubu Gowon, over a statement he made on the reasons for the failure of the historic Aburi Accord of 1967.The group said the reasons canvassed by Gowon for the breakdown of the Accord were …

BIAFRAN WAR WAS TO STOP SECESSION, NOT TARGETED AT IGBOS – GOWON Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has insisted that the Biafra War was never aimed at the Igbo people but rather against those who took up arms to break Nigeria apart.Travel guides for Nigeria Speaking during an interview on Arise News, Gowon explained that the …

COURT ADMITS ‘RADIO BIAFRA’ TRANSMITTER AS EVIDENCE IN NNAMDI KANU’S TRIAL The Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted in evidence a radio transmitter allegedly smuggled into the country by the detained self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho admitted the transmitter along with a 20-foot container in which it was allegedly …

BIAFRA WAR NOT MY CHOICE – GOWON Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon has said the Biafra civil war was never his choice. Gowon was presiding over the affairs of Nigeria during the civil war from July 6, 1967 to January 15, 1970. He described the civil war as the most difficult period of his life. The former …

HANDLE NNAMDI KANU’S CASE THROUGH ARBITRATION – TINUBU SUPPORT GROUP Grand Patron of One Nation for Asiwaju Support Group, Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to settle the issue of Biafran nation agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators, out of court through a formidable national committee of arbitration. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Ndarani, …

SIMON EKPA IN FINNISH COURT FACES TERRORISM CHARGES Finnish politician and Biafra political activist, Simon Ekpa, has appeared before the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland on Friday, as his trial on terrorism-related charges officially begins, News360 Nigeria reports. Ekpa, who has long been at the centre of secessionist agitation for an independent Biafra, was arrested by Finnish authorities in November …

58 YEARS AFTER BIAFRA: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE PORTEND? This is 58 years since the declaration of the state of Biafra by Col. Emeka Ojukwu. What do you think is the significance of that declaration? IPOB is aware that this is the 58th anniversary of the Biafra declaration by the Eastern Consultative Assembly, led by our eternal leader, the late …

NO COURT APPROVED MY DETENTION – NNAMDI KANU AS COURT ADJOURNS The cross-examination of the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu concluded today after an intense courtroom session that lasted several hours. Kanu, who testified in his own defense, maintained that his detention by the DSS was not supported by any court order and insisted that his rights had been …

IMO, ANAMBRA WORST HIT AS SIT-AT-HOME ORDERS CLAIM OVER 700 LIVES IN SOUTH EAST IN FOUR YEARS — REPORT A new report by SB Morgen Intelligence has revealed a staggering toll of violence in Nigeria’s South-East region, with 776 deaths from 332 recorded attacks linked to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its enforcement of the controversial sit-at-home order …

COURT ADMITS JUDGEMENT ON MILITARY RAID ON NNAMDI KANU’S RESIDENCE A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted as evidence a judgment by Justice Benson Anya of the Abia State High Court on the military invasion of the residence of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in 2017. Justice James Omotosho admitted the …