Biafra News

LIEUTENANT COLONEL PATRICK CHUKWUMA ‘KADUNA’ NZEOGWU Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuma ‘Kladuna’ Nzeogwu was killed on July 29, 1967 near Nsukka, in Enugu state. He was trapped in an ambush near Nsukka while conducting a night reconnaissance operation against federal troops of the 21st battalion led by Capt. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi. Nzeogwu who was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by the Biafran Army was killed in action and his corpse was …

RELEASE NNAMDI KANU, I’LL STAND AS GUARANTOR – ABARIBE Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed his willingness to stand as a guarantor for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Abaribe made the remark while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State. He also urged President Bola Tinubu to listen to …

IT’S A SHAME THAT 57 YEARS AFTER ABURI ACCORD NIGERIA STILL TALKS OF RESTRUCTURING – OMIRHOBO Human rights lawyer and social commentator, Malcolm Omirhobo, has slammed Nigeria for her inability to find acceptable political accommodation 57 years after the January 4 and 5, 1967 Nigerian military leader meeting at Aburi in Ghana. In a post shared in his X (former …

HOW TINUBU REFUSED TO HONOUR AGREEMENT ON NNAMDI KANU AFTER SENDING HIS SON, SEYI, TO US BEFORE 2023 POLLS – KANU’S FAMILY The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has expressed deep disappointment with President Bola Tinubu for allegedly failing to honour an agreement purportedly made between Tinubu’s son, Seyi, and …

IPOB DEBUNKS CLAIMS BY NIGERIAN ARMY OF KILLING 13 OF ITS MEMBERS The spokesman of the Joint Task Force ‘Operation UDO KA’ in the South-East, Lt. Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, had, in a statement on Monday in Enugu, said troops killed 13 suspected members of IPOB in the region during a clearance operation. But in a statement on Thursday morning by …

WHY NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE MAY NOT END INSECURITY IN SOUTH EAST – SOLUDO The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday, said he doubted if the release of the detained leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, would end the pervasive insecurity in the South-East, News360 Nigeria reports. Soludo argued that criminals had hijacked the …

NO SUFFICIENT REASON FOR CONTINUED DETENTION OF NNAMDI KANU – OHANAEZE The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu, has stated that the Nigerian government has no sufficient reason to continue detaining Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. In a statement issued by Ohanaeze’s spokesman, Alex Ogbonnia, the organisation’s President General emphasised that …

FINLAND FREEZES SIMON EKPA’S ASSETS, PLACES HIM iN TOUGHEST PRISON Finnish authorities have frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed Biafran agitator. Ekpa, who is facing allegations of terrorism-related activities, has been detained for several weeks. Finnish government has also frozen the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand. According …

IGBO LEADERS REACT TO EXPECTED RELEASE OF NNAMDI KANU The news of Nnamdi Kanu’s imminent release from detention has elicited mixed reactions from Igbo leaders and various groups, with a blend of optimism and indifference marking the response. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, had a fortnight ago, announced that President Bola Tinubu was set to …

WHY SIMON EKPA CANNOT BE GRANTED BAIL – FINNISH AUTHORITIES Finnish authorities have given reasons why the controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, cannot be granted bail in Finland. A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, said on Saturday that the Finnish legal system does not permit bail for suspects accused of the kind of offences …