Biafra News

WE WANT BIAFRA NATION, NOT ADDITIONAL STATES – IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday declared that it wants an independent nation of Biafra and not additional states in the Southeast. There have been moves to create an additional 31 new states in Nigeria, including five states from the Southeast. The proposed states are Etiti State, Adada State, …

FEDERAL HIGH COURT CLEARS IPOB’S HEAD OF DIRECTORATE FROM NIGERIA’S WANTED LIST – IPOB’s COUNSEL A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, presided over by Hon. Justice I.N. Oweibo, on Thursday, declared illegal the inclusion of Mazi Chika Edoziem, the Head of Directorate for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Nigeria’s wanted list. The ruling came in …

I’LL REMAIN IN DETENTION for LIFE UNTIL IMPARTIAL JUDGE TAKES OVER MY CASE – KANU Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday said he’s prepared to remain in detention all his life until a proper and impartial judge handles his matter. Kanu alleged a serial executive and judicial fraud being perpetrated against him since 2021 …

SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO SECURE KANU’S RELEASE — FAMILY The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has accused South East Governors of not doing enough to secure his release. Prince Emmanuel Kanu who spoke Friday in Umuahia during a memorial in honour of their late parents, HRM Eze …

CAMBRIDGE HONOURS NIGERIAN PhD STUDENT FOR BIAFRA HERITAGE PROJECT A PhD student at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Archaeology, Stanley Onyemechalu, has been recognised for his Legacies of Biafra Heritage Project. According to an article published by the department on Monday, Onyemechalu was recently named runner-up in the Early Career Researcher category at the Cambridge Awards for Research Impact …

. AGAIN, NNAMDI KANU ASKS JUDGE TO WITHDRAW FROM HIS TRIAL Drama ensued at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday morning as Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, told judge Binta Nyako to recuse herself from the trial. Mr Ejimakor said the request for her to quit the case again came from his client, who is the …

NOBODY SHOULD BEG TINUBU’S GOVT FOR MY RELEASE — NNAMDI KANU Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has made it clear that he doesn’t want anyone begging for his release from detention. According to his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu believes he hasn’t committed any crime and therefore shouldn’t be subjected to appeals for pardon or …

Igbo Marginalization: Fact Or Fanciful Claim?By Chike Obidigbo Ph.D Recently, President Bola Tinubu appointed chairmen of 42 boards and parastatals of the Federal Government (FG). As has become usual with such federal appointments, the list of appointees had only few names of people from the Southeast geopolitical zone. Last month, the President ended the year 2024 with similar appointments. That …

: NNAMDI KANU REJECTS APPEAL COURT JUDGEMENT ON IPOB PROSCRIPTION SAYS WE’LL RESIST IT The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed to resist the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which affirmed the proscription of IPOB and its designation as a terrorist organisation. Kanu stated that the court’s ruling would be …

AZUTA-MBATA’S EMERGENCE AS OHANNAEZE PG PROVES ENEMIES OF NDIGBO WRONG – MASSOB The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has said the emergence of Senator John Azuta Mbata, an Ikwerre man, as the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo has proved the critics of Igbo people wrong. MASSOB also claimed that the election of Mbata has …