In a major pre-Easter security operation, the Imo State Police Command has uncovered a suspected IPOB/ESN terror hideout in Okigwe Local Government Area, arresting three suspects and recovering arms, ammunition, and N10.3 million in cash. The operation, carried out in the early hours of April 17, 2025, was conducted by the Command’s Tactical Teams in…
Twelve members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who had been held in detention since May 24, 2021, regained their freedom on Thursday following a landmark ruling by the Ebonyi State High Court. The long-awaited release marks a major legal breakthrough for the group, whose members have spent nearly four years in prison…
Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), have attacked the Awgu Divisional Police Headquarters in Enugu State, killing one police officer and looting arms. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the assailants launched the attack in the early hours of March 24, 2025,…
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was on Friday, re-arraigned before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, whose trial started de-novo (afresh) following the reassignment of his case-file to Justice Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to a seven-count charge that bordered on terrorism and…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that he would prefer to remain in detention for the rest of his life rather than be tried by a corrupt and biased court or judge. Kanu made this statement in an open letter to the public, which he personally signed…
A Nigerian woman who was denied asylum in Britain eight times has finally been granted the right to stay after deliberately joining the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The 49-year-old Nigerian woman (unnamed), became involved with IPOB “to create a claim for asylum”, a judge said. The woman came to the UK in 2011 and…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, questioned the jurisdiction of his alleged terrorism case when he re-appeared before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court for the resumed hearing of his protracted case. Despite Kanu’s insistence that Justice Nyako has no jurisdiction over his case, the…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has gone before the Supreme Court to challenge the January 30 judgment by the Court of Appeal, Abuja affirming its designation as a terrorist group and proscription by the Federal Government. The group filed a five-ground notice of appeal to that effect on February 7 through its lawyer, Aloy…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, upheld the proscription declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra, naming it a terrorist organisation. Recall that on January 18, 2018, the late former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, had proscribed IPOB. Aggrieved by this declaration, IPOB appealed the declaration….
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently being detained has opposed the request by the Federal Government for the resumption of his trial. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed in a post on X on Tuesday. According to him, his client Kanu had rejected the Federal Government’s bid to reopen…