The bail hearing for the lawyer to detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and his brother, Emmanuel “Fineboy” Kanu, was on Wednesday stalled at the Kuje Magistrate Court following the failure of the Nigeria Police Force to appear or file a counter affidavit. The matter, which came up before Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’I’d,…
Hours after the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore led some protesters in parts of Abuja demanding freedom for the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the separatist leader, in a dramatic turn on Tuesday, agreed to enter his defence. The detained…
An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Kuje, on Tuesday, remanded Mr. Alloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in Kuje prison. Ejimakor was remanded alongside Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel (otherwise known as Fineboy), and 10 others that were arrested while protesting…
A magistrate court sitting in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has ordered the remand of Prince Emmanuel Kanu, brother to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, alongside his legal counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor. Their remand followed their participation in the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, which took place on Monday in…
The Nigeria Police have taken Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, his brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and 10 other people to court. This follows the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest that took place in Abuja on Monday. A court document confirming the charges was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, a former chairman of the Human…
A viral video on TikTok has attributed a large crowd of protesters to Nigerians demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Abuja. The video was shared on Monday as activists converged on different locations in Abuja for the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest. The protest is the brainchild of…
The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters has defended the use of tear gas by its operatives to disperse protesters in Abuja who were calling for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The incident occurred across several parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), including the Three…
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has called on legal regulatory bodies in Nigeria to sanction one of the lawyers representing the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, for participating in the ongoing #FreeNnamdiKanu protest in Abuja. Onanuga made the call in a post on his…
Some protesters have taken to the streets in Abuja to demonstrate against the ongoing rally demanding an unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from detention. Some of the counter-protesters at about 10.00 a.m., around the Labour House bridge in the central area. Some of them were…
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has called for a dialogue on the future of the Igbo people, emphasising the need to openly discuss issues surrounding separatist agitations. Soludo, who hails from southeast Nigeria, where there has been agitation for secession, stated that he does not subscribe to separatist views or agitation for an independent Igbo…