US State grants IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu honourary citizenship

Jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted honorary citizenship of the State of Georgia in the United States of America. The IPOB leader was also adopted as an ‘Outstanding Citizen’ who should be “accorded every courtesy as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia.” Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, […]

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Abia governor, Alex Otti visits Nnamdi Kanu in Sokoto prison

Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti,  has visited the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at a prison facility in Sokoto State, Nigeria, where he is serving his life imprisonment for terrorism. Otti visited the prison facility on Sunday, accompanied by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; the Abia State Attorney […]

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Nigerian Appeal Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s human rights violation suit against DSS DG, AGF

Nigerian Court of Appeal, sitting in the Abuja Judicial Division, on Friday, struck out an appeal filed by the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB leader, in the appeal, challenged what he described as the violations of his fundamental rights by the Director-General of the Department of State […]

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IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life imprisonment

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment. Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment for Counts 1, 4, 5 and 6 of the seven-count charge instead of a death penalty, while he was handed a 20-year jail term for Count […]

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Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s terrorism case for judgment

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, fixed November 20 to deliver judgment in the terrorism case brought against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho announced the date while ruling on the matter after Kanu failed to open his defence, having exhausted the six […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: When silence is not golden, By Vitus Ozoke

There are moments in history that expose the true character of a people’s leadership. History has a cruel way of exposing hypocrisy, and today, it is holding up a mirror to the political elite of Igboland. As Omoyele Sowore – a Yoruba man, activist, and unrepentant rebel against injustice – leads a mega protest in […]

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Kenyan court declares Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest, extradition illegal

In a landmark judgment the High Court of Kenya, has declared the abduction and forced transfer of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 as unlawful and unconstitutional. Delivering judgment on 24 June 2025, Justice E.C. Mwita condemned both the Kenyan and Nigerian governments for gross […]

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Justice Nyako steps down from Nnamdi Kanu’s criminal trial

Nigeria’s Federal High Court Judge, Justice Binta Nyako has indicated stepping down from presiding over the criminal trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The judge made this known today at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, at the resumed hearing in the trial of Kanu. Justice Nyako’s […]

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Let Nnamdi Kanu Go Home, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Nnamdi Kanu was apprehended in Kenya in June 2021 by security agencies and brought home to face trial. First arraigned on 14th October 2015 before eventually securing bail and fleeing the country, the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) leader was slammed with an 11-count charge bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony, managing an unlawful society, publication of defamatory […]

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IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu seeks negotiation with Nigerian govt

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, that he will, under section 17 of the Federal High Court Act, seek negotiations with the Nigerian Government. Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act states; “In any Proceeding In the court, the court […]

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Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application

In a ruling delivered on Tuesday March 19, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria, rejected the bail application filed for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Instead, the court ordered an accelerated hearing of the case involving the embattled IPOB leader who is facing charges […]

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As a militant, you did worse than Nnamdi Kanu ―Deji Adeyanju lambastes Asari Dokubo (Video)

Convener of a non-profit group, Concerned Nigerians and activist, Deji Adeyanju has come for the Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, saying the warlord is even worse than IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during a Mic-On podcast programme, Deji accused Asari of doing worse than Nnamdi Kanu when he was in his prime as a Niger […]

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Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights lawsuit against DSS

The fundamental rights enforcement lawsuit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of State Services (DSS), has been dismissed by a federal high court. Kanu had sued the Director General of DSS, the DSS, and the Attorney-General of the Federation as 1st to 3rd respondents respectively, […]

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Don’t release Nnamdi Kanu, military behind oil theft ―Asari Dokubo tells Tinubu

Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dokubo made the call after he visited President Tinubu in Aso Rock on Friday. He said Kanu should be made to face the law because releasing him will […]

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Release of Nnamdi Kanu does not need surety, IPOB tells Soludo

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that while they welcome the recent call by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for the unconditional release of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention since 2021, they noted that the issue of granting of bail or standing surety does not arise […]

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Court orders Nigerian govt to return Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya

Nigeria’s  Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Nigerian government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The Court presided over by Justice E. N Anyadike, […]

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Appeal court acquits Nnamdi Kanu, quashes all govt’s terrorism charges against him

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group declaring as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria on July 9, 2021 […]

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UN orders Nigeria to unconditionally release, compensate Nnamdi Kanu, punish officials who violated his rights

The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without due process. UN therefore, asked Nigerian Government to, “immediate release Kanu unconditionally” […]

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Nigerian govt amends its charge against Nnamdi Kanu

Nigerian Government has amended the charges against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. One of the counsels for the IPOB leader who was said to have made this known also said the Nigerian government listed some lawyers representing Nnamdi Kanu as accomplices of the defendant. Among the lawyers said to […]

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Gov Soludo visits IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in detention (Photos)

Governor of Anambra state, Charles Soludo has visited the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in detention. Soludo who shared photos from the visit on his Facebook page on Saturday May 14, said they discussed the sit-at-home protests and killings in the south-east. He wrote: “I visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, […]

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