Enugu – Commuters and drivers plying various roads in the South-East have lamented the high level of intimidation and extortion by soldiers at checkpoints. Some of them, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, said the worst was that anybody making calls close to the checkpoints were having their phones seized, smashed on the road or required to…
IBADAN – A Yoruba social-cultural group, Yoruba Youth Forum (YYF), has condemned the recent signing of a bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in London, saying the action showed that the powerful cabal in the presidency will stop at nothing to make Vice President Yemi Osinbajo irrelevant. YYF, which spoke through Comrade Abiodun…
The purported exercise, which would require Nigerians to show proof of their citizenship to soldiers, had received heavy criticism from different quarters. But, the army in a fresh statement denied the operation saying that the report emanated from a fictitious group, Bricks company, which has nothing to do with the Army. The statement which was…
It will be very bad for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) family members to neglect this genocidal plan of Nigeria army orchestrated to kill and imprison Biafrans who do not want to have anything to do with the Nigerian identity. Years back, the Nigeria identity card exercise was going on without any military involvement.…
The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore socio-cultural organisation, Abdullahi Bodejo has boldly declared that any Governor who desires peace to reign in his state, must provide lands for cattle grazing with basic amenities to sustain the herdsmen. Abdullahi made this declaration while speaking with newsmen during an interview. Abdullahi said so many…
Lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that the Federal Government is on the wild goose chase in trying to prosecute his client on treason allegation. In this interview with Sunday Sun, Ejiofor called for a probe of the invasion of Kanu’s house at Afaraukwu,…
After reading the damaging reports made by foreign Media such as BBC and CNN concerning Rwandan president, Paul Kagama, I was forced to ask certain salient questions. Questions bordering on sound morality. Where were the western media all these while when many other African Head of States are turning themselves into tyrants? What have they…
Before it all began, the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, sounded the whistle of caution. They warned that in black Africa it is futile attempting to remove a despot from office through an election. Yes, they sounded it clear, offering the sure option of election boycott. Sentiment however, interlacing self with hatred, kept the people…
ABUJA – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, acknowledged an application filed by the counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking the vacation of the bench warrant issued against his client [Kanu], and restoring the bail revocation. Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor Esq., Kanu’s lawyer, via a written application…
Not fewer than five IPOB family members in Ebonyi state on Sunday 27th October, 2019 sustained gun injuries during the inauguration of Ebonyi LGA inauguration which took place at Oguzoronweya primary school in Izzi Ebonyi north senatorial district Abakaliki Province. Six persons including Barrister Orogwu Cyril the legal adviser to IPOB Ebonyi state and his wife…