LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested and “brought back” to the country to face trial, the justice minister said Tuesday. Kanu’s outlawed movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which agitates for a separate state for ethnic Igbos in southeast Nigeria, is accused of fomenting violence, something which it…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of 75 Northern groups under the aegis of Northern Consensus Movement on Thursday announced a reward of N100 million for persons who can produce leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for continuation of his trial for alleged treason. The groups, which disclosed this while briefing…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Imo have arrested a 40-year-old man, Uzoamaka Ugoanyanwu, said to be a notorious native doctor who allegedly prepares charms for members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The Commissioner of Police in Imo Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed the arrest in…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twitter’s suspension in Nigeria will end once the US social media giant submits to local licencing, registration and conditions, the government said on Wednesday, rejecting criticism the ban had stifled freedom of expression. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed told AFP Twitter had sought talks with the government, which last…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chuks Ibegbu, a chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to dialogue with IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Ibegbu said Buhari should engage Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and other agitators in a roundtable discussion. Ibegbu said…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Palpable fear and confusion have enveloped residents of Imo State, following heavy shootings recorded in some parts of Owerri and its environs over the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). THEWILL recorded some sporadic shootings late Friday night to early Saturday at Naze Timber Market and its environs in…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Tensions ran high on Sunday in southeastern Nigeria as the former separatist region commemorated the more than one million people who died in the Biafra war and famine of the late 1960s. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the leading separatist group, is remembering war victims over two days, with a candlelit…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has engaged a new American lobbying firm to help the group win the support of the U.S. government. The one-year deal is slated to run for 12 months and is costing Mr Kanu and IPOB $750,000, which is over N300million…