LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Coalition of British lawyers of Igbo extraction has vowed to drag the Kenyan Government to the International Criminal Court, ICC, for detaining Nnamdi Kanu, a British citizen, and subsequently handing him over the Nigerian Government. The Coalition also gave the Nigerian Government 48 hours ultimatum to release Nnamdi Kanu, return him…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group seeking a separate homeland for the ethnic Igbo people of Nigeria’s southeast demanded ‘justice and fair hearing’ on Wednesday after their leader Nnamdi Kanu was detained. The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face trial, the authorities announced Tuesday. The…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facts have emerged about the circumstances surrounding the arrest and repatriation of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who was produced before an Abuja High Court yesterday, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, and was ordered to be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be remanded at a Department of State Service facility, pending the determination of his trial. Justice Binta Nyako gave the order after counsel for the Attorney General of the Federation, Shuaibu Labaran,…
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 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters see him a returning liberation hero, who revived a long-lost dream of African nationhood from his flat in faraway south London. Critics see him as a dangerous insurgent who belongs behind bars. Like him or loathe him, though few would disagree that Nnamdi Kanu has come a long way since his…
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 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…