No amount of Buhari’s inducement will stop Biafra, IPOB boasts 1
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No amount of Buhari’s inducement will stop Biafra, IPOB boasts

THE Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was wooing its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, with a huge bribe to drop the Biafra struggle. Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement sent to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State. He described

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IPOB mocks Army, Police, calls them cowards for tackling ESN 2
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IPOB mocks Army, Police, calls them cowards for tackling ESN

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has mocked the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Adamu, over their recent warnings that the military and the police would deal with individuals and groups threatening the corporate existence of the country. The CoAS had, on Tuesday,

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We can fund Eastern Security Network – IPOB replies Gov. Uzodinma 3
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We can fund Eastern Security Network – IPOB replies Gov. Uzodinma

The Indigenous People of Biafra said on Monday that there was enough money to fund its security arm known as the Eastern Security Network. The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated this in a press statement, adding that ESN was funded by IPOB members resident in 120 countries. Powerful was reacting to a

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Joint team sacks Eastern security network from Imo forest 4
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Joint team sacks Eastern security network from Imo forest

A combined team of military, police and Air Force personnel has raided the camps of the Eastern Security Network linked to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. Investigation on Sunday revealed that the camp of the ESN operatives located inside the thick forest in Udah village,

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67 IPOB members regain freedom after five months in detention 5
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67 IPOB members regain freedom after five months in detention

Over 60 members of the pro-Biafran movement, IPOB, have been freed after spending about five months in prison custody in Owerri, Imo State. Their lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who confirmed this to PREMIUM TIMES, Friday, said they were freed on February 1, after the Chief Judge of Imo State, Ijeoma Agugua, granted them bail. Mr Ejiofor

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Hoodlums raze police station, four patrol vehicles in Ebonyi as IPOB suspected 6
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Hoodlums raze police station, four patrol vehicles in Ebonyi as IPOB suspected

Unknown hoodlums on Thursday attacked and razed down the Ebonyi police divisional headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums also burned down four patrol vehicles during the attack, a statement from the police spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Loveth Odah stated. Ms Odah, a deputy superintendent of Police, said the attack

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IPOB not responsible for burning herdsmen houses in South-East – Umahi 7
South East

IPOB not responsible for burning herdsmen houses in South-East – Umahi

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Monday said videos making the round on social media purporting that members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were responsible for burning of houses belonging to herdsmen were not the handiwork of the separatist movement. According to Umahi, communities, rather IPOB were responsible for the acts.

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OPC backs IPOB's Eastern Security Network, wants govs to give support 8
South East

OPC backs IPOB’s Eastern Security Network, wants govs to give support

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has called on governors of Sout-East states to back the Eastern Security Network (ESN) established by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), so that criminals masquerading as herdsmen could be flushed out. The OPC, in a statement issued at the weekend by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, also threw its

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You can't sacrifice Biafra for your Presidential ambition, IPOB tells Governor Umahi 9
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You can’t sacrifice Biafra for your Presidential ambition, IPOB tells Governor Umahi

On Sunday, the Indigenous People of Biafra warned South-East governors not to work against its newly launched security outfit, the Eastern Security Network. It accused the governors of a motive to incite the army and others against ESN. In a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group warned the governors to

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Three suspected IPOB members paraded over attack on Governor Wike's father's church 10
Crime

Three suspected IPOB members paraded over attack on Governor Wike’s father’s church

Three suspects in connection with the attack on the Christian Universal Church International that belongs to the father of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital, were arrested on Thursday, 3 December and paraded by the police command in Rivers State. The suspected IPOB members pertaining to the information gathered from them

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We know nothing about explosion at Wike father’s church - IPOB 11
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We know nothing about explosion at Wike father’s church – IPOB

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has denied involvement in the explosion that rocked a church said to be owned by the father of Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt. About five youths had invaded the church identified as Christain Universal Church International in Port Harcourt and detonated an explosive suspected to

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Buhari should dialogue with IPOB, others over protests - Senator Orji 13
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Buhari should dialogue with IPOB, others over protests – Senator Orji

Representative of Abia Central Senatorial District, Theodore Orji, advised President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday to dialogue with the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in order to avoid further chaos in the country. Orji, who was immediate past governor of the state, stated this in a chat with journalists as part of activities

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Rivers: 21 suspected IPOB members remanded in court for terrorism 14
Crime & Investigation

Rivers: 21 suspected IPOB members remanded in court for terrorism

21 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, were yesterday remanded by the Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt in the facility of Nigerian Correctional Services over alleged acts of terrorism. The state police command, while arraigning the suspects in court, said they were IPOB members. The Chief Magistrate, Amadi Nna, while entertaining the case,

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Rivers State governor declares to give N20m to each families of security personnel killed by IPOB members 15
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Rivers State governor declares to give N20m to each families of security personnel killed by IPOB members

Mr. Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State has declared to donate N20 million each to families of soldiers and policemen killed by members of proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo last week. The governor stated this on Wednesday, During his condolence visit to the police headquarters in Port Harcourt. According to

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