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...Accuses FG of lawlessness, impunity ...Urges Nigerians to brace up for worst repressive regime Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned the recent attack on the Ibadan residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo (popular known as Sunday Igboho) and killing of his aides and forceful abduction of his family members by Nigerian security forces. Frank in a statement in Abuja described the attack by security operatives as lawlessness, high level impunity and one in a series of state sponsored terrorist acts against innocent Nigerians. He urged Nigerians to brace up for the…

A group, Kungiyar Matasan Kano Advocacy Organization, has appealed to Nigerian courts to serve the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, a death sentence. The appeal was made in a statement issued by the Chairman of the organization, Alhassan Haruna Dambatta, on Friday. The statement said: “Kanu has proven beyond reasonable doubt that people like him belongs to the dungeon of hell where he will find his equals passing through the judgment of God. “He belongs only to the body bag because of his role in the deliberate planning, coordination, financing of terrorism that led…

Sunday Igboho, self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, has vowed to go on with the “Yoruba Nation” rally that his group scheduled for Saturday. Igboho had announced the cancellation of the rally after the Department of State Services (DSS) raided his residence in Ibadan on Wednesday. But in a Facebook live broadcast on Thursday, Igboho said the rally will hold as scheduled. He spoke through Olayomi Koiki, his media aide. “I can still confirm officially that the Lagos rally in as much as whatever news or rumours you’ve been listening to from different outlets, will go as planned.” “The 3rd of July Mega…

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he was 'very very happy' when the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was arrested by the Nigerian government. Governor el-Rufai said this in an interview on BBC Pidgin on Friday. el-Rufai made the comments while responding to a question bordering on Nigerians asking why the bandits and terrorists in the North are not being treated with the same swiftness agitators in the southern parts are dealt. According to el-Rufai, “I was very happy (when Nnamdi Kanu was arrested) because, first he jumped bail, jeopardising his sureties. “Secondly,…

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that Boko Haram terrorists and bandits are different from the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, because they don’t have a recognised and centralised leadership. He said Kanu is a visible and central leader, based abroad and calling for the dissolution of the country. Governor el-Rufai said this in an interview on BBC Pidgin monitored by Vanguard, on Friday morning. el-Rufai made the comments while responding to a question bordering on Nigerians asking why the bandits and terrorists in the North are not being treated with the same…

Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, has dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the arrest and “extradition” of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to Nigeria. Also, an Official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said that the ministry is not aware of the “extradition” of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria. Mr. Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had on Tuesday, said the IPOB leader was “intercepted through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and Security Services”. He did not, however, state where Kanu was arrested. While some reports have named the United…

PRESS BRIEFING AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES (DSS) ABUJA ON A JOINT SECURITY OPERATION ON 1ST JULY, 2021 AT IBADAN, OYO STATE In the early hours (about 0134 hours) of today, 1st July, 2021, a joint team of security operatives raided the residence of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo a.k.a. SUNDAY IGBOHO at Soka, Ibadan, Oyo State. This was based on intelligence that he had stockpiled arms in the place. On approach to the residence, the team came under heavy gun attack by nine (9) men, suspected to be IGBOHO’s guards. Six (6) of them were armed…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that two allies of Sunday Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed activist popularly called Sunday Igboho, were gunned down during an operation at his Ibadan residence. Igboho had raised an alarm that two persons were killed when security operatives raided his residence in the wee hours of Thursday. There have been speculations over the incident as some persons expressed doubts. But at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday night, the secret police confirmed that it raided Igboho’s residence. Spokesman of the service, Peter Afunanya, who addressed the media, also paraded no fewer than 12…

We'll Attack Aso Rock, National Assembly, Kidnap Buratai Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Arrest - Biafra Groups Secessionist groups, the Biafra Think Tank, and The Biafra Watchdogs, have threatened to attack the Nigerian National Assembly complex, the Presidential Villa, the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, among others, over the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The groups also threatened to kidnap all the ambassadors of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, including the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Yusuf Burutai (retd.) and keep them hostage until Kanu is released. The groups in a statement made…

Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has suspended the Yoruba Nation rally scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday. He told BBC News Pidgin in an interview monitored by The Nation that the rally in Lagos has been suspended. The suspension came hours after his residence in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital was attacked by gunmen. At least five persons were reportedly killed during the attack.