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How Legal Missteps and Media Spectacle Contributed to Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Sentence

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How Legal Missteps and Media Spectacle Contributed to Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Sentence

Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, former lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, has blamed mismanagement and showmanship within the legal team for the outcome of the trial that led to Kanu’s life sentence on treasonable felony and terrorism charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a statement titled “Nnamdi…

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Court Grants Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer and 11 Others Bail After Abuja Protest Arrests

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Court Grants Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer and 11 Others Bail After Abuja Protest Arrests

A Magistrate Court sitting in the Kuje area of Abuja has granted bail to human rights activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, along with Nnamdi Kanu’s former lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, and eleven other protesters arrested during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow demonstration. The protesters were detained on Thursday by the Nigeria Police Force following a rally demanding…

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Court Remands Ejimakor, Nnamdi Kanu’s Kawyer, in Kuje Prison over Abuja Protest

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Court Remands Ejimakor, Nnamdi Kanu’s Kawyer, in Kuje Prison over Abuja Protest

A magistrate court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Aloy Ejimakor, one of the lawyers representing Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Police arrested Ejimakor in Abuja on Monday after he joined protesters demanding Kanu’s release. The IPOB leader has been in the custody of the Department of…

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Disquiet In Court As Judge Recuses Self From Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial

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Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has recused herself from the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The judge on Tuesday opted out of the trial following the outburst of Kanu that…

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Group Berates Northern Lawmakers Backing Demand For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

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Group Berates Northern Lawmakers Backing Demand For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has lambasted the federal lawmakers, especially those from the north, for supporting the call for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The call for the freedom of the IPOB leader has become louder as prominent Nigerians, including lawmakers, have added…

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Ohanaeze Youths Council Urges Tinubu To Make History By Releasing Kanu

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Ohanaeze Youths Council Urges Tinubu To Make History By Releasing Kanu

The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make history by ordering the release of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This is also as it hailed the South-East governors and the Senators from the region over their recent move towards Kanu’s release. It could be…

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Kanu’s Lawyer Breaks Silence On His Client’s Reported Escape From DSS Custody

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Kanu’s Lawyer Breaks Silence On His Client’s Reported Escape From DSS Custody

Aloy Ejimakor, the lead Counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday denied reports that the agitator escaped from his holding facility at the Department of State Services, DSS, in Abuja. Ejimakor was reacting to claims that Kanu had escaped from custody. Ejimakor spoke to newsmen saying: “It’s not…

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Murdered Soldiers: Seek Political Solution To Nnamdi Kanu’s Incarceration Now

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Murdered Soldiers: Seek Political Solution To Nnamdi Kanu’s Incarceration Now

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 presidential election, has condemned the killing of five soldiers deployed to protect the citizens in Abia State. The five soldiers were murdered Thursday by gunmen at a military unit located at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill area, Abia State. The killings…

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Kanu’s Trial: “It is Either We Open This Trial Today… Or I Adjourn This Matter Indefinitely” – Judge

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Kanu’s Trial: “It is Either We Open This Trial Today… Or I Adjourn This Matter Indefinitely” – Judge

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has threatened to adjourn indefinitely the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu having given him an only option of opening trial today Wednesday. “You cannot continue to hold the court to ransom. I hope you know the consequences…

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Death in DSS Custody Will Consume Nigeria – IPOB Warns FG

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Death in DSS Custody Will Consume Nigeria – IPOB Warns FG

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has issued a warning to the Federal Government about its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB warned that Kanu must not die in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. IPOB warned that Kanu should be released because his death would be a trigger that would consume Nigeria. Emma Powerful,…

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