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Fulani herdsmen and Tiv, Agatu farmers from Benue and Nasarawa states have resolved, among other things, to seek amicable resolution to their differences instead of the resorting... ....[Channels TV] »

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims that its leader Nnamdi Kanu was not tortured by the State Secret Service, and insists that the founder of Radio Biafra is sick. ...[News24 NG] »

The military yesterday launched a manhunt for former leader of a Niger Delta militant group, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), and his associates over weekend’s attacks on oil... ...[New Telegraph] »

Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo as said that Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari will not know peace if the Niger Delta region knows no peace. Tompolo who was reacting... ....[P.M. News] »

The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) said it has directed its members to resume massive protests from Monday 18 January. ... ....[The Nation] »

Iran on Monday issued a strong warning to Nigeria to release Shi’ite cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaky. ... ....[Daily Times] »

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State has warned members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB... ....[DailyPost] »

The Kaduna State Government has banned all forms of procession and rallies on roads and public facilities by individuals or organisations. The ban followed the recent bloody clash... ....[Channels TV] »

CHIEF of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said yesterday it was by divine intervention that he escaped being assassinated on Saturday, by members of the Shiites Muslim sect... ...[Vanguard News] »

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shiite, have claimed that at least 500 of their colleagues have allegedly been killed by soldiers. The group blamed the Army... ....[Channels TV] »

The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has been arrested by soldiers after long hours’ siege on his residence in Zaria... ....[Channels TV] »

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has advised the Federal Government to handle the pro-biafra agitation with utmost care, stating that the agitators were entitled... ....[DailyPost] »

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has emphasized the need for the country’s leadership to approach the agitations for Biafra in a more diplomatic way. In an exclusive interview... ....[Channels TV] »

MEN of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit yesterday came under attack in Oshodi and Ojo areas of the state during law enforcement activities. ....[The Guardian] »

20 injured, worship centre, vehicles burnt in Onitsha Police begin prosecution of 137 protesters, warn MASSOB, IPOB The agitations by pro-Biafra groups turned violent yesterday in Onitsha,... ...[New Telegraph] »

A popular Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka condemns recent agitation and protests for the Biafra nation. He described the protests as `evil.’ Mbaka condemned the action... ....[NTA News] »

Rivers State commissioner of Police, Mr Musa Kimo has said that no fewer than 44 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were arrested during the November 10, 2015 PRO-Biafra... ....[Leadership NG] »

A human rights group, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has concluded arrangement to drag President Muhammadu Buhari before the International Criminal Court of Justice... ....[Daily Times] »