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Governor Peter Mbah has said that the sit-at-home order declared by the proscribed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is now a thing of the past in the South-East region of the country.    Mbah said this after visiting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has initiated the distribution of flyers and posters across the South-East to notify residents of the cancellation of sit-at-home exercise in the region.   The separatist group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful who revealed that the decision was taken in line with its leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s …

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has abolished all forms of sit-at-home in the South-East declaring that every Monday in the region be observed as Economic Empowerment Day, EED. This was disclosed in a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, …

Uzodimma appealed to the federal government to collaborate with the Finnish government to extradite Ekpa to Nigeria. Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has urged the federal government and the Nigerian Military to extradite Finland-based factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa.

Gani Adams said the attempt to stage a sit-at-home protest in Lagos will not be condoned. The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has sent a strong warning to the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, over the planned sit-at-home protest in Lagos …

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that statistical data indicates that the south-east geopolitical zone lost N4 trillion in two years due to the sit-at-home order by separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra.    Kalu did not reveal which body released the data or how …

Two gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order in Ebonyi have been killed by the police in a gun duel.    Ebonyi police spokesperson Onome Onovwakpoyeya also announced on Tuesday, July 11, that security operatives who received information that gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were …

  Senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah, has told a Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, to take his sit-at-home campaign to his home state of Ebonyi and leave Anambra State out of it.   Ubah had urged residents of the state to open their businesses on the first weekday and shun …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced that it will not be issuing any sit-at-home order in the South-East during the February election.  The separatist group in a statement released on Thursday, February 2, also warned the Pan Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction Coalition (PANPIEC) to desist from linking …

Three persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed in Enugu State by hoodlums enforcing Simon Ekpa’s five-day sit-at-home order in the South East.   It was gathered that the pregnant woman, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was killed by a stray bullet at New Market during a gun duel …