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Mr Kanu, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, had been facing trial since 2015 when he was first arrested by Nigeria’s authorities. esidents of South-east have expressed outrage over the conviction and sentencing of the leader of the outlawedIndigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism. …

he draft US-Russia peace plan has been widely leaked and we now know that it proposes to hand over those areas of Ukraine’s industrial eastern Donbas region still under Ukrainian control to the de facto control of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Latest versions of the text also call for Ukraine to cut the size of its armed forces to 600,000 people. But …

he Federal Government has transferred the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to a correctional facility in Sokoto State, according to his former lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor. Kanu was moved from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention facility in Abuja less than 24 hours after he was handed a life sentence by Justice James Omotosho …

This story contains disturbing images. n the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only rocks and sticks, a CNN investigation has found. Geolocated videos from the scenes, audio forensic analysis of the shots fired and first-hand accounts from …

he Federal High Court in Abuja has released the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement sentencing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment. This follows an hour-long judgement delivered by Justice James Omotoso on Thursday where the IPOB leader was convicted of all the seven counts of terrorism charges levelled against …

ebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has demanded explanations from military authorities over the withdrawal of troops from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, shortly before dozens of schoolgirls were abducted in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area. Idris spoke on Thursday while receiving the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, who led a solidarity visit to the state. The governor …

ormer counsel to the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, on Thursday, rejected a call by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja to seek allocutus for his former client. Allocutus is a formal statement made to a court by a convicted defendant, who has been found guilty, to ask …

rgent questions are being raised over a patchwork of armed groups that have emerged to fight Hamas in Gaza over recent months. They include groups based around family clans, criminal gangs and new militia – some of which are backed by Israel, as its prime minister recently admitted. Elements within the Palestinian Authority – which governs parts of the occupied …

S President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to accept his plan – widely seen as favoring Russia – to end the war, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country faced “one of the most difficult moments” in its history. “I’ve had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the …

he 10-year-long terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), came to an end on Thursday after the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted and then sentenced him to life imprisonment.   The trial Judge, James Omotosho, delivered the judgement in Abuja after finding him guilty on all the seven counts filed against him …