CONTROVERSIAL Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to initiate a dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) as a means of arresting the growing ethnic tension in the southeast geo-political zone.
Over recent months, southeast Nigeria has been in flames as armed youths have taken...
REGIONAL body the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has declared that it will not stand in the way of Nigeria's southeast geo-political zone of the Igbos decided they want to secede from the federation despite the fact that it is not in support of balkanising the country.
Of late, agitations for the balkanisation of Nigeria have...
THREE soldiers recently dismissed from the Nigerian Army have confessed that they were recruited by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) to train over 4,000 Eastern Security Network (ESN) members.
Created as the military wing of secessionist group Ipob, the ESN has taken on the responsibility of confronting armed Fulani...
NORTHERN pan-cultural organisation the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has accused political leaders in the southeast geo-political zone of abandoning their responsibilities and leaving security to the separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob).
Over recent weeks, Ipob's armed wing the Eastern Security Network...
GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has pledged his support for the on-going operation Restore Peace currently ongoing across the southeast geo-political zone under which the federal government is clamping down on armed gangs.
Over recent weeks, there has been widespread violence across the southeast geo-political zone as...
SOLDIERS from the Sixth Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies have reportedly killed seven Eastern Security Network (ESN) fighters during a gun battle in Agbochia Forest in Rivers State.
Created by secessionist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), the ESN is an armed group created to...
FIVE members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) have been arrested by the anti-kidnapping unit of the Imo State Police Command over the alleged killing of police sergeant Joseph Nwaka.
Over recent weeks, Imo State has become a hotbed of violence with armed gunmen attacking police stations and correctional facilities...
REGIONAL security outfit Ebubeagu recently announced by the South East Governors Forum was finally unveiled yesterday when uniformed members of the vigilante group were shown to the media in the Ebonyi State capital Abakaliki.
On April 11, the South East Governors Forum announced plans to launch Ebubeagu, modelled similarly...
SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has taken it upon itself to rename two roads and the Imo State Government House after the Eastern Security Network (ESN) commandant Commander Ikonso who was killed over the weekend.
On Saturday, Commander Ikonso was shot dead in Awomama Village in Oru East Local...
COMMUNUAL violence that recently engulfed Imo State has continued to rage unabated as the state commissioner for entrepreneurship and skills acquisition Iyke Ume has been shot by armed robbers in the capital Owerri.
Over recent weeks, there has been a total breakdown of law and order in Imo State with police stations being...
