The National Committee of Yoruba Youth (NCYY), and the Coalition of Civil Society Groups against Terrorism in Nigeria, have concluded plans, to petition the embassy of the United States in Nigeria, ...

This declaration follows renewed agitations for an independent Biafra State in the Southeast of Nigeria where IPOB is headquartered. IPOB is led by Nnamdi Kanu; an eccentric character who is facing ...

Nigerian security forces have killed at least 150 pro-Biafra supporters, some by extrajudicial executions, since August 2015, according to Amnesty International. In a report published Thursday, the ...

The leadership of 14Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Barracks, Ohafia, Abia State has handed over 27 members of Pro-Biafra protesters to the State Command of the ...

The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has pledged its readiness to suppress insurrection in the South East and South South geopolitical zones whenever it was called upon to do so. Addressing newsmen in ...

Biafra National Guard (BNG) says the Operation Python Dance II, to be carried out by the Nigerian Army in the South-east was targeted at Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators. A statement Wednesday morning ...

Nearly 50 years after the Biafran War (July 6, 1967 – January 15, 1970) which almost destroyed the unity of Nigeria, its agitators have refused to give up the struggle. This struggle by some Igbo ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The security services claim the IPOB is securing weapons and uniforms and creating ...

ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A group campaigning for the secession of a part of southeastern Nigeria, formerly known as Biafra, on Tuesday accused the army of laying siege to their leader's home, a ...

Nigerian soldiers were guilty of using "unnecessary and excessive force" in shooting dead scores of pro-Biafra protesters in southern Nigeria, Amnesty International has said. The military clashed with ...