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Nigeria: Court Adjourns Trial of Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu
VOA, 26 July 2021
The trial of Nigerian separatist Nnamdi Kanu, a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra group, has been postponed till October 21 due to his absence in court. The security forces… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Seeks Transfer From SSS Custody to Prison, Access to Heart Doctors
Premium Times, 26 July 2021
The State Security Service (SSS) failed to produce Mr Kanu in court on Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Timeline - Nnamdi Kanu's Long Battle With Nigerian Govt Continues
Premium Times, 27 July 2021
Nigeria's secret police, SSS, failed to produce Mr Kanu in court in Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerian Law Allows Restricted Terrorism Trial for Biafra Leader
Daily Trust, 25 July 2021
The Nigerian government can try proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, under stealth circumstances, according to sections of the law. Read more »
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Nigeria: UK Asks Govt to Explain Circumstances of Biafra Leader's Arrest
Vanguard, 21 July 2021
Sequel to the alleged abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and his alleged rendition to Nigeria and continued detention by the Department of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Cracks Down On Separatists As Security Issues Mount in the North
DW, 21 July 2021
The arrest of another separatist activist wanted by Nigeria sends a clear message that President Buhari won't tolerate secessionist aspirations. But critics say there's much more… Read more »
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Africa: Kenya Denies Arrest, Deportation of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu
Nation, 2 July 2021
The Kenya government has dismissed claims that it is linked to the arrest and eventual extradition of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu back to Nigeria, saying it could not ascertain… Read more »
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Nigeria: Forgive Nnamdi Kanu, Facilitate His Release, Ohanaeze Tells S-East Govs
Vanguard, 19 July 2021
The pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has tasked South East Governors to consider what it described as the 'bigger picture of the consequences' which… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Told My 'Kidnappers' I'm With Kenya Islamist Terrorists - Nnamdi Kanu
Vanguard, 15 July 2021
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, has said the people that abducted him in… Read more »
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Nigeria: My Health Deteriorating, I May Die in Detention, Nnamdi Kanu Tells Court
Vanguard, 15 July 2021
Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking to be transferred from… Read more »
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Kenya: IHRC Clears Kenya, Nigeria of Wrongdoing in Nnamdi Kanu Saga
Nation, 13 July 2021
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has cleared Nigeria and Kenya of wrongdoing in the re-arrest and repatriation of fugitive Nigerian secessionist Nnamdi Kanu. Read more »
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Nigeria: Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu's British Passport 'Remains in Kenya' - Report
Premium Times, 11 July 2021
"We are holding the Nigerian government and Kenyan government responsible." Read more »
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Nigeria: The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Fugitive Leader Nnamdi Kanu
Nation, 6 July 2021
When Nnamdi Okwu Kanu was born in September 1967 in Afia State, Nigeria was a young nation bracing for its bloodiest civil war yet. The Biafran war, as it is now known, would go on… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu - UK Demands Answers From Govt Over His Arrest
East African, 1 July 2021
The UK government is seeking clarification on circumstances under which the Nigerian government extradited Nnamdi Kanu, a dual national of both countries, over crimes related to… Read more »