Troops Overpower IPOB/ESN Members, Recover Weapons
By Paul Michael, Defence Editor, Abuja Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army in collaboration with Nigerian Police Force (NPF) have ...
IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) News
Follow the latest IPOB news on The Trumpet. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist group led by Nnamdi Kanu that campaigns for an independent state of Biafra in Nigeria’s South-East. The Federal Government proscribed IPOB and designated it a terrorist organisation in 2017, a designation the group continues to challenge.IPOB’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2025, and is appealing. The group regularly issues statements and ultimatums over his case, including threats to boycott the 2027 elections, while security agencies continue operations against armed groups in the South-East, including the Eastern Security Network (ESN).Our coverage includes IPOB statements, sit-at-home orders and their impact on South-East communities, military and police operations, court cases, and reactions from governors, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other leaders. See also our Nnamdi Kanu and Biafra pages. Scroll down for every IPOB story, newest first.
IPOB Vows to Retaliate Burning of Supporters’ Houses by Soldiers, Ebubeagu
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to punish anyone, including Southeast governors, sponsoring the Nigerian Army and ...
EDITORIAL: Challenges facing 2023 Elections
Further delay is inimical to the 2023 elections which are just one year from now. The Presidency should know that ...
Alleged Terrorism: Court Orders Malami to Pay Kanu’s Co-defendants N200,000
Pissed by how the federal government is prosecuting the alleged terrorism trial of four co-defendants of the leader of the ...
Nnamdi Kanu is a Madman, I’ll Kill him – Asari Dokubo
A former leader of Niger Delta militants and founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), Asari Dokubo has ...
Ijaw National Congress joins suit seeking the exit of South East from Nigeria
Kuwekuzi Aigbe The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to join it as a ...
IPOB Sit At Home Order Turns Bloody In Anambra, Enugu.
It has become habitual in the eastern part of Nigeria to observe the stringent order of sit at home by ...
BREAKING: Court Declares Kanu’s Arrest Illegal, Orders FG To Pay Him N1billion
Abia State High Court has declared the invasion of the security agents to the residence of the leader of the ...
FG’s amended charges stall Kanu’s trial
The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu was today stalled at the ...
