, accused authorities of extending his client’s time in custody by filing new charges against him. Nnamdi

( IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is seen at the Federal high court Abuja, Nigeria January 20, 2016 REUTERS

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadLONDON( Reuters)-The family of Nnamdi Kanu, a secessionist leader and

.... Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu attends a judicial hearing in Abuja, Nigeria, Jan.... Dozens have

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allowed to go to Britain, according to media reports citing legal documents. Nnamdi Kanu, who holds

LAGOS, April 26( Xinhua)--Nigerian troops operating in the south region have killed two and arrested four gunmen of the Indigenous People of Biafra( IPOB), an outlawed separatist movement in the southern state of Imo, the army said on Tuesday.A group of gunmen from the separatist movement opened fire and launched grenade attacks on a patrol team of the army along the Orlu-Orsu road in the state on Monday, said Onyema Nwachukwu, the army spokesperson, in a statement on Tuesday. The patrol team re

KUALA LUMPUR( Bernama): The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri' ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has congratulated national para athlete Bonnie Bunyau Gustin( pic) for his outstanding achievement in breaking the world record in powerlifting.In a statement uploaded on Istana Negara's Facebook page on Wednesday( June 23), His Majesty also expressed his happiness and pride over Bonnie's success, which he described as not only a historical feat for Malaysian powerlifting but one which garne

YENAGOA, Nigeria( Reuters)-A Nigerian separatist leader arrested after years on the run was badly mistreated in detention in Kenya before being returned to Nigeria, his lawyer said on Friday, while the Kenyan high commissioner flatly denied his country's involvement.... " He was tortured and subjected to all forms of inhuman treatment which worsened his health condition," Ejiofor said in a statement.... Wilfred Machage, Kenya's high commissioner to Nigeria, emphatically denied his country's in

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadABUJA( Reuters)-A Nigerian activist accused by the authorities of plotting a violent insurrection has been detained in neighbouring Benin and is due to be sent back to Nigeria, according to reports in Nigerian media on Tuesday. Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known in Nigeria by his nickname of Sunday Igboho, was arrested on Monday at Cotonou airport while on his way to Germany, according to media reports citing a lawyer and other Nigerian sources with links to Igboho.A s