Nnamdi Kanu writes Trump, seeks US probe into alleged killings in South East

  The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to United States President Donald Trump, urging him to initiate an independent investigation into what he…

Cultism financed by politicians, not IPOB is biggest security challenge in South-East – Odinkalu

  Human rights lawyer and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has said that the major security challenge confronting the South-East region is cultism…

Nigeria Must Investigate Human Rights Violations In South-East – Amnesty Int’l

  Amnesty International says Nigerian authorities must begin to address the security crisis in the South-East region of the country. In a statement it released in Enugu on Tuesday, the…

1,844 killed in South-East in 30 months — Amnesty International

  One thousand eight hundred and forty-four people were allegedly killed in Nigeria’s South-Eastern region between January 2021 and June 2023, according to a new report by Amnesty International Nigeria.…

Report: Southeast Loses ₦7.6tn Revenue To Sit-At-Home Protests By Biafran agitators

  The Southeast region has lost more than ₦7.6 trillion to its sit-at-home protests in two months, a new report by SBM Intelligence has said. According to the report titled…

INSECURITY: NBA, CSOs Demand Tougher Border Control, Arms Regulation in Southeast

Civil society organizations (CSOs) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have called for urgent reforms to strengthen border security, curb arms proliferation, and address systemic governance failures in Nigeria’s Southeast,…

S’East wants referendum, not additional states, says IPOB

  The Indigenous People of Biafra has kicked against the proposed creation of additional states, adding that the South-East is only interested in referendum to determine their exit from Nigeria…

Shadows of Insecurity: Kidnapping, violent crimes crippling the South-East

  In recent years, the South-East region of Nigeria – comprising Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, and Abia states – has been engulfed in a dark narrative of kidnapping and rising…

S/East Crime: Group Expresses Concern Over Activities of Ex-Convicts

  The South East Security Network (SESN has decried the unwholesome activities of ex-convicts in the South East zone of the country. The group, in a statement after their 2025…