A socio-cultural group, the Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) Worldwide, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing him as a prisoner of conscience.

Despite allegations of forgery levelled by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and a pending court case over the party’s forthcoming National Convention, the Deputy National Legal Adviser, Barr. Okechukwu Osuoha, has assured that the convention will go on as scheduled.

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared that it will not back down from participating in the pro-Nnamdi Kanu peaceful protest scheduled for Monday in Abuja, despite alleged intimidation from security agencies.

Senator Ned Nwoko has attributed the recent tension in his marriage to Nollywood actress Regina Daniels to what he described as her “battle with drugs and alcohol abuse.”

Tension has gripped the Natufe/Animashaun Community in Surulere, Lagos, as residents over the weekend trooped out in protest against the construction of a cemetery in their neighbourhood.