Nigeria, March 21 -- Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty, again, to the terrorism charges brought against him by the federal government.

He denied the charges during his re-arraignment before a new trial judge, James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday.

Mr Kanu, whose protest and allegation of bias against the former trial judge, Binta Nyako, led to the reassignment of the case to Mr Omotosho, pleaded not guilty to all seven counts, including an accusations of threatening Nigeria's corporate existence and operating illegal radio station to broadcast the Biafra messages.

The treasonable felony and terrorism charges stemmed from his separatist activities ...