Enugu – The Igbo nation will on Saturday, February 15, proclaim the beginning of its Lunar Year, a custodian of Igbo culture and Prince of Nri Kingdom, Mr Chukwuemeka Onyeso, has said. Onyeso said this on Tuesday in Enugu while addressing newsmen on the 2020 annual ‘Iguaro’ Festival of Nri Kingdom. The festival to be […]
“You must lobby. You must do some political reengineering. For today, we are not getting it right as Ndigbo. Dr. Chris Ngige, has said. Ngige speaking on what the Igbo ought to do in respect of 2023 presidency said that Igbo must identify with All Progressives Congress (APC) saying the party with firepower win presidency […]
Senator the Imo West Senator Rochas Okorocha, has said that ‘Igbo alone cannot make themselves the president’ Okorocha speaking with reporters in Abuja recently said: “The Igbo alone cannot make themselves the president. The quicker they come together and start shoring up support from the North and other parts of the region the better it […]
Gusau – The Igbo wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has reiterated its support for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in the country. The wing also pledged its loyalty to the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari. The Chairman of the wing, Mr Collins Ofodile, said that they took […]
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he believes that Igbo can actualize their potentials in a structured Nigeria. Ekweremadu speaking at the 2nd Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lecture at the Igbariam campus of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University also said that ‘Ndigbo have many grouses which have made them not to […]
Abakaliki – An Igbo Socio-cultural group, Ndigbo United Forum (NUF) says actualising Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction is possible and achievements in 2023. To this end, the group said that it has commenced activities with a view of sensitizing Nigerians and building blocks across political, ethnic and religious lines aimed at actualising the project. Dr […]
The Lagos State Government says it is partnering with Igbo market leaders in Lagos West Senatorial District to ensure infrastructure development in marketplaces in the area. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said in a statement on Thursday that the consultative meeting with Igbo market leaders from Alaba, Trade Fair axis in Lagos West Senatorial […]
“The people of South-East (Igbo) are exceptional, but they have brought unspeakable pain to the rest of Nigeria. They are the image of Nigeria the world sees and it is a bad image’ a former presidential aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, has said. He also said that the Igbo problem […]
Patrick Okohue The Nigerian political environment has been awash since the weekend following the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by some aggrieved members of the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu who was attending as a speaker/special guest of honor […]
Governor, Rochas Okorocha Thursday said that he is more favoured to become the first President of Igbo extraction. The Imo governor, who spoke during a breakfast meeting with journalists at the Government House, noted that he commands massive followership beyond the Southeast much more than any other Igbo politician. According to The report, Okorocha however […]
The Igbo, Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has highlighted reasons hindering the actulaisation of Biafra. BNYL asserted that lack of coordination, indiscipline and what it termed “I don’t care attitude” among Igbos were responsible for the inability to actualise Biafra. The group made the remark while condemning the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for threatening […]
Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, said it would resist any attempt to discredit Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu. President-General of the group, Chief Nnia Nwodo, in a statement on Thursday, in Enugu, said it was preposterous for the Federal Government to be carrying out unwarranted inquisition into Ekweremadu’s life. He said […]
The Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, has attacked the Minister of Transport, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, for asking Ndigbo to apologise to President Muhammadu Buhari for not voting for him in 2015. ILT described the statement as not only comical but irresponsible. Amaechi had called on the Igbos to apologise to Buhari and back him up […]
The association of Indi Eze Ndi Igbo, Lagos State branch has appealed to the national headquarters of Ohanaeze to stop the planned local government election into the union in Lagos State slated for 24th of March, 2017. In a communiqué, after a meeting of Ndi Eze Ndi Igbo Lagos branch at Festac extension, jointly […]
As political dispensation gradually creeps in, we as Nigerians need to give pre-eminence to the welfare of Nigeria, not to tribe, religion, or political party. But, why are we focused on the upcoming elections more than we are focused on building Nigeria over the course of the next 15 months? Notwithstanding my identity as a […]
A 2019 presidential aspirant and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. SKC Ogbonnia has faulted the recently held conference between the Igbo and Yoruba, tagged ‘Hand Shake Across the Niger’ arguing that though the concept is a bold step forward, but its strategy is myopic. According to him, the event which ought to […]
Nollywood producer and the Chief Executive Officer of Purple Ribbon Entertainment, Ms. Chioma Okoye, has premiered her latest drama series, titled ‘Anyanwu Ututu’ in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The film, which aims at promoting the culture and tradition of Ndigbo, was centred on the lifestyle of people living along the riverine areas of Anambra […]
Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The Igbo community leaders in Jos, the Plateau state capital, has mended fence with the traditional ruler of the municipality, the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, over the controversial title of Eze Igbo. Recall that the monarch had announced the abolition of Eze Igbo title in Jos, warning that people […]
Bonny Amadi The Igbo Youth Congress (IYC) has lauded the nomination of Otunba Gani Adams as Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland designate, urging him to deploy his position to further unite the Yoruba and Igbo people. “Chief Gani Adams deserves the new position as Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land,” the Igbo group said. In a […]
The Adamawa state government has dispelled the rumour of contaminated vaccines been administered by its health staff, especially among the Igbo children and linked to Monkey Pox Virus to be a mere rumours to divert the attention of the government in fighting the polio virus in the state. The rumour, which circulated in the Local […]