A Igbo group, Voice from the East, has declared that Ndigbo do not want any war but a referendum to determine their sovereignty. “We are Igbo and we don’t want war again but a referendum. We don’t want what happened…
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ABAKALIKI URBAN COMMUNITY FORUM USHERS IN NEW EXECUTIVES
That the peace still reigning in Nigeria is fragile and might shatter if preventive measures are not put forward is a common knowledge. In the East, West, North and South of the country, there are pockets of agitations, fears and mutual suspicion…
OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL BACKS DANJUMA’S SELF DEFENCE CALL
The Ohanaeze Youth Council, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-political body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has backed Danjuma’s self-defence call. OYC President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Monday in a statement in Enugu, said the Igbo youth organisation had identified self-defence,…
PANDEF: LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INSIST ON RESTRUCTURING
In what could easily pass for one of the single largest gatherings of ethnic nationalities in recent times, leaders drawn from the Niger Delta, South West, South East and the Middle Belt, converged on Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to…
2019: AMAECHI URGES IGBOS TO SEEK BUHARI’S FORGIVENESS
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has asked Igbos in the southeast region to seek forgiveness for turning their backs on President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election and elect him for a second term next year. While delivering…
BBC IGBO AND YORUBA: THE CRUX OF THE MATTER
Many thought-provoking questions have been raised while many also frowned at the recent development of the BBC. On Monday dated the 19th day of February, 2018, the BBC Igbo and Yoruba services were birthed. Practically, many were elated at such…