…as UniZik VC describes language as greatest asset of a nation Anambra State Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu has criticized the policy of schools depriving students joy of speaking their language by making them pay fines or serve punishment if they spoke in classroom. He listed three ways of learning
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An Nnewi based prophet, Bro Iyke Uzukwu says he would campaign against the presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress(APC) standard bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu except all the markets closed in Lagos because most traders therein are Ndigbo are reopened. Bro Uzukwu, the Spiritual Head, Soul Revival Outreach Nnewi Anambra State who was speaking with
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Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, says that while he believes the South should produce the next President, the citizens of the South-East must note that they cannot get the Presidential seat by threatening others with secession. El-Rufai went on to say that politics is all about negotiating and persuading people to vote for
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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has advised the Igbo in the South-East to seize the opportunity provided by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) regime to gravitate to the centre of the Nigerian politics. Lawan gave this advice in a statement by his Media Office on Sunday during the thanksgiving/interdenominational service held
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One time Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Enugu State Governor, Okwesilieze Nwodo, says any party that fields an Igbo candidate in the 2023 presidential election would be sure of getting 100% votes from the South-East. Nwodo who was speaking on Friday in Abuja during the celebration of the appointment of Onyemuche
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Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to shun ethnic, tribal and religious sentiments in the search for competent leadership. He advised that Nigerians should instead focus on competence and credibility when electing leaders into public offices. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain noted that the country has continued to suffer under the
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Legendary Highlife Musician, Prince Morocco Maduka Is Dead—Veteran igbo singer, Chief Emeka Maduka, popularly known as the Ekpili music crooner AKA Morocco Maduka from Anambra state has passed away. His death was confirmed by the leader of Performing Musician Association of Nigeria (PMAN) in Anambra state, Ike Mazeli in a statement on Thursday, October 29th.
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The former Minister of State for health, and former INEC commissioner, Engr Fidelis Nwankwo, has urged Ndigbo to start lobbying the two major political parties in the country to enable them to secure a ticket for their candidates ahead of the 2023 Presidential election. Nwankwo made this known while speaking with some journalists in Abakaliki.The
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The apex-Igbo social-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and chairman, South-East Governors Forum, David Umahi, on Tuesday called on all Igbo sons and daughters to come back and invest in the region. Governor Umahi and President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, gave the advice in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital during the Ebonyi Business Forum and
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Immediate past President General of Mzough-U-Tiv, Chief Edward Ujege has described the proposed National Water Resources Bill currently before the National Assembly as improper, a rape of the people’s right and an injustice to humanity. The former leader of all the socio-cultural groups in Benue vowed to join other Nigerians of like minds to take
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Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, was in Benin, the Edo State capital Saturday to mobilise Igbo in support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Uzodimma, who was honoured by the Igbo Youth Union (IYU) and the youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in Edo
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THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has warned the People’s Democratic Party not to fish for votes in its geo-political zone, if it fails to present an Igbo candidate for presidency in 2023. This occurred as alleged moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 election from
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THE Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has faulted the claim by Ohanaeze Ndigbo that it ( Ohanaeze) has the mandate to realise a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction and not an independent state of Biafra . MASSOB , which reacted to a statement credited to the leader of the Igbo
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A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), yesterday stated that Nigeria would not be complete without Ndigbo, adding that the absence of Igbo’s intelligentsia and hard work would have made the nation poorer. Addressing a debate on “National Unity: Federal Character, Restructuring and Rotation of Presidential Power in Nigeria” organised by Igbo Leadership
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