Tag: IGBO

Ohaneze: “We’re not Igbo”, Says Rivers group; strips new President of all titles

Aminu Imam
Rivers group on Ohaneze

…As others back him The emergence of Senator John Azuta Mbata as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Worldwide has caused confusion in Ikwerre, the biggest ethnic nationality in Rivers state, with Ogbakor Ikwerre community stripping the former Senator of all chieftaincy titles earlier bestowed on him. The Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation said it would continue to maintain its unique identity and history separate from others and as such would not want to be identified with Igbo ethnic nationality and culture. In a statement in Port Harcourt, the President-General of…

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Ohanaeze directs Igbos not to participate in nationwide protest

Aminu Imam
Ohanaeze directs Igbos

The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group,OhanaezeNdigbo, has directed all Igbo in Nigeria not to participate in the proposed nationwide protest by some groups of people against President Bola Tinubu. The apex Igbo body, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said it had instructed Igbos, both at home and in the Diaspora, to abstain from participating in the nationwide protests set to commence from August 1st to 10th, 2024. The group said Igbos should not join the strike because the prevailing security challenges in the Southeast region posed…

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“Igbos marginalised themselves; they have greedy leaders” – Primate Ayodele

Aminu Imam

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele said Igbo tribe are responsible for their marginalization due to the greediness of leaders in the zone. In an issued statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele stated that the Igbos should have produced the next president or the Senate president, which is being debated at the moment, but that the inability to be united made them lose out on the important positions. Speaking on what they need to do for their lost glory to be restored,…

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Appoint Igbo affairs aides Uzodinmas appointee, Adamu tells Northern Governors

Aminu Imam

Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimmas newly appointed special adviser for northern affairs, Hassan Adamu Sokoto, has tasked the 19 governors of the Northern states of Nigeria to immediately appoint aides on Igbo Affairs. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, the State capital yesterday, Adamu stated that appointing core Igbos as Special Advisers on Eastern Affairs to the Government of the 19 Northern States will strengthen inter-state businesses and ensure Nigerias unity, peace, and progress. In the recently-concluded general elections, the Kebbi State-born All Progressives Congress, (APC), Presidential Campaign Council Chairman…

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South East Criminality: GOC tasks locals to volunteer information

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Major General Umar Musa, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army, has tasked the residents of South-East to volunteer information on activities of criminal elements. Musa gave the task on Friday after inaugurating four projects recently completed in Abakpa Military Cantonment in Enugu even as the projects were in line of his handing over activities. The projects included newly built 82 Division Garrison Quarter Guard Stand and House; renovated and furnished 82 Division Provost Company Office Complex; Renovated 82 Division Band Office Complex; and Intelligence and Military Police…

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