Tag: Ohanaeze Ndigbo

“Give us new Constitution before 2023 to avert Nigeria’s drift to anarchy” —Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF, others tell FG

Aminu Imam

Some of the nation’s apex socio-cultural organisations, the Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Middle-Belt Forum, and the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, yesterday urged the Federal Government to give the country a ‘new people-oriented federal Constitution’ before the 2023 elections to avert Nigeria’s drift towards another civil war and forceful disintegration. The organisations stated this in a communique issued at the end of an inter-ethnic peace dialogue, with the theme: ‘Restructuring and 2023 Power-Shift: Nigeria’s Make or Break Factor for Political Survival’, convened by Comrade Kennedy Iyere, and organised in Abuja by Youths Off The Street…

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“No killings of Muslims in South-East” – Ohanaeze

Aminu Imam

Apex Igbo cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has debunked what it called another misinformation issued by the South East Muslim Organization of Nigeria (SEMON) and the Igbo Muslim Forum alleging the killing of Igbo Muslims in Igbo land. A statement signed by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emeka Attamah, said the organization finds ceaseless insinuations that the Igbo are against Muslims or the North very worrisome because of their grave socio-cultural and religious implications for the nation. It said the truth is that there…

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2023: Igbo presidency not negotiable – Sen. Abaribe

Aminu Imam

As Ebonyi Senators, Rep members disown Umahi over defection  The Senate Minority Leader and Senator for Abia-South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has vowed to remain in the vanguard for the agitation of justice, equity, and fairness for the southeast in national affairs.  The Senator, who stated this after being presented with a Legacy Merit Award as the “Most Outstanding Performing Senator in the South-East 2020” by the NUJ, Imo State council, insisted that the quest for a president of Igbo extraction in 2023 was non-negotiable.  Represented by his aide, Chief…

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CAC deregisters Ohaneze, ACF, over security concerns

Ishaku Yohanna

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has withdrawn the registration certificate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and other socio-cultural groups in Nigeria. Disclosing this at the weekend in Abuja, the Registrar General of CAC, Mr Garba Abubakar, said the measure was part of the reforms the Commission was putting in place to subject such applications to thorough scrutiny following security threats that may arise from such registrations. He noted that the reforms are a measure put together to sanitise the Commission operations which lead to the…

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