A horrific car accident at the Arinkinkin area of Ogbomoso, on Friday night, reportedly claimed the lives of three traditional rulers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Ogbomoso zone in Oyo State. The monarchs were said to be going Read more…
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As part of measures to cushion the effect of losses suffered by people of Igbo extraction whose properties were demolished in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a pan- Igbo socio-cultural organisation, plans to establish an Read more…
The Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos, Abiola Dosunmu has said that the controversy over ownership of Lagos will soon be put to rest with her new initiative. Dosunmu, who is also the Erelu Yeye Oodua, stated this at a briefing Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The good people of Ogidi community, the country home of late literary icon Professor Chinua Achebe in Anambra State have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to unconditionally free the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The father of the Anambra State governor, Nze Simeon N. Soludo(Akukananwa) has been billed for burial on 23 December, 2023. The announcement for the burial program was signed by Chief Emma Soludo on behalf of the family. Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said democracy has not been working as a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent. Obasanjo stated this in his address at a high-level consultation on Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The member representing Nnewi North LGA at the Anambra State House Assembly, Hon. Sir Augustine Ike (Ikedoji), was enthusiastically received at the monthly meeting of the Otolo Nnewi Development Union meeting. The mammoth crowd at the Read more…
Amid tension and anxiety ahead of tomorrow’s off-season elections in three states, particularly that of Imo, a joint body of traditional rulers and religious leaders in the South-East have challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure it delivers Read more…
HRH Igwe Dr. KON Orizu III CON, Igwe Nnewi, on behalf of himself and the entire people of the ancient city of Nnewi, sympathizes with His Excellency Prof Charles C Soludo, for the loss of his father and the family’s Read more…
WHAT qualifies a man to lay claim to paternity of children born to him, according to Igbo custom and tradition? This contentious issue was triggered by a recent judgment of an Akure Magistrate Court which declared as “barbaric, evil and Read more…
Stakeholders in the South East are worried that youths of the region seem not interested in joining the ongoing recruitment of constables by the Nigeria Police Force. Disturbing details recently released by the chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, indicated Read more…
The Ohaneze Youth Council (OYC), Rivers State chapter, has condemned the attempt to impeach the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, by the House of Assembly. President of the youth wing of Ohanaeze, in Rivers State, Jocelyn Johiah, in a statement issued in Read more…