Thursday, 21 May, 2026

Category: Culture


Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo Nnewi is an ancient kingdom that thrives on hard work, and their toil has always been blessed with huge human capacity and more than adequate material endowment. Nnewi people are very innovative in whatever they do, and Read more…


A new cultural front has opened in Nigeria’s creative space as the Igbowood Film Industry formally launches in the Federal Capital Territory, promising to use film as a powerful tool to preserve and promote the Igbo language and heritage. At an Read more…


By Ijeoma John, Nnewi The people of Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State led by prominent Nnewi – born Entrepreneur and sports enthusiast, Chief Gabriel Chukwuma have shown their dissatisfaction with disregard of the 1997 Nnewi Read more…


By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo Ever since the political chicanery adopted to deny Nnewichi the right to present the next Council Chairman of Nnewi North LGA, things in Nnewi have never been the same. That action being promoted by a tiny Read more…


The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has warned against violence ahead of the 2027 general elections. Rising from its meeting held at the residence of its leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday, the organisation called Read more…


South African police on Wednesday fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters in the coastal city of Durban. The country has been repeatedly swept by waves of anti‑foreigner sentiment, often erupting into violent — and sometimes Read more…


Authorities said preliminary findings indicate that the suspects exploited the festival atmosphere to perpetrate acts of sexual violence, stressing that such actions do not represent any legitimate cultural practice. Police in Delta State have arrested 11 more suspects in connection Read more…


For years, the people of Ochima community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State say they have lived with the unsettling sound of gunfire from a nearby military shooting range. But the tension in the quiet agrarian village boiled over Read more…


The Anambra Police Command has placed its operatives on alert to prevent any breakdown of law and order that may arise from the Awka traditional stool dispute. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this Read more…


seeks reinstatement THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has criticised the removal of the provision on forged certificates as a ground for filing election petitions in the Electoral Act 2026, describing the move as retrogressive and dangerous for democracy. In a Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Special Adviser to Gov Charles Soludo on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu has congratulated the Chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Anambra State, Chief Uche Ugwoji over his installation as Eziowelle High Chief. The Read more…


Igwe Nnewi dissolves cabinet From Ifeoma Ejiofor His Royal Highness, Igwe Dr KON Orizu 111, the paramount traditional ruler of Nnewi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State has dissolved his cabinet. Igwe Orizu’s notice of dissolution of his cabinet Read more…