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…
The Umu Onyechi family celebrates their every-ten-year Convenant or Bonding ceremony known in Nnewi as Oliko.It is a ceremony steeped in ages. This ceremony usually brings every Onyechi son home, including Umuada and Umudiana that may be around.It is an Read more…
Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council and Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Yenagoa Local government Area, His Royal Majesty King Bubaraye Dakolo, the Second Vice President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Chief Nengi James and other Ijaw Read more…
A female rights advocate, Chinyere Osuwah has frowned at the continued practice of female genital mutilation in parts of Igbo land and called for total abolition of the ugly practice. Osuwah described the practice as dangerous to the health of Read more…
Eminent Nigerian constitutional lawyer and former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has passed away at the age of 92. Nwabueze died on Sunday evening at his home according to sources close to the family. The prominent Senior Read more…
Following recent exoneration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group by the court, the pro-Biafra group has urged the Federal Government to remove the tag and stop to recognise it as such. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo HRN Igwe KON Orizu III kicked off the series of events to herald this year’s 98th birthday and 60th year on the throne by cutting a cake with members of the Igwe Nnewi Royal cabinet. The Read more…