Thursday, 21 May, 2026

Category: Culture


President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, yesterday described as unfortunate the statement credited to the leadership of the Arewa youths over their opposition to the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The northern group spoke after Read more…


Say security crisis has rendered many women widows The people of Owerri have criticised land grabs by successive governments in the state, calling it a deliberate ploy to render the indigenous people landless. They said that there appears to be Read more…


Pan- Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday said it would be leading Yoruba people and other Nigerians that believe in its cause to demand substantial restructuring of Nigeria before the 2023 general elections. The acting leader of the organisation, Chief Ayo Read more…


Virtually all the streets in Awka, Anambra state capital, were on Friday, in lack of people as residents closed shops, including corporate activities in compliance to the one-week sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Business hubs such Read more…


Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has warned the Indigenous People of Biafra that its planned one-week sit-at-home is anti-Igbo. This was contained in a statement signed by the group’s Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Sunday where he described the Read more…


The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday knocked the Attorney General of the ​​Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, over the claim that the leader of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Igboho) has ties with Read more…


The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has tasked traditional worshippers to initiate their children to prevent traditional religion from going into extinction. The Ooni gave the task during a news conference organised by Association of Ajo Esin Read more…


Cameroon’s five-year conflict could be taking a significant new turn with reports that its English-speaking separatist groups are getting help from an armed group in neighbouring Nigeria. After two attacks by Anglophone militants which cost the lives of 15 Cameroonian Read more…


The umbrella Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has joined human rights and professional groups in urging the Federal Government to produce detained leader of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in court for hearing on Thursday, October 21, Read more…


In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form: The celebration of Sarah Baartman’s features marks a departure from her historical image. Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman was an African Read more…


A two-person film crew, who became the first to shoot footage for a feature film in Earth’s orbit, are set to travel home from the International Space Station on Sunday. They also helped out with the regular work in space. Read more…


A bronze cockerel kept at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom that had been looted in a British raid on what is now Benin City in Nigeria will be handed back this month, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported. The Read more…