Nigeria’s government has handed over two bronze treasures to a traditional royal palace in part of a series of restorations of artefacts looted during colonial times. In a ceremony accompanied by songs, drums and dancers on Saturday, a bronze cockerel Read more…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condemned the killing of cattle traders and slaughtering of their cows in Abia State. In a statement signed by its secretary-general, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and made available to journalists in Kaduna Read more…
A bill to amend the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act scaled second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. It seeks to prohibit all forms of repressive and degrading widowhood practices, provide remedies for victims and penalise offenders. The legislation sponsored Read more…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Tuesday said the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) will go down in history as the most victimized socio-cultural organisation in the country, noting that the group had, since its inception in 1994, Read more…
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has given the staff of office and a certificate of recognition to the regent of Obibi Urata in Owerri North Local Government Area of the State, Boniface Ariri, after four years despite the claim by Read more…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday, said the National Assembly will make a case for official roles for the traditional rulers in the ongoing review of the Nigerian constitution. According to a statement by the media adviser Read more…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed disdain and concern over an online viral video of Igbo women allegedly by a group named Umunwanyi Ozo Prestigious Chieftaincy Association, UK and Ireland that portrayed the women as having been inducted into the prestigious Read more…
The Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien has frowned at the purported formation of Anioma Union as the umbrella body of the people of Anioma (Delta north senatorial district). Prof. Edozien who is the chairman of Delta North Traditional Read more…
…Declares Igboho ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ …Says restructuring of Nigeria is achievable before 2023 polls The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the Federal Government to ensure the release of the Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor Native doctors in the South East of Nigeria have resolved to build political bridges across geopolitical zones in the country to ensure the actualization of Igbo presidency. The group of native doctors/traditional religious practitioners under the aegis Read more…
Aguobu Iwollo Community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu has called on the state Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to intervene in the leadership crisis rocking the community. This call was made during a massive protest organized by members of Read more…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG) has reacted to the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s ban on the consumption of ‘Fulani cows’ (beef) in South-East, calling for a total boycott of all businesses operated by the Igbo all over Read more…