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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the death of Professor George Obiozor, the President-General of Ohanézè Ndígbo, is a great loss to Ndigbo and Nigeria. The Governor made the remark in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime. Prof. Obiozor, a foremost Igbo leader and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States and the State of Israel, was announced dead aged 80 on December 26, 2022. Expressing his sadness over the passage of Obiozor, Soludo said “Prof. Obiozor’s death is a big loss to the people of Imo State, Ndigbo, the Nigerian nation…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Motorists and commuters mourn as petrol sells for N400 per liter in most petrol stations in Umuahia the capital of Abia State. Although in some petrol stations a liter sells for N380 there is scarcity of the product in the capital city as most stations were not attending to customers. In the few stations where the product was available, there were long queues of vehicles. Transport fare has since doubled as Umuahia to Ohafia which was N1000 before December now goes for N2000. Umuahia to Aba which was going for N700 before now is charged for N1000. A…
By Azu Ishiekwene The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be shaken to its foundations, but it will survive. The most problematic question for the party of course is who carries its presidential flag in the 2023 election, when President Muhammadu Buhari will step down…If Tinubu survives the ambush of the wolves in his party, the race is over – My precipitations, December 31, 2021 In the last three years, I have formed the dangerous habit of forecasting what the new year might bring, roughly speaking. The quote above was extracted from the piece I wrote on New Year’s Eve of 2022,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed sadness over the death of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ambassador George Obiozor. Ikpeazu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onyebuchi Ememanka, said the demise of the former diplomat was a huge loss to Ndigbo. This is as Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has described Ambassador Obiozor’s death as a colossal loss to Ndigbo. The former Leader ECOWAS Parliament who spoke with Ikengaonline said the late Obiozor was a personal friend and a colossus. “I flew with him in the aircraft few weeks ago and we discussed issues regarding Igbo interest. He had…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Women Aid Collective (WACOL), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has condemned in strong terms the killing of Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, a pregnant mother, and lawyer by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, attached to Ajiwe Police Station, Lagos State. The Executive Director of WACOL, Prof. Joy Ezeilo, said the killing was coming barely two years after the #ENDSARS saga that brought to light the “despicable acts and atrocities of some members of the Nigerian Police Force.” She accused the police of “turning from protecting the lives of the citizenry to taking the same arbitrarily.” This…
The Governor of Imo State, Chief Hope Uzodimma, has confirmed the death of Professor George Obiozor, the President General of the apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. He made this known in a statement on Wednesday night. According to Uzodimma: “On behalf of the Government and people of Imo State, I, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, sorrowfully announce the passage of a great Son of Imo State and Nigeria, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, worldwide, Prof George Obiozor. “A renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat, a statesman and a tenacious patriot, Prof George Obiozor passed on recently…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The presidential bid of the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, received a major boost, Wednesday, following his adoption by participants at the Igbo International Christmas Retreat held at Aguiyi Ironsi Conference Centre Umuahia Abia State. The retreat was organised by Igbo Think Tank and Nzuko Ndigbo with participants from the Igbo-speaking states including Delta State. According to the participants, the of a Nigerian President of South-East extraction in 2023 will arrest the agitation for self-determination being propagated by Igbo youths. In a communique issued at the end of the one-day event, participants appealed to…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command has paraded one deserter from the Nigerian Army, Lance Corporal Nwangwu Chinwendu popularly known as “Onye army” aged 34-year-old man, from Amaohuru Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, for allegedly involved in the killing of prominent persons in the state. According to the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, Onye Army was paraded at the Imo State Police command in Owerri, on Wednesday. The police said the suspect was “one of the vicious commanders of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, of the Indigenous People of Biafra,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Prelate of Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Ekpenyong Akpanika, has bemoaned the plight of Nigerians following bad leadership while calling for a new order in 2023. In his Christmas and New Year message, Dr Akpanika tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to bequeath credible and peaceful polls in 2023 as his enduring legacy to Nigerians. He recalled that Nigerians through their resilience had continued to push on despite the biting effects of bad governance. The message signed by the Director of Information and Public Affairs of the church, Rev. Dr Nnoke Ibe, and made available to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President and the Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has urged Ndigbo to support the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, expressing confidence that he will not renege on his promise to hand over power to a successor from South-East. Wabara who made the appeal in a remark after the inauguration of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council Tuesday in Umuahia, said that Atiku had a better chance of winning the presidential poll, hence the need for Ndigbo to identify with him. “Let’s go where the President will…