In what comes as his first official visit to the Southeast geopolitical after relinquishing power on May 29, 2015, Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
The post Ex-president Jonathan visits Enugu as Igbo opens Business Hall Of Fame appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

A political pressure group, Nigeria Presidential Project 2023 (NPP 2023), has said the timing of the clamour for President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the country is not right. The group also urged all parties to zone their 2023 presidential slots to the South East. The Chancellor of the group, Dr. Walter Oji, said this yesterday […]
The post 2023 Igbo presidency campaigners slam clamour for restructuring appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

Former Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife; ex-Minister of Women Affairs, Josephine Anenih; ex-representative of Anambra Central in the Senate, Ben Obi; National Chairman, African Democratic Congress, Ralph Nwosu; and National Consultative Front (NCFront) chief, Tanko Yinusa, have joined the clamour for a President of Igbo extraction in 2023. The quintet, who spoke at the unveiling […]
The post Ezeife, Anenih, Obi join clamour for Igbo President appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

The Abia State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide yesterday asked the Federal Government to create a new state in the South East. The region has five states – Imo, Abia, Enugu, Anambra, and Ebonyi. The South West has six states –Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti, and Ondo. The North East consists of six states –Adamawa, […]
The post Ohanaeze demands new state as don insists on Igbo presidency appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

• In memoriam: James Nwoye Adichie, 1932-2020 From England, my brother set up the Zoom calls every Sunday, our boisterous lockdown ritual, two siblings joining from Lagos, three from the United States, and my parents, sometimes echoing and crackly, from Abba, our ancestral home town, in southeastern Nigeria. On June 7th, there was my father, only […]
The post Layers of loss, Chimamanda writes on father’s death appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

The Igbo World Assembly (IWA) has urged the ethnic nationality to prioritise non-partisanship and fairness in the choice of the next President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
The post Global Igbo body canvasses competence, fairness in next Ohanaeze leadership appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, yesterday, met behind closed door with prominent Igbo leaders, including the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, and Publisher of Champion newspapers, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, to chart a path for the southeast geo-political zone. Addressing the media separately after the meeting held at […]
The post Uzodinma meets with Nwodo, others on future of South East, assents to two bills appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.