• 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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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Senator Alex Usman Kadiri, an APC stalwart, represented Kogi East from 1999 to 2003. In this interview with JOHN AKUBO, he examines the challenges facing the quest for Igbo presidency unlikely in 2023
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World Igbo Congress has fixed August 22 for its virtual conference to protest against killing of Christians in parts of the country.
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Tension has reportedly been escalated in Ukwulu, Dunukofia Council of Anambra State, following alleged moves by some government officials and members of the community
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The last may not have been heard on the Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership crisis, as the new President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly (ONGA), Basil Onyeachonam Onuorah
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