Igbo day
1 Sep
Ahead of the 2024 Igbo Day celebration, the apex Igbo cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday urged Ndigbo to seize the opportunity to seek the face of God to address the decades of suffering, oppression, and socio-economic marginalisation suffered by the people of the Southeast. In a statement in Abakaliki, the Secretary of the Chidi…
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The former mayor of Massachusetts, Kim Driscoll, has celebrated the Igbo community in the city for their positive impact in schools, businesses, as well as in their churches. Driscoll celebrated the Igbo community in the state, acknowledging their positive impact in an ‘X’ post that followed images and short videos of the celebration. She wrote…
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