Whoever wants to become Nigeria’s President in 2023 must show capacity and competence to advance the course of President Muhammadu Buhari’s infrastructure initiatives, particularly roads, rail and agricultural programmes.     A group, Buhari Legacy Continuity Initiative (BLCI), which made the assertion yesterday, in Awka, Anambra State, said it has come up with a set…

The ongoing #EndSARS protest taking place in Nigeria is a watershed moment in the quest for genuine change. To recap, in 1992, the Nigerian government set up the Special Anti-Robbery Squad

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

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…

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 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,…

• 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 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.

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…

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

World Igbo Congress has fixed August 22 for its virtual conference to protest against killing of Christians in parts of the country.

Tension has reportedly been escalated in Ukwulu, Dunukofia Council of Anambra State, following alleged moves by some government officials and members of the community