Ohaneze
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The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, on Monday re-elected Mazi Okwu Nnabuike as its National President. Okwu was re-elected in Enugu, alongside other members of the group’s National Executive Council (NEC). In a statement issued by the Chairman of the Election Committee, Dr. Barr. Maduabuchi Anthony,…
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Apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said on Sunday that it is ready for the January 10, 2025 election for the national executives, stressing that no fewer than three people have picked forms from Rivers state for the president general position. The President General position is zoned to Rivers State as the election is…
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Uche Okwukwu, candidate contesting for President-General in the forthcoming Ohaneze Ndigbo election has promised to unite Igbos if elected. Okwukwu an indigene of Elele, an Igbo community in Rivers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Port Harcourt that the venue for the election scheduled for January 9-10 had remained a secret…
25 Dec
A Chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prince Richard Ozobu, has warned that the factionalisation in the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, will continue to manifest unless there is strict respect for the group's constitution. Ozobu, who was recently appointed by a faction of Ohanaeze to head its national election committee for the January 10 election,…
17 Dec
President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, has urged the Igbo to ensure that only quality men and women with outstanding pedigree are elected to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, come January 10, 2025. He explained that the Igbo are one of the leading lights of Africa and for that trajectory…
11 Dec
Following the endorsement of a Northern presidency in the 2027 general election by former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Igbo apex group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday said that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) stalwart has lost any alliance with the Igbo. In a statement in Abakaliki, the Secretary-General of the Chidi Ibeh-led…
9 Dec
A coalition of Southeast lawmakers, Ohanaeze Youth Movement, led by Barr. Uche Nnadi, and chairpersons of political parties in the region, led by Action Alliance National Chairman, Kenneth Udeze, have expressed their support for the recent recomposition of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) board. The lawmakers backing the move include Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere…
26 Nov
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has cautioned the Ohaneze NdiIgbo to steer clear of any actions that may affect peaceful coexistence among all. The INC National Publicity Secretary, Ezonebi Oyakemeagbegha, has therefore declared that the Ijaws believe in one Nigeria but stated that, if the need arises to part, the Ijaws will not cede to…
16 Oct
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, on Wednesday, urged the former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, to summon his wisdom and decisively reject any propositions enticing him to assume a non-existent role as President General of the organisation. Ohanaeze added that it would rather support his re-election as Governor of Imo…
20 Sep
There are indications that the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Afenifere and the Middle Belt Forum are making plans to meet with President Bola Tinubu on the need to immortalise the late elder statesman, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.
9 Apr 2024
Following the principle of rotation of President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo among the seven Igbo-speaking states of Rivers, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, Delta and Enugu, the Secretary General of the C
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has described those suggesting that Nigeria has no foreign policy, as well as agitators for a shift away from Afro-centric policy, as either ill-informed or deliberately disingenuous.
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The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Gombe State Chapter, in collaboration with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other key stakeholders, yesterday, rejected the Tax Reform Bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu.
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Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has kicked against moves by the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) to collect all revenues on behalf of the six area councils of the FCT in 2025.
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Troops of the 5 Battalion, Nigerian Army, have neutralised members of a notorious criminal gang responsible for the killing of four soldiers and the abduction of two Korean expatriates in Ahoada West Local Council of Rivers State.
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In Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, you can hardly get an extrovert artist. From the literary statesman who has now scored 90 golden goals in the match of life, it is indeed too late to have a loquacious personality.
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A fifty-two-year-old man, Samuel Dada, has been arraigned before the Chief Magistrate's court sitting in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly defrauding 13 people of N146 million under the pretence of getting them visas.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, justified its global support with successes, including the seizure of 2.6 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs and the arrest of 18,500 drug trafficking offenders in 2024.