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Lagos Igbo traders close markets for Ojukwu

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Igbo leaders in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the closure of markets as a mark of respect for the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chief Chukwu Odumegwu Ojukwu. The affected markets are Ladipo Spare Parts Market; Alaba International Market; Trade Fair Market; Idumota market and Computer Village. The closure was in response to the call by the […]

Lagos stands still for Ojukwu – Pays last respect to the brave Biafran warrior

Posted by admin Biafra, Lagos, National Politics, State News, Top Stories Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

The Lagos State Government and prominent citizens of the state gathered at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday to pay their last respect to the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Major markets where Nigerians of Igbo extraction plied their trade in Ladipo, Ojuelegba, Ikeja and Ojo areas of the city were shut to […]

Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s burial rites begin Saturday

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Thursday, February 9th, 2012

BURIAL rites for the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu are expected to begin this weekend in all parts of the old South East zone with the popular Igbo culture of “Icho mmadu” (searching for the dead) which will be carried out by the youths in the major cities. Releasing the new programme for the burial, the […]

We will make our stand known after Ojukwu’s burial- Uwazurike

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics, South-East Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Friday February 03, 2012 •Uwazurike The burial of the 12 Adazi-Nnukwu citizens killed in Mubi Adamawa State yesterday threw up another round of calls for Ndigbo to stand up and take their destiny in their hands. Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ra;ph Uwazuruike who was […]

Let’s return to Aburi Accord – Adeniyi

Posted by admin Biafra, Presidency, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75) Sunday, January 29th, 2012

BY DAPO AKINREFON CHIEF Tola Adeniyi, is a foremost journalist and former Managing Director of Daily Times. In this interview with Vanguard, stressed the need for restructuring of the polity into a confederal system as agreed at the Aburi, Ghana meeting of 1966 to address the myriad of problems facing the country. While he canvassed […]

Ojukwu: Nigerians in UK begin Christian rites

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, South-East Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Nigerians in the United Kingdom (UK) will on Saturday, Jan 21, 2012 begin to pay their last respects to the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who died on November 26 last year. It is being organized under the auspices of Igbos in the Diaspora with a concelebrated high mass at the biggest catholic cathedral […]

Ojukwu: Dame Jonathan visits Bianca

Posted by admin Biafra, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan Sunday, December 18th, 2011

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday paid a condolence visit to Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. Mrs Jonathan, who declared that Nigeria’s history would not be completed without the Ikemba Nnewi, was accompanied to the GRA Enugu residence of the former Biafran warlord by the Enugu State Governor, […]

New controversy trails Ojukwu’s Feb. 2nd burial date

Posted by admin Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

The death of the hero of Igbo cosmopolitan society and pilot of the modern Igbo project appears a raining storm that threatens an end laden in intricate controversies. Early indicators gleaned from the immediate family members and associated political personalities following the public announcement of the death of Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu Ezeigbo Gburugburu in […]

Ojukwu: Biafra would have been the toast of Africa – Ogbemudia

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Sunday, December 4th, 2011

By Taye Obateru & Gabriel Enogholase TWO-time governor of defunct Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, has described the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, as a “gallant nationalist and freedom fighter” who fought for his rights and for the rights of the overwhelming majority of his Igbo people. In reminiscence of their days in […]

What Ojukwu told me before, during and after the war —Sam Aluko

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

•Ojukwu Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section This interview is the most intimate account of the thoughts and actions of Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu before, during and after the Nigerian civil war. The account is coming from Professor Sam Aluko, the respected Nigerian economist, who has revealed that he was the most trusted […]