The stage is set for the commencement of a grand farewell to the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu with the declaration of a seven-day prayers and mourning, beginning from Thursday, December 1. Ojukwu died last Saturday morning in a London hospital. He was flown out of the country on December 23 last year, following a stroke. […]
Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu By Chuks Okocha and Christoper Isiguzo The Federal Government is “seriously” considering holding a state burial for the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who died on Saturday in London, THISDAY has learnt. Presidency sources said last night that although some hardliners might be opposed to the idea because Ojukwu […]
Monday, November 28, 2011 • Bianca Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca, yesterday told a delegation of the Nigerian High Commission in Britain, led by the High Commissioner, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, that her husband’s death came as a surprise especially after he had been discharged. […]
Compliance to the customs and tradition of the people of Nnewi may delay the official pronouncement of the death of Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu by the Igwe-in-council of Nnewi to the people of the town. Daily Sun investigations in Nnewi yesterday revealed that when a man of influence dies in the town, his mother’s kindred and […]
Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, has eulogized Ojukwu, saying “Ojukwu was a forthright and honourable player.” In a statement signed by the residential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April, 2011 election, Buhari said: “It is with great shock that I received the news of the passing away of […]
GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State has appealed to those seeking to know the details of ex-Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s burial to be patient as, according to him, “it will be a collective decision in consultation with various stakeholders, with his immediate family taking the lead.” He said this in reaction to numerous calls […]
The Movement for Revolutionary Change (MRC) a non-government organization (NGO) has advised the Federal Government to immortalize the late Biafran warlord and national leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Odumegwu Ojukwu by renaming the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as Odumegwu Ojukwu University (OON). The group said renaming a university of the UNN’s […]
Sunday, November 27, 2011 • Bianca and Ojukwu Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section She was without any iota of doubt, the closest person to Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. In April 2010 Bianca, Ojukwu’s wife of over two decades spoke about her relationship with the national icon. Excerpts: How long […]
YESTERDAY, November 26, 2011, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the number one Igbo citizen and a Nigerian patriot said goodbye to this world after a protracted illness. I was privileged to accompany Gov. Obi (his 9th visit) to see him in London on the 25th of November, on our way to Nigeria from France, where he accompanied […]
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan and prominent Igbo leaders, including Chief Jim Nwobodo, Chief Mike Okiro, Chief Maxi Okwu and Dr Orji Kalu have paid tribute to Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu. The former biafran leader and leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) died late last night. He had been sick for a while […]
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