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Who succeeds Ikemba as Igbo leader?

Posted by admin Biafra, General Politics, Headlines, South-East Saturday, March 10th, 2012

EMMANUEL OBE writes that only time will tell whether the Igbo will, once again, have a common leader like the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu The death of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu closed a chapter in the history of the Igbo, one of the three major ethnic nationalities in Nigeria. Despite failing to actualise their desire […]

To Igbo Leaders: You Are Inexcusable – By Ikechukwu Enyiagu

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists, South-East Thursday, March 1st, 2012

By Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP, March 1, 2012 – Twice I have written to those who lead my people – to Igbo leaders and Governors; now, I’m writing again. When I first wrote, it was to remind you of your duties; but this time, it’s to let you know that we all know how treacherous you […]

Jonathan seeks Ndigbo’s support over insecurity

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, South-East Monday, February 6th, 2012

February 6, 2012 by Emmanuel Obe and Temitayo Famutimi President Goodluck Jonathan has solicited the support of the Igbo race in the fight against the menace of the Boko Haram sect in some parts of the country. Responding to a call for urgent attention by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the President expressed concern over the […]

Opinion: Why Igbos are fleeing the north

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East Monday, February 6th, 2012

By Dan Onwukwe ( 08023022170 dan_onwukwe@yahoo.com ) Tuesday, February 07, 2012 The scene at many motor parks in Kano in recent weeks has had a distressingly foreboding smell. It typifies what is happening in many other states in the North. In droves, they are leaving. Some have lived in these places for over 30 years. […]

Bloodbath in Anambra as town union factions clash

Posted by admin Anambra, South-East, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

February 5, 2012 by EMMANUEL OBE About 10 people were severely injured on Saturday, when thugs from rival factions of the Nkpor town union clashed over the collection of levies from traders at the Nkpor Main Market in Idemili North Local Government Area. The thugs freely used firearms and machetes on themselves as traders scampered […]

Stop senseless killings, Ohaneze tells Northern leaders

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East Sunday, February 5th, 2012

The Anambra State chapter of the Ohaneze Ndigbo has asked traditional and political leaders in the North to stop the senseless killings and destruction of property by the Boko Haram sect. The Chairman of the Anambra State chapter of Ohaneze, Dr. Philip Atamuo, told SUNDAY PUNCH at Adazi Nnukwu, Anambra State on Friday that 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 […]

Picture:Boko Haram: Igbo arrive in Enugu in batches

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

abukoh, Enugu 11 Comments Over 150 Igbo citizens arrived Enugu from Maiduguiru, Borno State, on Thursday, three days after the same number of persons returned home due to the upsurge of Boko Haram activities in northern Nigeria. The returnees, who arrived in batches, arrived Ninth Mile Corner, Enugu town, in free luxury buses provided […]

Igbo leaders ask all Igbos in the north to return home

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, South-East Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Call it fear of Boko Haram or the unknown. But the Igbo Elders Forum met yesterday at the residence of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and asked its kinsmen resident in the northern part of Nigeria to return home. The call was occasioned by the activities of the Islamist fundamentalist sect, Boko […]

Group alleges killing of 510 Igbos in 2011

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

The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law has called for the immediate intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in saving the lives of Igbo Christians living in the North. In a letter to the President on Thursday, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Intersociety, Mr. Emeka Umeagbalasi, said the rate […]