Tag: Igbos
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What Igbos should do to win 2023 presidency – Sen Uzodinma
As a strategic way of seeking more appointments at the federal level and also winning the 2023 presidency, the Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum in the Senate, Hope Uzodinma, has urged Igbo leaders to align with Northern leaders if they so desire to end the alleged marginalization of the region. Uzodinma, who represents Imo…
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I have no hatred for Igbos – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday debunked claims of his hatred for the people of the South-East geo-political zone of the country. The President, represented by the Executive Director in charge of Administration/Training, Nigeria Television Authority, Dr. Steve Egbo, made the declaration in Item Amegu Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Tuesday, during a…
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2023 Presidency: Make friends across Nigeria, Ohanaeze tells Igbos
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged its people living in the north to court more friends so as to actualise the ethnic group’s quest to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. The call is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the 19 northern states and…
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Igbos: Between monkey pox and monkey sense
By Uche Madu Panic, tension, disquiet, and anxiety held Nigerians in the South-East of the country for days. And amusingly the cause and source of the baseless anguish, which drenched our people in hysteria were as discreditable as the news itself. Some social media e-rats and e-thugs posted reports that our people were being massively…
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Oct.1 : We have sensitised our members to ensure safety of Igbos – Northern youths
Coalition of Northern Youths, which had previously issued a quit notice to the Igbo living in the north, has assured them that no harm will come their way on October 1 or after. Reacting to the call by the an association of lawyers in Anambra State, asking the Igbo in the north to return home…
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Lagos, Abuja, other cities Igbos dominate, invest in are part of Biafra land – MASSOB
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Thursday declared that Lagos; Nigeria’s commercial hub and Abuja; the nation’s capital territory and some other cities where Igbos live, work and have investments in are all part of Biafra. Speaking at Awgu, in Enugu, during a rally organised to welcome the…
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Quit Notice: Arewa Youths assure Igbos of safety, blast Nnamdi Kanu for rejecting suspension
The President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Shetima Yerima, has assured Igbos resident in the North of their safety before, during and after the initial October 1 deadline quit notice to leave the region. Yerima said the decision of the coalition (who came together to issue a quit notice to Igbos resident in the region…
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BREAKING: Arewa youth coalition withdraws quit notice to Igbos
The coalition of Northern youth groups on Thursday temporarily withdrew its quit notice to Igbos living in the region. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the groups, under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, issued the quit notice in June, asking Igbos to leave before October 1 and claiming their demand was in response to the…
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Arewa youths dare Buhari, insists Igbos must leave North by Oct. 1
The Arewa Youth Coalition has said President Muhammadu Buhari did not take time to study situations in Nigeria before making his speech where he (Buhari) stated that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable. The group alleged that after traveling out of the country for London over 103 days ago on a medical vacation; the president needs…
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Ohanaeze calls for caution, condemns hate song on Igbos
The President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, John Nwodo has condemned in strong terms, the recent hate songs by some northern youths against the Igbos leaving in their region. In a statement issued on Saturday, Nwodo said it was high time leaders from the region cautioned the youths that have been issuing incessant hate songs…