Tag: Ohanaeze
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Youth, women wing suspend Nwodo as Ohanaeze president
The crisis rocking the apex Igbo socio-political body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, escalated on Sunday as the youth wing of the association, Ohanaeze Youth Council, announced the ‘suspension’ of the President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo. The leadership of the women wing of association was part of the decision to suspend Nwodo, according to a statement made available…
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Ohanaeze calls for prayers, says Nigeria under seige
President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo on Friday urged Nigerians to use this Easter period to intensify their prayers for peace in the country. He said that “the country is clearly under siege from all corners” and stressed that the period of Easter provides good opportunity for citizens to pray more to God…
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Buhari allowed fuel scarcity to increase sufferings of Igbo – Ohanaeze
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, has stated the current fuel shortage in the country was a deliberate attempt by the current administration to impoverish Igbo people. He also stated that the policies of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration do not in any way favour sons and daughters of Igbo land. Nwodo…
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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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Ohanaeze to Buhari: “Address Igbo marginalisation, not pension,’
The Igbo apex cultural group, Ohanaeze, says President Muhammadu Buhari should tackle marginalisation of Igbo instead of paying pension to ex-Biafra policemen. President Buhari had announced that the Federal Government will pay pensions to former Biafra police officers. However, in a statement on yesteday, Ohanaeze President John Nwodo said there was more pressing issues among…
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Forget about BIAFRA, call for restructuring, Ohanaeze leader tells Igbo youths
The Southeast should forget the agitation for Biafra, Ohanaeze Ndigbo said yesterday. The Igbo should work towards the restructuring of Nigeria, their apex socio-cultural organisation said. “We should forget Biafra and insist on restructuring. There is no Igbo person that is happy with the situation of things in Nigeria. We must seek peaceful ways of…
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Ohanaeze sells Biafra in London, says ‘Igbos are treated like second-class citizens’
Restructuring is only the way forward for Nigeria Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation is unfair Leader of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group in Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, yesterday faulted the federal government’s declaration of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation, while stressing that…
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Ohanaeze condemns move to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu, accuses FG of favouring Northerners
The Apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo on Saturday condemned moves by the Federal Government to re-arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted before an Abuja Federal High Court on treasonable felony charges. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Justice Binta Nyako had given stringent conditions that the embattled…
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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…
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You can have your Biafra, some of us prefer a restructured Nigeria, Ohanaeze tells Nnamdi Kanu
The Apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo, said the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu should not generalise the demand for a Biafra nation as some Igbos still believe in a restructured Nigeria. The group also cautioned Kanu not to arrogate himself as the supreme leader of Igbo land. The President-General of…