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Mar

19

2024

Uniting Towards a Prosperous Future for the Igbo Nation

Column, Metro, News, PoliticsOhanaeze Ndigbo, Politics

As we stand on the threshold of the eagerly awaited 2024 IGBO EASTER RETREAT, it is not merely an event but a clarion call for us, the Igbo people, to converge with resolute purpose and unwavering determination to construct a new Igbo nation. In the backdrop of economic adversities, uncertainties, and soaring insecurities plaguing our Igbo-speaking regions, it is paramount that we take resolute steps to carve a transformative pathway toward a promising future. The resounding theme of this year's retreat, 'NWALITE, IWULITE NA IDI NOTU ALAIGBO' (Towards Building a New Igbo Nation), reverberates profoundly with the challenges that confront…

Mar

15

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

OMPAN Abia elects new executives, with Promise Uzoma Okoro (PUO) emerging as Chairman.

Abia State, Column, News, Politics, SponsoredAbia State, Next Level, OMPAN, Politics

New executive officers have been chosen by the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Abia to lead the association's operations during the next two years. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Ugochukwu Nwankwo, announced the results of the general election that was held at the Evergreen Hotels in Umuahia. Mr. Promise Okoro received 24 votes in total to become the new Chairman, while Clinton Uba received 10 votes to finish in second place. Promise Uxoma Okoro - OMPAN Chairman Elect He stated that "Nneka Torti emerged the Vice Chairman, Dr Steve Unegbu the General Secretary, Chibuzor Aguwa the Financial Secretary,…

Mar

15

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu prompts governors: “we must stick together to fix Nigeria’s economic challenges.”

Column, Economy, News, PoliticsEconomy, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

To address Nigeria's economic issues, President Bola Tinubu has urged cooperation between state governors and the federal government. The President's spokeswoman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this on Thursday at the State House in Abuja during the governors' celebration of the end of Ramadan. President Tinubu stressed the need of moving from politics to governance and underlined the necessity of collaboration and unity among all parties involved. "The days of politics are over, as we must work together to build our nation. Now is the moment for leadership. Despite sleeping in different rooms, we share the same parents and are members of…

Mar

13

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Northern Plan to Drive Out Igbos: Another Ineffective Provocation Against the Southeast

Column, News, Opinion, Politics, SponsoredBiafra, Court, Freedom, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion, Politics

During the rough time of Former President Buhari's rule, the unfair treatment of Ndigbo reached a disgusting high point. A vile scheme was made to use state-sponsored litigation to force the people of Southeast Nigeria to leave Nigeria, taking their property even in the middle of the North, in Abuja. This legal attack was a sneaky part of Buhari's "Fulanization agenda," which was cleverly planned by his cronies with the help of Northern powerbrokers, especially the Northern Governors. Working in secret, they gave the COALITION OF NORTHERN GROUPS the covert support and organisational help they needed to carry out their…

Mar

13

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court strikes out suit seeking to compel exit of Igbo from Nigeria

Column, News, PoliticsBiafra, Freedom, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by a Coalition of Northern Groups seeking the exit of Igbos in the South East out of Nigeria. The suit by the group of elders and politicians from the North, led by Nastura Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’i, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam was thrown out by the Judge following the persistent absence of the plaintiffs in court to establish their case. When the matter came up, none of the plaintiffs was in court and they were not represented by lawyers. Justice Ekwo, after going…