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Jul

06

2023

Sit-At-Home: FG unperturbed as chaos in the South-East worsens

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics

The struggles, anxieties, and despair of Southeast residents and Ndigbo are far from ending, if the Nigerian government's present stance toward the call for Nnamdi Kanu's release, the IPOB's founder and leader, is anything to go by. This is due to the administration, which is led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appearing to have taken a passive and unresponsive attitude in the face of persistent calls for Kanu's release and violent protests in the Southeast. Kanu has been held as a prisoner of conscience since June 2021. After his amazing rendition from Kenya, Kanu was imprisoned. After that, he was placed…

Jul

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

A popular hotel in Onitsha destroyed by fire

Business, MetroAnambra State, Metro

The Sopurum Hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State's Nkwelle neighborhood, has been completely destroyed by fire. According to information obtained by OHAFIATV News, the event, which happened in the wee hours of Monday, caused a sizable portion of the hotel's structure to catch fire. At the time this report was filed, men from the fire services of the states of Delta and Anambra were combating the situation on the spot. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, verified the fire incident to Channels TV and stated that everything is under control. "We have control of the…

Jul

02

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Echoes of brotherhood as Ohafia Patriots welcome DK Uduma in Abuja

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Ohafia

By Comr Amos Kalu It was fanfare and excitement and glamour on Saturday 1st July 2023 as sons of Ohafia came together to welcome their brother, Chief DK Uduma, back to their fold in Abuja after his sojourn in Abia state, their home state where exigencies of duty mandated him to go for a while. The auspicious gathering saw the presence of the illustrious sons of Ohafia who expressed joy to have their brother back in the FCT in good health after a while, hence their decision to welcome him to fan the embers of brotherhood and communal unity for…

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Communities in Imo complain about abandoned roads, economic difficulties

Metro, NewsImo State, Metro, Nigeria

The deteriorating condition of their roads has prompted residents of Obibiezena, Naze, and Agbala communities in Imo State's Owerri North Local Government Area to appeal to the state and federal governments for assistance. They lament the condition of the roads has halted the socioeconomic development of the region. The community members who spoke with OHAFIATV News claimed that the only sin they committed was to give the federal government unfettered use of their ancestral lands to build and create the Anambra, Imo River Basin Development Authority, or AIRBDA. "The roads which connect the federal establishment are death traps, and we…

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Biafra: Release Nnamdi Kanu, don’t be like Buhari, Abacha – Ejimakor tells Tinubu

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Politics

In light of their views on self-determination, President Bola Tinubu has been urged not to follow in the footsteps of the late Military Head of State Sani Abacha, and former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Counsel to Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, advised Tinubu to free the Biafra agitator and avoid following in the footsteps of Abacha and Buhari. In a tweet., Ejimakor also cautioned that not releasing Kanu release would backfire. "It boomerangs when the State (in this case, the President) refuses to enforce a judgment (domestic or foreign) against the State simply because it is against the State, claims Ejimakor.…