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Mar

14

2020

Ebonyi Killings: Establish Operation OGBUNIGWE now, OYC tell S’East Govs

News, PoliticsBiafra, Dave Umahi, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okezie Ikpeazu, Politics

Press Release Ebonyi Killings: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Warns against Reprisals…..but Calls for Self Defence….Establish Operation OGBUNIGWE now, OYC tell Southeast Governors. (1) Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide had investigated the killings of Igbos at Ndiagu Orie Village, Umuoguduakpu-Ngbo Community, in Ohaukwu Lga of Ebonyi State by Suspected militias of Agila in the Ardo Lga of Benue State, and OYC Condemned vehemently the killings of Igbos,its Barbaric and Rogue Operations of Some officers, and we give the people of Agila to fish out the perpetrators that carried out these attacks for peace to reign. (2)OYC Urge Youths not to resort to any…

Feb

14

2020

By Amos Oge Kalu

Origin of Ohafia War Dance (Download MP3 Audio)

Abia State, Music, News, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Ohafia

The Ohafia War Dance (Igbo: ikpirikpi ogu) is a popular war dance performed in several parts of Eastern Nigeria. The dance which has its roots from Ohafia is performed by a group of muscular men in commemoration of their strength in fighting and winning wars in the past. DOWNLOAD ORIGIN According to oral history, the ancestors of Ohafia were renowned to be mighty men of war who were always on the lookout for wars to take part in. The Ohafia warrior tradition which remains one of the fundamental identities of the people of Ohafia is hinged on the performance of…

Jan

27

2020

By OHAFIATV

Frederick Forsyth attacks Britain: You committed crimes against Igbo.

News, PoliticsAfrica, Biafra, Nigeria, Politics, World News

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth, the English journalist and author will be 82 this year. He was born on 25 August 1938. At such age when a man is inching closer to his grave or Maker, his conscience becomes sharper, his propensity for remorse greater. He tends to make all crooked ways straight; he confesses his sins or does so vicariously- that is, on behalf of his clan or community or country. That is exactly what Frederick Forsyth has done, blaming his country, Britain, for its bias against the Igbo during the Nigeria-Biafra war that spanned three years, 1967 to 1970.…

Dec

10

2019

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gov. Ikpeazu, Ogah, Otti Set To Grace, Receive AFN Awards

Abia State, Lifestyle, News, PoliticsAbia State, AFNews, Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, Politics

The Abia State Governor Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu PhD, has praised the efforts of the Abia Facts Newspaper in maintaining balanced and objective journalism. Speaking through his Chief of Staff Dr. ACB Agbazuere, at government house Umuahia, Dr. Ikpeazu accepted his nomination as Media Friendly Governor of the year 2019 and thanked Abia Facts Newspaper for recognizing his efforts in governance. Mean while, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate in the just concluded general election in Abia State Dr. Alex Otti and the All Progressives Congress counterpart Honorbale Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Sampson Ogah…

Oct

10

2019

By Amos Oge Kalu

Guinea-Bissau: Yesterday, Posterity; Sands of Time, The Nuno Nabiam Projections

NewsAfrica, Personality, Politics, World News

BY: COMR. AMOS KALU (AFK) The Presidential Candidate of the APU Party and one of the favorite contenders in the upcoming Guinea-Bissau General Election, Engr Nuno Nabiam, has continued to make a case for the need to make projections that must usher in the young nation into a brighter and more promising future that will be built on collective participation of every member of the country through a more proactive, pragmatic and participatory-inclusive government premised on people-oriented policies to get all hands on deck, salvage the nation ravaged and plundered in the past by politics of high-handedness and ineptitude. Recall…