Africa Archives - Page 10 of 10

Oct

30

2019

Guinea Bissau: Nuno Nabiam reacts to protester’s death in protests

Amos Oge Kalu, Guinea Bissau, PoliticsAfrica, Personality, Politics

Nuno Gomes Nabian, also a candidate for the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, reacted on Sunday (27.10) to the events of Saturday's protests in Bissau, which resulted in a dead and wounded. The leader of the United People's Assembly - Guinea-Bissau Democratic Party (APU-PDGB), which shares governance with the African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), accuses police authorities of "executing" a protester Saturday (26:10) following a suppressed manifestation by the forces of order. Nuno Gomes Nabian, who is also a presidential candidate supported by his party, reacted on Sunday to a press conference on Saturday's events in Bissau: "What…

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…

Aug

15

2019

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ututu Arochukwu, Onoli Eze Enugu, Orofia Anambra; Descendants of Ohafia (Mben)

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, News, OhafiaAbia State, Africa, Biafra, Metro, Ohafia

OHAFIA AND COMMUNITIES FROM OHAFIA. EZEMA ATITA AKPO, the founding father of OHAFIA had 4 sons, namely, in order of seniority: Amogu (Ama) Ezema Atita, Ukpai Ezema Atita, Otutu Ezema Atita, and Uduma Ezema Atita. Uduma Ezema Atita, the last of these sons, in turn, had 4 sons as his father and these are (again in order of seniority): Ezema Uduma Ezema, Chieze Uduma Ezema, Olori Uduma Ezema, and Uduma Uduma Ezema. In line with our topic above and for the purpose of this write-up, we shall concentrate on communities whose founding fathers are sons are from Ohafia and from…

Aug

15

2019

By amarachi

History of Ohafia people and the legendary Ohafia War Dance

Abia State, News, OhafiaAbia State, Africa, Biafra, Nigeria, Ohafia

By Amarachi Egbukichi- Ohafia History: Ohafia is a town and local government area in Abia State, Nigeria. It is an igbo speaking region. The ancestral capital of Ohafia is located in the village of Elu. The Ohafia Local Government Area also includes the towns of Abiriba and Nkporo. Historically, Ohafia people left Andoli and settled in Isi-Eke, from where they ran away one night, when they heard the rattling sound of calabashes. The sound was interpreted to mean that they were being invaded which lead to a commotion, as some of them escaped toward Ngodo and others went towards Isuochi.…