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Ultimatum is Dismiss by Leaders to Northern-Muslims

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2011: S'East Leaders Divided over Presidency

There appears to be a serious division among the governors and leaders of the South-East zone over the presidency in 2011, as the governors and other prominent figures in the geo-political zone seem to be taking conflicting positions on the issue. Some governors from the zone yesterday rose from a meeting in Enugu with a declaration that they were yet to take a definite decision on whether or not to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 election. This is in line with the position of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and a former governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife. While Ohanaeze Ndigbo gave a tacit approval for the All Igbo Summit...

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What is this Ohaneze really ?Ohaneze-ing??

I recently failed a simple test. A middle-aged woman in my village asked me who the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo is. I said, ?I don?t know.? Bewildered, she turned to my friend: Ralph Uwechue. My friend replied. Her face-picture didn?t seem to recall or link that name to anything except, a name. For me, it was like floating between the burden of stark ignorance and the freedom of blamelessness. Why shouldn?t I know the name of my cultural-head? But again, why should I when he does nothing to be known for? For those of us new to this name, ?Ohaneze? is the umbrella...

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Exposed - Why Ohaneze Ndigbo And Aka Ikenga Support Jonathan

Ohaneze Ndigbo is supposed to be amalgam of Igbo...

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Igbo Summit And Its Countless Controversies

Opinion leaders from the South-east last week took a stand on the whether to support President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 or not. Christopher Isiguzo writes on the controversy that trailed the decision At last the much talked about South-east Political Summit was held last week and expectedly, instead of using the gathering to address the long years of disunity which had retarded development in the zone, the obvious cracks which exist among the leaders became more conspicuous. It was initially thought that the objective of the gathering which had centred on drawing up the position of the people of the zone in the ongoing debate concerning the 2011 presidency and zoning, would have served as a...

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2011: Northern Young Turks Clamour for 'New Face'

A new platform of several Northern governors and young professionals is moving for a "generational power shift" in the region's bid for presidency next year, THISDAY has learnt. The movement, which is named "Nigeria Redemption Group", is pushing for a "new kind" of Northerner to emerge as the candidate of the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), although they claim not to have any preferred candidate. Meanwhile, after days of suspense, the much-awaited South-east political summit to draw up the position of Ndigbo in the ongoing debate on the 2011 presidency and zoning was held yesterday in Enugu with a clear endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan to run for the exalted position...

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Prolonged Absence of Yar�Adua

The polity has become increasingly overheated following the prolonged absence of President Umaru Musa Yar`Adua from office and his refusal to hand over the reins of power to his deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in accordance with constitutional provisions. In the next few days, the President would have been away for three months, leaving a very dangerous vacuum at the seat of power. He left the country precisely on the 23rd of November, 2009 for Saudi Arabia on a medical emergency to attend to a life-threatening heart condition. For this length of time, no Nigerian except perhaps members of his immediate family has been able to see or speak with the President. Until it became evident that the...

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Ohanaeze Honours Radio Nigeria, Decries Row With U.S.

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2011 - in Support of Ohaneze Ndigbo

AS a stakeholder in Igbo affairs, I was...

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2011: S'East Govs on their Own, Say Igbo Leaders

Less than two weeks after the five governors of the South-east states formally excluded themselves from contesting the 2011 presidential poll, prominent leaders of the zone made up of Ohaneze leaders, pro-democracy and human rights activists yesterday came down hard on the governors, insisting that they were on their own. They noted that the governors only barred themselves, stressing that every qualified person from the zone who has either a presidential or vice presidential ambition is free to join the race and would not be stopped by anybody. They maintained that time had come for the Igbos to chart a new course for themselves especially as the nation prepares for the next general...

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Ohanaeze Bemoans Decline of Igbo Culture

THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organization,...

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Ohaneze Ndigbo, Others Applaud Jonathan's Choice of Anyim As SGF

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Yar�Adua: Criticisms Trail S�East Govs� Position

While the controversy generated by the failure of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to transmit a letter to the National Assembly before proceeding on medical vacation since November 23, 2009, is yet to settle, governors of the five South-east states, last week, gave him a clean bill of health. But their position has drawn the ire of the people of the zone, writes Christopher Isiguzo The controversy trailing the long absence of President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua from the country as a result of ill-health occupied centre-stage during the meeting of the governors of the five South-east states which took place at the Government House, Enugu last week. The meeting expectedly gave the...

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Obi Unfolds Measures to Revive Igbo Language

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, has rolled out comprehensive measures aimed at keeping Igbo Language alive among other languages. Speaking at the launch of Suwakwa Igbo at the Women Development Centre, Awka, he called on the Igbos to love themselves, their culture and language for their sustenance as a people. During the ceremony, Obi announced, among others, annual award of N200,000, N250,000, and...

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'Why Igbo New Yam Festival Can't Be Wished Away'

Eze Uche I.C. Dimgba, Eze Udo Ndigbo of Ikeja Local...

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Jos Killings - Ohanaeze Warns Northerners

The National Coordinator of the global wing of the...

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All hail the last king of Ireland?

12Matthew Emeka Ezeani inside his Dublin office. Photographs: Frank MillerMatthew Emeka Ezeani in ceremonial clothes. Photographs: Frank Miller CATHERINE REILLY Nigeria's Igbo tribe numbers tens of thousands in Ireland, but many refuse to accept the status of the man who was crowned their king in 2008, Matthew Emeka Ezeani A STRIKING photographic portrait greets visitors to Matthew Emeka Ezeani's office in Dublin. Dressed in wig and gown, his hands neatly clasped, the Nigerian looks a picture of gravitas on the day of his admission to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales. What really grabs the attention, however, is a framed certificate on a cabinet underneath, proclaiming him king...

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Faults Abia On Indigenisation

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo umbrella...

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Leader of Biafra's Breakway Dies

The President General of Ohaneze...

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Association Decries Negative Comments On Eze Ndigbo Title

The Association of Eze Ndigbo in Diaspora has urged Igbo...

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Remembering Zik in a season of mourning

On Tuesday, May 11 Nigeria was in a mourning mood. Many official activities had been either suspended or scaled down to observe the one week of national mourned declared by the government for the late President Umaru Yar?Adua, who died five days earlier in Aso Rock. May 11 every year is set aside by Ohanaeze Ndigbo to remember the father of modern Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, who died on that day in 1996. This year?s Zik symposium organized by Ndigbo Lagos took place at the Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, a smaller venue compared to the more elaborate outing that the Zik memorial has been known for over the years. Kalu Onuma, administrative secretary of Ndibgo Lagos, explained...

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Emergency Rule: Mark Denies Anti-Igbo Sentiment

Senate President David Mark said the allegation that his call for a state of emergency in the South-Eastern States over the unabating cases of kidnapping as being laced with ethnic sentiment was "totally misplaced". He also said the allegation that he is a hater of the Igbo was "absurd and repugnant".Mark said the allegations credited to one...

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Yar'Adua�s Setting Bad Precedent, Says Ohaneze Scribe

Chief Nduka Eya is the Secretary General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo. In this interview with Christopher Isiguzo, Eya reviewed the state of the nation and blamed President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua for refusing to hand-over to his deputy, Goodluck Jonathan, to act as president in his absence. He also spoke on other issues, including the ongoing constitutional amendment process In your honest view, how would you rate the performance of the Yar�Adua administration? Yar�Adua is a good man, going by his antecedents. If he is sick and knowing the demands of the office of the President of a country, he should not toy with it. You saw Bush, when he started as a president...

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Igbo Group Endorses Uwazuruike as Ojukwu Successor

As Ndigbo prepare for the burial of Eze Igbo Gburugburu,...

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo to Build School in Johannesburg

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IYD Accuses South East Leaders of Selfishness

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Patience Jonathan Locks Out Another Igbo Group

Less than a week after the lock out of the...

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Boko Haram: Igbo boycott meeting with Borno govt

Igbo people in Maiduguri have expressed disappointment with the Borno State government over its alleged nonchalance towards the welfare of victims of Boko Haram Islamic sect attack in the state. The people boycotted a meeting between the government, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and other southerners residing in the state on the incessant killing of non indigenous people by the sect�s members, Monday, claiming that government was not serious with their plight. This is coming as Igbo Youths Movement, IYM alleges that the endless killings of Ndigbo in the north was meant to provoke the people and draw them into ��the fray,�� adding that this ��portends great danger to the continued...

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Igbo Leaders Demand State of Emergency Over Boko Haram

The pan-Igbo socio-cultural...

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Real Challenges Before Ndigbo

It is 40 years since the end of the civil war. By October this year, Nigeria will be 50 years as an independent nation. Our people say agbacha oso, aguo mile. I believe, therefore, that this is the moment in our lives as a major nationality in this country when we must sit back, take stock and chart a new course for ourselves and a clear vision of where we must be in the next 50 years and in the next 100 years. In doing this, I agree with earlier speakers that we must not dissipate energy in the singsong of the woes of yesterday. I say so because the people we lead expect to draw inspiration from us not the lamentations of marginalization. They expect us to show them how to deal with the...

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Jan '66 Coup Planned by Revolutionaries, Says Study

Forty-four years after the January 15, 1966 coup, a team of researchers from the University of Southern Florida, United States, yesterday faulted the widely held belief that the action was masterminded by the Igbos, saying that it was not an Igbo coup. The study revealed that the coup was organized by revolutionaries who were motivated by events that took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo that led to the death of Patrice Lumumba. They also pointed out that the intention was to make the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo the Prime Minister, stop the mayhem in the West and the genocide in Tiv land. Addressing newsmen in Enugu yesterday as...

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Nigeria's Muslims get stern warning

This week, still reeling from bloody bombings in the northern city of Kano on January 20, Nigeria is bracing itself for more violence. The bulk of the casualties in the attacks on churches belonged to the Igbo people and this has already led to retaliatory attacks in parts of southeastern Nigeria. An Igbo group, Ogbunigwe Ndigbo, gave all northern Muslims in the region two weeks to leave or face...

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Six-Year Tenure - Achuzia Throws Weight Behind Jonathan

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Anambra: Candidates Intensify Campaigns

Barely 48 hours to Saturday�s governorship election in Anambra State, the tempo of political activities in the state has peaked with the major candidates intensifying their campaigns. The various candidates are said to be working round the clock to inundate the grassroots with their programmes. Politicians and party members, especially the state, local government and ward executives of the various...

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'Ohanaeze Doing Good Job of Providing Direction'

Chief Gary Nnachi Enwo-Igariwey is the Deputy President-General...

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Nigeria bids farewell to Biafra leader

Soldiers fired a 21-gun salute at the funeral of Odumegwu Ojukwu on Thursday as Nigerian leaders paid final respects to the man whose 1967 declaration of Biafran independence sparked a civil war. Forty-five years after he tried to split Nigeria asunder by proclaiming the Republic of Biafra, Ojukwu's coffin was draped in the national colours of white and green at the funeral service in the city of Enugu, attended by thousands. Ojukwu died in November in Britain at the age of 78 but his body was only flown back on Monday. Hundreds of armed police and security forces were deployed on the streets...

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Anambra - Ohaneze Seeks Free, Credible Election

Ohaneze-Ndi-Igbo, a...

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Ohanaeze - Strategising for Better Delivery

The Lagos branch of Ohanaeze Ndigbo under...

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S'East Human Rights Group Holds Summit

Human rights and pro-democracy activists under the aegis of Coalition of South East Human Rights and Pro-democracy Activists (COSEHRAPA) have concluded arrangements to hold their maiden summit in Enugu, Enugu State capital, on Saturday, July 10, 2010 . A statement issued by the pro-democracy activist and former president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba , said the forum would...

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Crime: Police deploy 10,000 personnel in South-East

The inspector-general of police, Ogbonna Onovo, on Wednesday in Abuja said more than 10,000 additional police personnel had been deployed in the South-East states to combat crime. Onovo said this when a delegation from Ihiala federal...

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Why Enugu Assembly Endorsed Atiku

THE endorsement which came at the height of...

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Anambra Guber: Ohanaeze Warns Against Provocative Comments

Enugu Irked by the ongoing moves by the candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the February 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Dr Chris Ngige to challenge the outcome of the exercise at the Election Petition Tribunal, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday warned the defeated candidates in the poll to be cautious in the way they comment on the election, in order not to truncate the peace in the state. The body urged the...

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