Ohanaeze condemns Abia killings

The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has commiserated with the northern Muslim clerics, traditional rulers, and Arewa Consultative Youth Forum over the killing of some northerners in Abia State.…

Anambra retired teachers lament unpaid four-year gratuities

The retired teachers in Anambra State have protested the nonpayment of their gratuities by the state government for four years. They, therefore, asked Governor Willie Obiano to pay the backlog…

Blessing Okagbare says her lawyers are studying AIU’s ban for next action

Blessing Okagbare who was on Friday handed a 10 years ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit for doping violations will not go down without a fight, according to a statement…

Two die as truck rams into police checkpoint in Anambra

A male child and a male adult have perished in multiple accidents involving seven vehicles at Azia Junction on the Ihiala-Onitsha Road, on Friday, February 18. Confirming the incident to…

Ikpeazu’s kinsmen planning zonal self-succession, says Abia group

The call by the kinsmen of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for the next governor of Abia State to come from their area has been described as perpetuation of injustice and political…

Mum saw early signs Jonathan’s govt would fail – Dora Akunyili’s daughter

Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr, the daughter of the late ex-Minister of Information and Communication, Dora Akunyili, said her mum foresaw that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan would fail after he…

Two factions of Ebonyi varsity ASUU issue conflicting strike directives

The two factions of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities in the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, have issued conflicting directives to their members over the union’s current nationwide warning…

Court remands 5 suspects over murder of Ogun monarch

Chief Magistrate Linda Balogun of Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, remanded five suspects, who were accused of killing Oba Odetola Olajide Ayinde, the Olu of Agodo Town, in Ewekoro, Ogun…

Nigerian man shares his excitement at becoming the first Igbo language lecturer at the University of Oxford 

A Nigerian man, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umenyiora, has shared his excitement after emerging the first Igbo language lecturer at the University of Oxford. Emmanuel shared the news on Twitter after his induction…

2023: Igbos will not take it lightly with any of our sons or daughters who accept to be running mates to any person outside the South-East zone – Igbo Elders Forum say 

Elders in Igbo land under the aegis of Igbo Elders Consultative Forum (IECF), have threatened to sanction any Igbo politician who accepts to be running mate to anyone not from…