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Election Of Nnaka IV: Okon-Aku Autonomous Community Protest Demanding ABIA Govt To Allow Them Select In Line With Their Tradition

Election Of Nnaka IV: Okon-Aku Autonomous Community Protest Demanding ABIA Govt To Allow Them Select In Line With Their Tradition

An appeal has gone to Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti to allow for an internal collective approach for the election of Nnaka IV of Okon-Aku Autonomous Community in Ohafia LGA rather than using external forces to do do. The appeal was made during a peaceful protest to the Mayor of Ohafia Local Government Area, Chief David Ogba Onuoha by the people of Okon-Aku Autonomous Community. Speaking on behalf of the protesters, a community leader Mr. Ogbugo Offor Mba informed the Mayor that the committee set up by the state government to conduct the election into the office of…
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Former ABIA State Governor Ogbonnaya Onu Dies @ 72 After A Protracted Illness

Former ABIA State Governor Ogbonnaya Onu Dies @ 72 After A Protracted Illness

Former ABIA State Governor Ogbonnaya Onu Dies @ 72 After A Protracted Illness Former Nigerian Governor And Minister Dies At 72 A former Abia State Governor, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu is dead. 72-year-old Onu died on Thursday morning at an Abuja hospital. One of his kinsmen in Ebonyi who confirmed his death to SaharaReporters said the former governor had been ill for some time and his family had planned to fly him abroad after the Sallah break. “He has been sick for some time this year and his family said they would fly him abroad to get better medical treatment for…
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Igbo Migrated From Ife – Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi(Ooni Of Ife) Reveals

Igbo Migrated From Ife – Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi(Ooni Of Ife) Reveals

Igbo Migrated From Ife — Ooni Reveals The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has challenged academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history. He said proper documentation will not only foster unity but reveal the ties across ethnic groups, saying evidence showed that the Igbo race migrated from Ile-Ife. The monarch put the challenge before the academia while addressing journalists ahead of an International Conference on ‘Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization: Nexus between Tradition and Modernity’, at his palace in Ife. He said Yoruba race has about a quarter of…
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