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2023: Anyone supporting Amaechi, Wike is backing Igbo Presidency – Ohanaeze

2023: Anyone supporting Amaechi, Wike is backing Igbo Presidency – Ohanaeze

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said it would not be out of place for either Rotimi Amaechi or Nyesom Wike to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The Igbo group spoke through a statement made available to DAILY POST by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro. He said the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide had broadened its search for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction beyond the scope of the South-East zone to include “our own in the South-South Nigeria.” According to him, “it became necessary for the Igbo to jettison artificial separation through boundary adjustment by the Military and then…
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2023 presidency: ‘Blame IPOB, not me’ – Oluwo tells Ohanaeze, demands apology

2023 presidency: ‘Blame IPOB, not me’ – Oluwo tells Ohanaeze, demands apology

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has again accused the South-East of engaging in self-inflicted punishment in a united Nigeria. This is as the monarch also called on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to sheath their sword and embrace one Nigeria. The Iwo monarch, who was reacting to the response of Ohaneze Ndigbo to his earlier statement on why he would not support an Igbo presidency, demanded that the Pan Igbo group should tender an apology to the throne of the Oluwo. The reason for the apology, Oba Akanbi explained, was because the conclusion of Ohaneze Ndigbo…
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2023: No Nigerian will vote for Igbo man as President, I can’t trust them – Oluwo

2023: No Nigerian will vote for Igbo man as President, I can’t trust them – Oluwo

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has declared that he can trust any Southeasterner to be the President of Nigeria. His stand is coming at a time the South-East is demanding a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, on the basis of equity. He noted that the sit-at-home order issued by the members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was not only inimical to their survival but also to the growth of the nation. Oba Abdulrosheed also advocated for a rethink by the South Easterners to their approach. The monarch held that no Nigerian will feel secure in the…
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Opinion on 1966 Coup: Pastor Tunde Bakare and the Lies of a failed State

Opinion on 1966 Coup: Pastor Tunde Bakare and the Lies of a failed State

By Chuks Iloegbunam. Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church recently spoke through his hat while preaching a sermon. He told his congregation that, during the January 15, 1966 military action that toppled the First Republic, the soldiers that took Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa removed his turban, poured wine on his head and force-fed him with the alcohol. For abominating him, Balewa, just before he was shot, pronounced a curse on Ndigbo, to the effect that no one from the ethnic group will ever dare rule over Nigeria. Mr. Bakare’s story, fanciful as it sounds, is a…
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Southern Nigeria’s Fate In 2023, A Call For Regional Unity.

Southern Nigeria’s Fate In 2023, A Call For Regional Unity.

Unity as popularly believed is a force difficult to suppress especially where this unity is hatched and built on a solid cemented foundation. Solidarity is a by-product of unity whose strength and capacity always remain indestructible in the face of contests for power. The 2023 general election is fast approaching and the People's Democratic Party( PDP ) is making every necessary plan to ensure she succeeds in clinching power at the centre following the conduct of the Presidential election next year. Be that as it may, we keep clamouring for zoning and equity but the situation at hand demands that…
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