The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday backed the enlistment of self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa and others on a terror watchlist by the military. Ohanaeze said Ekpa’s refusal to toll the path of former Niger Delta militants like Asari Dokubo, Ateke Tom, Tompolo and Yoruba activists like Gani Adams and Sunday Igboho […]
Release Nnamdi Kanu, save South-East – Ohanaeze youths beg Tinubu
Youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has urged the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and restore peace in the South-East. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, while answering questions from journalists on Tuesday, said he would end insecurity in the South-East within two minutes […]
Nnamdi Kanu will be released ‘very soon’ – Ohanaeze on court denying IPOB leader bail
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed hope that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, will be released from detention ‘very soon’. Ohanaeze’s national spokesperson, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, made the remark while reacting to the Abuja Federal High Court ruling denying Kanu bail. Recall that Justice Binta Nyako, on Tuesday, […]
Assist Tinubu tackle insecurity, economic crisis – Ohanaeze begs Peter Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso
Okechukwu Isiguzoro, a chieftain of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday, urged presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Labour Party’s Peter Obi to assist President Bola Tinubu. Isiguzoro said Atiku, Obi, and Kwankwaso should assist Tinubu in tackling the economic […]
It’s unacceptable, satanic – Ohanaeze condemns killing of 16 soldiers in Delta community
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday condemned the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community of Delta State. Ohanaeze described the massacre as a barbaric and satanic act that is unacceptable. Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the soldiers deserve justice. A statement by Isiguzoro reads: “In the wake of […]
Insecurity: ‘Beware of Jonathan treatment’ – Ohanaeze counsels Tinubu
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deal with the insecurity confronting the nation decisively. National President of the Igbo group, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, who gave the advice in a statement on Sunday, urged the president to act fast and escape what he called “Goodluck Jonathan […]
Ohanaeze commends Nigerian Govt on Lagos-Calabar coastal road project
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization of the Igbos, has thrown it’s weight behind the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project. Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, spoke while reacting to the Federal Executive Council’s endorsement of a N1.067 trillion contract for the initial phase of the coastal road. […]
Ajaokuta Steel, Iron Ore: Ohanaeze youths back Senate probe panel
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has faulted traditional rulers in Kogi State for kicking against the Senate probe panel on Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, Kogi State. The warning came in response to a letter written to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the Ebira […]
Hardship: Appoint women into economic team to save Nigeria from disaster – Ohanaeze to Tinubu
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has issued a wake-up call to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a woman to spearhead the nation’s economic revival. Ohanaeze said a globally experienced Nigerian female economist can steer Nigeria away from the brink of disaster. Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said women are greatly affected by […]
Hardship: Strategically overhaul your economic team to avoid crisis – Ohanaeze tells Tinubu
The apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to strategically overhaul his economic team. Ohanaeze said strategically overhauling his economic team would address the escalating crisis in the Southwest and North. It said Tinubu should emulate former President Olusegun Obasanjo and allow globally renowned Igbos steer his restructured economic team. In […]