Tag: igbos
Igbos are the best in Nigeria, yet Buhari neglects us – Ex-Anambra governor
A former Governor of Anambra State in the defunct Third Republic, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is displeased with President Buhari’s manner ...
Gowon: Nigeria is better off with Igbos
Former Nigerian dictator, Yakubu Gowon, has said Nigeria is better off with Igbos. Gowon disclosed this on Saturday while delivering a speech at the burial ...
Buhari ‘plans to rebuild Azikiwe’s tomb’
President Muhammadu Buhari will not overlook the southeast for appointments capital projects even though he got the least votes from ...
Douglas Anele: How Igbos underdeveloped Igboland
by Douglas Anele It is patently false to lay all the blame for the underdevelopment of Igboland on Igbophobic Nigerians ...
Igbos have no regret for voting PDP – Deputy Senate President
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, says the people of South-East have no regret in their decision to vote for the Peoples Democratic ...
The Igbos have vowed to go away if Buhari turns his back on them
by Azubuike Azikiwe The Chairman of state Presidents of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in seven Igbo speaking states, Dr. Chris Eluemunoh, has warned ...
Oba of Lagos speaks on his threat to the Igbos… with another warning
by Kolapo Olapoju The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu I, has finally spoken out about his Lagoon throwing threat against the Igbos ...
#NigerianTwitter is unimpressed with The Cable’s apology to Wole Soyinka – Top 10 Reactions
by Kolapo Olapoju Online news platform, The Cable Newspaper, may have apologised to Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over a report, ...
#EmpiricalEvidence: Twitter Reacts to Soyinka’s Outburst
by Clifford Orji Excerpts from Wole Soyinka’s recent lecture, “Predicting Nigeria? Electoral Ironies”, at Harvard have finally trickled down ...
Soyinka Allegedly Calls Igbos Incurably Greedy [UPDATED]
by Kolapo Olapoju Nobel Laureate may have just stoked the fire of the inter-ethnic bickering, with his alleged anti-Igbo diatribe. According ...
Ralph Egbu: This is for those who think Igbos erred in voting for Jonathan
by Ralph Egbu When people talk of voting oneself out of contention, I perceive that what they have behind their ...
Opinion: Why you should not cry for the Igbos
by Nwobodo Chidiebere “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, ...
Opinion: Now that the elections are over – where do the Igbos stand?
by Robert Obioha To those castigating and blaming the Igbos for wrong voting or putting their eggs in one huge ...
Dear Igbos, Agbaje wants you to push APC into the Atlantic Ocean… with your votes
by Kolapo Olapoju It’s crunch time and it’s only apt that Jimi Agbaje will capitalise on the unfortunate utterance of the Oba ...
Opinion: The Igbos have lost in the political equation
by Don Adinuba It is not flattering that the Ohaneze leadership could not pick up intelligence that President Jonathan was ...
It was a slip of the tongue, forgive him – Some Yoruba monarchs are finally doing the right thing
by Kolapo Olapoju Following the threat of the Oba of Lagos against the Igbos in the state, series of reactions ...
Buhari will not succeed if he treats Ndigbo as enemies – The Igbos have spoken
by Azubuike Azikiwe The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, has warned President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, ...
Should the Oba of Lagos be worried?… DSS is ‘taking appropriate action’
by James Sambo It is highly unlikely that anything would be done… but the Department of State Security says it ...
Ayo Sogunro: The Oba of Lagos must apologize to Igbos
by Ayo Sogunro He was wrong, and he ought to offer an apology and a retraction or restatement of intent. ...
I will not discriminate against any ethnic group in Lagos || Ambode just has to defend himself
by Kolapo Olapoju Okay, things are getting interesting in Lagos… Less than 24 hours after the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan ...
Just In: Oba of Lagos responds to allegations of threat against Igbos (READ)
by Kolapo Olapoju The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has responded to widespread reports that he threatened Igbos in Lagos ...
The search continues – so where, when and to whom did Oba Akiolu say these things? (TWEETS)
by Kolapo Olapoju Earlier today, it was reported that the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, held a meeting with some ...
Many Igbo people supported PDP because… – Ngige explains
by Azubuike Azikiwe The former governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige, has shed some light on why many Igbos supported ...
Vote for Ambode or face my wrath | According to ThisDay, this is what Oba Akiolu told Igbos yesterday
by Anike Jacobs While trying to appeal to Igbos resident in Lagos who met with him in his palace yesterday ...
Commentary: This is one Twitter hashtag we shouldn’t allow to trend…
by Anike Jacobs Let us start this post by saying no one should ever be subject to abuse or harm ...
Abdulrahman Leme: The Igbos have no business supporting the PDP – here’s why
by Abdulrahman Leme Like all elections in the past, the major determinant of the election outcome is not necessarily the ...
Opinion: Who should the Igbos vote for?
by Onyeike Agomuo It is a fact that unless in a divided Nigeria, no Igbo man or woman would become ...
@peddykal: Goodluck to the Igbos on Goodluck Jonathan
by Kalu Pedro “Whether this will be the supreme sacrifice required to gain the trust and loyalty of its Niger Delta ...
Akin Osuntokun: Poverty of Nigeria’s history
by Akin Osuntokun Following upon the publication of the column penultimate week titled ‘Unfounded Fears of Revanchist Igbo’ I have ...
Akin Osuntokun: Are people right to be afraid of an Igbo revanchism?
by Akin Osuntokun The first prescribed order of business for this column today is to get readers familiarised with the ...
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