Tag: ojukwu
Opinion: Before another census
by Anthony Ademiluyi The origin of headcounts or census in Nigeria can be traced to 1866 in the then colony of ...
Gen. Gowon’s memoirs are out next year – here are 5 things it must address in detail
General Yakubu Gowon was the military Head of State of Nigeria between August 1966 and 1975. It goes without saying ...
Opinion: To secede or not to secede – A case of Nigeria and Biafra
By Isa Eneye Mubarak One of the phrases used on National television “unity in diversity” as regard to Nigeria, a ...
Beyond the Biafran secessionist movement and counter-reactions (Part 1)
There are times in the life of a people when the gloves come off and frank talk must take the ...
Bianca Ojukwu speaks on husband’s death and the crisis in the Ojukwu family
by Anike Jacobs Bianca Ojukwu in a new interview with Vanguard newspaper, has explained that her husband, Odumegwu Ojukwu knew ...
Max Siollun: Was Ojukwu a hero or villian? (Y! History)
by Max Siollun Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu is a man that evokes conflicting emotions. To some he is a born leader and ...
Femi Aribisala: Nigeria cannot survive without the Igbos
by Femi Aribisala Even the bitterest adversaries of the Igbo cannot but admit that, as a people, they are very ...
Peregrino Brimah: Diezani Alison-Madueke is prepared to sell Nigeria’s refineries… again
by Peregrino Brimah So they refurbish “their” thing, with trillions of “their” money, and then sell them to themselves, via their coterie ...
Opinion: Why it is a mistake to call APGA an Igbo party
by Nnamdi Wigwe The party that we now call Igbo party has to justify that claim by winning at least ...
Here we go again: Family demands Bianca produce proof of legal marriage to Ojukwu
by Adeola Balogun The tussle within the Ojukwu family over the property of the late Biafran leader and Ikemba of ...
Busted: Police discover kidnappers’ spiritual home, arrest prophet in Delta (PHOTO)
The escape of a Nigerian female kidnap victim from the kidnappers’ den has led to the discovery of a shrine ...
Opinion: Chinua Achebe’s ‘Ikemefuna’ and the destiny of the Nigerian youth
by Collins Uma ‘’When a man says yes his chi says yes also’’. I am sitting in my friend’s house at Ogidi, ...
America’s secret files: The untold Biafran story
Forty three years after the Civil War, the Americans have released their dossiers—21,000 pages of diplomatic dispatches by agents of ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: Memories of Biafran nightmares
by Olusegun Adeniyi Iloh and most members of his generation do not believe Yorubas did anything against them in the ...
Oria Iyayi: Was this a country?
by Oria Iyayi We do not teach the War in our schools, most times we act like it never happened. I ...
In his own words: How Awolowo defended himself from Achebe’s accusations when he was alive
by Reuben Daba Since Achebe released his book, ‘There was a country’, in the United Kingdom a week ago, lots ...
Watch and Learn: Soludo tells Nigerians to be like Ojukwu
by Lekan Olanrewaju Just a few days after sharing his two cents on the possibility of another capital market crisis, ...
MaudlynE Ihejirika writes in the Chicago Sun-Times: Remembering Ojukwu, the man who saved my life
by MaudlynE Ihejirika ‘Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Leader of the Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. Died in the U.K. ...
Was Ojukwu really a patriot? – Ola Balogun writes in The Punch
Could an independent Igbo homeland have actually thrived as a landlocked entity, cut off from the oil-rich riverine areas inhabited ...
“My husband, my brother, my friend, my child” – Read Bianca’s gripping tribute to Ojukwu
by Lekan Olanrewaju “You span the breadth of human experience – full of laughter, joy, kindness”. “You were the father any ...
R.I.P. Ojukwu – See photos from the Lagos funeral of the late Biafra leader
by Lekan Olanrewaju Eminent Nigerians gathered last week at the Tafawa Balewa Square for the Lagos leg of the multiple funeral ...
Dele Momodu: Ojukwu had the effontery to do what others couldn’t…
By Dele Momodu While Nigerians mourn the demise of this formidable leader (Ojukwu), it is sad to note that some ...
In Memoriam – 10 celebrity Nigerian deaths that moved us
CD John John Chijioke a comedian who was known by the stage name CD John became popular for ...
From the Bloggers: Life, death and the anti-gay bill.
by Wilfred Okiche The Ikemba of Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu passed on during the weekend and while the blogosphere ...
Ikemba of Nnewi, Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu is dead
by Seyi Lawal Reports reaching YNaija can confirm that the Ikemba of Nnewi and Biafran warlord Dim Chukwuma Odimegwu Ojukwu is dead. He passed on late ...
The September Standard
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy