The attached Lamborghini Used To Belong To A Very Young Igbo Billionaire”: A Look At Victor Okafor AKA Ezego’s Vintage Lamborghini Victor Nnamdi Okafor, AKA Ezego, was a chieftaincy title holder, and an affluent Igbo billionaire businessman born in Ihiala, Anambra, on the 25th of December 1964. Sadly, the billionaire died on the 25 of…
In 1968, the author received the Pulitzer Prize for this photograph – one of the most prestigious awards in the United States, which is awarded for achievements in music, cinema, theater and journalism. The picture shows two electricians, Randall Champion and Jay Thompson, hanging from a power pole. That day there was a strong heat…
Fifty-three years after the end of the Biafran War, Peter Obi has disclosed the major role former President Olusegun Obasanjo played in formally ending the thirty-month war and uniting Nigeria. While speaking during a press conference, Peter Obi who is a former Governor of Anambra State, said on the 15 of January, 53 years ago,…
The attached pictures depict people at a masquerade dance. The masquerade is the famous Mgbedike masquerade, popular in the Nri-Ọka area. In Picture 1, a man can be seen wearing a hat, with ichi marks on his face. But these pictures were not taken in Igboland. They were taken in the village of Okitipupa, in…
It is exactly 73 years ago today since the British Police shot dead 21 defenceless Igbo workers of Enugu coal/Iva Valley Miners for no reason. Their crime was that they demanded for a pay rise. 21 died instantly, 37 were severely injured. Today at New Market Roundabout Enugu, an everlasting monument can still be seen…
The land now called Abuja was originally the south-western part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The largest of the tribes was Gbagyi (Gwari), followed by the Koro and a few other smaller tribes. In early 1800’′s when Zaria fell to Fulani invaders,…
By CHUKWUEBUKA IBEH Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tasks European nations to confront their role in the history of colonial violence and return the art works and objects of spiritual significance stolen from various parts of the continents of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Adichie said this in an address at the opening of the Humboldt…
BIRTH AND EDUCATION:Born to Mr. Stephen Azaiki and Mrs. Abirindi Azaiki, both late of Yenebebeli-Atissa in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State, Prof. Steve Sinikiem Azaiki did his primary educatio in St. Peter’s School, Yenagoa. He proceeded to Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, Yenagoa, and later Government Secondary School, Kaiama, where obtained a Grade One…
Dr Chukwuemeka Aroh “The dream lives on” is a phrase of tribute to people in death or their lifetime where their Ideas or achievements continue to bourgeon despite challenges to get it quenched. These are people who have created things that have or will most likely outlive them. Each time a man stands up for…
Vice President Atiku Abubakar commissioning the Nkwere Inyi Water Project in Oji River LGA, a landmark project of the Dr Chimaroke Nnamani administration in the water sector, March 2002. This is indeed a reflection of EBEANO landmark achievements in Enugu State. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
