A PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHIEF AYO ADEBANJO, LEADER OF AFENIFERE, ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022, 11:00AM, AT WHEATBAKER HOTEL, IKOYI, LAGOS STATE. Why Afenifere Supports South East Presidential Candidate For 2023 Presidency? Before the political parties conducted their primaries, a journalist asked what is my view about the 2023 general election? I answered and…
A letter by a Yoruba leader, Professor Banji Akintoye, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari has caused division among the Yoruba leaders. Contained within the letter is a demand for the peaceful secession of the Yorubas from Nigeria.Akintoye, who wrote on behalf of the Yoruba Self-Determined Movement, YSDM, told Buhari that the South-West wanted a “peaceful break away”…
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to avoid politics based on religion and tribalism in the upcoming elections. Speaking on the upcoming election via his verified Twitter handle, the former governor of Anambra state said that the current state of the nation calls for everyone to come together and shun tribe and…
The Igbos have never been the problem with Nigeria orwherever they find themselves.This is not ethnic jingoism orbigotry.The Igbos will never foment troubles where they arebecause they know that “Isi Kote Ebu, Ogbaa Ya” They alsoknow deep in their hearts that “Ife Onye Metalu, Obulu.”The Igbos will never kill others to live because they believethat…
Odogwu Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD, DDInstitute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, NsukkaEmail: nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com I have read a number of rejoinders to Mr. Sam Omatseye’s insane and hate-filled diatribe driven by the mental cacophony of a man likened to a slave abruptly invited to dine and wine on his master’s table because of his master’s intention…
Former presidential aspirant, Professor Kingsley Moghalu has stated that many Nigerians may be shocked by Peter Obi’s performance in the 2023 presidential polls. Ahead of the 2023 elections, Moghalu submitted that the growing acceptability of Peter Obi is more about his personality than the Labour Party (LP) which he represents. He argued further that religious sentiment attached to the…
August 3, 2022. Some have called you foolish, dear Sam Omatseye. Others insist that you are plain stupid. There are those who hold you to be beneath contempt. Their howls of execration upon you are in reaction to your August 1, 2022 article entitled Obi-tuary. For me, however, you are a dear friend. Our friendship…
Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People, IPOB, has berated the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, over its anti-Kanu comment. Ejimakor said it was disrespectful to the United Nations, UN, for CNG to ask the Federal Government not to release Kanu. Recall that United Nations Council’s Working Group…
By Nonye Ekwenugo The Peter Obi Northern Support Network (PONSN) has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential flag bearer Mr Peter Obi the only candidate that can fix Nigeria from the current challenges, asserting that “Obi is the only sheep sitting among wolves.” The spokesperson of the group, Comrade Sani Saeed Altukry stated this yesterday…
By Law Mefor ‘Ifeanyi’ is a generic name borne only by the members of the Igbo ethnic stock. The name means: nothing is beyond God. Why then is one who bears the name required to prove that he belongs to the Igbo ethnic group or to prove such ancestry? This pettiness of some Igbos who…
