Browsing: Orji Uzor Kalu

A statement on Wednesday by Dr. Joe Ukemenam, said Kalu will brief the House of Commons on Njiko Igbo on Thursday

Onwe said Kalu was only helping to reshape the thinking of Nigerians about the possibility of the involvement of security agents in the bombings, based on the sophistication involved in recent attacks

Kalu was reported to have blamed the security agencies for the recent series of bomb attacks in the northern part of the country, alleging that their target was to keep attracting funding from the government

alu, an advocate of Igbo presidency in 2015, stated that his call for an Igbo man/woman to lead the country was borne out of the marginalization the South-East since the creation of the country

Nwosu said: “The bomb blast in Kano, which killed many people was incredible.
“We believe most of them were the Igbos because the area the bomb exploded is largely occupied by Igbo traders and businessmen

There are two other important persons to be mentioned. The first is the then Vice Chancellor who must have received the ‘fake’ documents that came from ‘above’. What was that former VC’s posture? The second is the current State Governor, Mr. Theodore Orji. Being the Chief of Staff to the Governor at that time, could he have been the courier of the fake documents?

Kalu, in a statement on Sunday, said the recent move by Orji to revoke his Bachelor’s degrees certificate obtained from the Abia State University is just the latest in the failed attempts of Orji to silence him

The students were arrested by a combined team of soldiers and riot policemen who dispersed the peaceful protest of the students on Friday

Kalu debunked the claim that the alleged single term agreement President Goodluck Jonathan had with some governors in 2011 was a discussion at the last meeting of the group held in Abuja on February 20, 2013, as reported in the media

Kalu, in a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser, Oyekunle Oyewunmi, said that Esiri has left a footprint time cannot wipe away

Miliband described Kalu, who was a speaker at the launch of the Diversity Group, as a tested and trusted politician and leader

At a meeting of Igbo leaders in Luxembourg over the weekend, the leaders agreed to pursue the Igbo presidency through Njiko Igbo

In his message, Kalu said: “The Elephants are beatable.
“Big names like Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure did not stop Zambia from
lifting the trophy in 2012.

Kalu also advised the government to seize the opportunity to heal wounds across the land in the spirit of reconciliation

Accepting the challenge to serve, Ihezie thanked everybody for the honour and asked for the unity of Igbos all over the world towards the actualisation of the Igbo dream of producing Nigeria’s president in 2015

Kalu, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Oyekunle Oyewumi, said: “My heart reaches out to parents who are grieving now over the death of their loved children in such a bizarre manner.

Kalu, who spoke with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said that his focus for now is the unity of the Igbo race with the sole objective of producing the next president of Nigeria using the platform of the 2015 general election

As many of us know Kalu as a man of his utterances who has initiated programmes in many quarters but especially through his Saturday Sun column but the government at the centre seems is playing the ostrich, we must agree with the news that the People’s Democratic Party has failed Nigerians.

But I do also view the offer of mediation by the former governor of Abia State as historic, salutary and heroic. The Federal Government is hereby advised to weigh this option comprehensively in the best interest of Nigeria

Kalu made the call during a birthday thanksgiving mass in his Aso Villa Chapel in honour of the Senator representing Imo East Senatorial District, Christiana Ayanwu, on Monday in Abuja