A statement by WIC Vice Chairman, Hon Basil Onwukwe, said the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Igbo Congress, Dr. Festus Okere directed him to summon the emergency meeting of Igbo leaders in Diaspora on Saturday, Jan 25th, 2025, at noon USA Eastern time and 7.00pm Alaigbo time.
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In a press statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the organization also commended the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, for championing the Bill and being in close contact with Mr. President and the leadership in making sure the Bill is signed.
EEDC, in a disconnection notice seen by The Eagle Online on Friday, advised them to clear the bills on or before June 10, 2024.
The pro-Biafran group made this known in a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Tuesday.
The pro-Biafran group stated this in a press statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, Saturday in Enugu.
They made their feelings known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Tuesday in Enugu.
Governor Hope Uzodimma made this known Thursday at the Town Hall meeting between Tinubu and business leaders in the region.
In the video, Orji stated that zoning the presidency to South-East will ensure peace, unity and national cohesion in the country.
But the Igbo’s devotion to a cause, friend or comrade is their curse. They just do not know when to abandon the corpse and seek the preservation of self. They do not seem to realise when the endgame is already gamed. They do not understand that there is still more to be lived for, many expeditions to undertake, many battles to be fought and many to be won beyond the present realities.
The Coordinator, NANS Zone F, South-East, Onya Ibeabuchi-Moses, alias ‘Aluta Apostle’, who gave the advice in a statement issued Friday in Abuja, said Nigeria’s democracy had come of age.
The former Minister made the demand at the ongoing presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja.
The raging cacophony broke out after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led some youths into the forests of the South-East and honed them into a daredevil force by the name Eastern Security Network (ESN). Their initially proclaimed objective tantalised their kinsmen.
He said he would contest the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress if the party zoned it to the South-East.
Obasanjo’s rebuttal was in reaction to an online report quoting him to have backed the region to produce the next president.
Maj. Abubakar Abdullahi, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations in 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Wednesday.
Oil tycoon, Prince Arthur Eze, gave the plaudits during a private visit to the President on Tuesday night.
This is as some of the members accused the leadership of the IPOB of sabotage.
Chukwuma made the observation while speaking to newsmen on Monday on the proposed plan by some pro-Biafra groups to ensure that people of the South-East, Delta and Rivers States observed lockdowns every Monday.
He noted that the insecurity in the South-East region is strange, revealing that Igbos are not known for burning homes to punish enemies.