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‘Stop The Carnage In Anambra’ – Ohanaeze Urges Soludo

‘Stop The Carnage In Anambra’ – Ohanaeze Urges Soludo

May 26, 2022 5:19 am

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo to stop the blame game and face the insecurity ravaging the State.

Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, made this known in a statement made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday while reacting to the gruesome killing of a woman and her four children in Anambra State.

The group who accused the Governor of not doing enough to defend the oath of office he took as the Chief Security Officer of the State, Isiguzoro said Gov. Soludo must go …

2023: Embrace Equity And Justice, Ohanaeze To Northern Elders

2023: Embrace Equity And Justice, Ohanaeze To Northern Elders

May 2, 2022 2:48 am

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide have admonished to the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), to embrace equity and justice by standing with the South East region to produce the next Nigeria president in 2023.

Ohanaeze made this call through the National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Alex Ogbonnia, while reacting to the statement made by the NEF that the presidential race should be thrown open in 2023.

The Apex Igbo group postulated that in ‘1994, some Nigerian patriots conceived an article of faith and principle of rotation of power that guarantees equity and inclusiveness for all the diverse components of the country.’…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Fires Strong Warning To Atiku Over Comments

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Fires Strong Warning To Atiku Over Comments

February 28, 2022 6:34 am

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has issued a strong warning to former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over his recent comments on the 2023 general elections.

Africa Daily New York recalls that this was in reaction to Atiku’s somewhat boastful stance over the weekend of winning the PDP’s presidential ticket.

Speaking in Ogun State on Saturday, Atiku was asked when he would declare for Presidency. He confidently answered, saying ‘Have I ever lost the ticket? We will let you know when it’s time’.

Responding, Ohanaeze said; ‘any promotion …

2023 Will Determine Igbo’s Status In Nigeria, Ohanaeze Hints

2023 Will Determine Igbo’s Status In Nigeria, Says Ohanaeze

February 15, 2022 5:26 am

The President General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, has declared that the status of Ndigbo in Nigeria will be determined largely by where the next President of Nigeria emerges from.

‘Wherever the country picks its president from in 2023 will send a strong message to Ndigbo,’ Obiozor said in a statement he issued in Owerri on Monday.

He said to avoid the potholes of the past and to secure the future and preserve national unity, “the Nigerian political elite must avoid the prevailing political myopia and contrived amnesia surrounding Nigerian political history over the …

2023 South East Ready To Speak With One Voice - Ohanaeze

2023: South East Ready To Speak With One Voice – Ohanaeze

December 7, 2021 11:49 pm

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has assured Nigerians that the South-East geo-political zone would speak with one voice in its desire to produce the next president of the country.

The embattled President of its national youth wing, Damian Okafor, made this comment in Abakaliki after he led members of the group to inspect projects executed by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State.

He pointed out that the era when Igbo politicians spoke with discordant tones in their aspiration to protect the political interest of the zone had long gone.

He stressed that the youths of the zone have …

Ohanaeze Denies Appointing Gowon For Presidency Campaign

Ohanaeze Denies Appointing Gowon For Presidency Campaign

May 7, 2020 1:05 pm

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has denied appointing former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, to lead the campaign for an Igbo president in 2023.

This was contained in a statement signed by the group’s spokesman, Uche Achi-Okpaga, on Wednesday.

Achi-Okpaga made it clear that Ohanaeze never contemplated involving either Gowon or any prominent politician.

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He said the “purported pact” with Gowon emanated from a group known as Ohanaeze Youth Council and “exists only in the imagination of the miscreants and enemies of the Igbo nation”.

The statement read: “Ohanaez Ndigbo reiterates

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Ohanaeze Almajiris With COVID-19 Being Sent To S'East - Ohanaeze

Almajiris With COVID-19 Being Sent To S’East – Ohanaeze

May 5, 2020 12:24 pm

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Worldwide, OYC, has reacted to the interception of Kano State Almajiri children at Enugu State border by the State COVID-19 task force.

OYC described the move to bring in Almajiri children into Enugu as a collaborative rogue operations and nefarious activities of notorious Islamic extremists and Northern Elders.

According to the apex Igbo youth organization, it was a deliberate move to bring in Almajiris with index coronavirus cases to the South East with the evil intent to infect Igbos and make the region suffer what is being witnessed in Kano today.

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Ohanaeze - Buhari Should Change His Economic Team

Ohanaeze: Buhari Should Change His Economic Team

March 13, 2020 3:42 pm

The apex Igbo socio-cultural youth organization, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has expressed concern on the dwindling oil price in the nation’s economy.

The Igbo group solicited for the engagement of competent hands to help President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government manage the economy, positing that the Economic Team constituted by Buhari has run short of ideas and would further ground the economy of Nigeria.

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OYC, in a press release signed by the President-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary-General, Okwu Nnabuike on Friday, also begged South East Governors to channel their

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Insecurity: We Will Defend Every Igbo Man – Ohanaeze

February 10, 2020 3:49 am

As Nigerians continue to grapple with issues of insecurity across the country, the apex-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, declared on Sunday that it would defend every single soul in Igbo land.

DAILY POST recalls that this came the same day the South-East Governors’ Forum unveiled more plans for its regional security network, which it said was at an advanced stage.

Chairman of the Forum, Engr. David Umahi had while briefing journalists after a meeting at the Enugu Government House, said the zone had already written the Federal Government on the security network.

On the part of Ohanaeze, it resolved during

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Ohanaeze Calls For Imprisonment Of ‘Corrupt Untouchables’

January 24, 2020 9:20 am
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) on Friday lamented the latest ranking of Nigeria in the corruption index by Transparency International (TI).

Nigeria was ranked 146 out of 180 Countries on the 2019 Corruption Perception Index, dropping two places in one year.

The Ohanaeze Youth Council in a statement signed by its president, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to jail persons whose actions have given Nigeria a bad image.

It called for a review of the fight against corruption and imprisonment of the “untouchables and overrated sacred cows whose pending cases had lasted more than a decade in various courts

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Amotekun: Ohanaeze Lauds FG, S’West Govs On Resolution

January 24, 2020 9:17 am
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has lauded governors of the Southwest geopolitical zone for their firmness on Amotekun.

Amotekun, an initiative of Southwest Governors, was first declared illegal last Tuesday by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.

However, Ohanaeze, in a press release issued by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Chuks Ibegbu, on Friday, also commended the federal government for reviewing its earlier stand on Amotekun security outfit.

It said, “Amotekun is like a Vigilante group and people have the right to protect themselves against marauders and killers especially when our

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Denies Congratulating Senator Hope Uzodinma

January 22, 2020 12:36 pm
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has distanced itself from the purported congratulatory message sent to Senator Hope Uzodinma after the Supreme Court declared him the winner of Imo state governor.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo noted that Senator Hope Uzodinma came under a circumstances many are uncomfortable with, urging the Apex Court to respect the rule of law.

A statement signed by Uche Aching Okpaga, Ohanaeze’s National publicity Secretary, made available to newsmen on Wednesday, also warned its estranged secretary against using its name.

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The statement explained, “I have been inundated with calls and text

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