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By Johnson Nwankwo The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Tuesday, commended the emergence of Professor Epiphany Azinge (SAN) as the monarch-designate as the 14th Asagba of Asaba Kingdom in Delta State. Ohanaeze, acknowledging that Prof Azinge is "a prominent member of the Presidential Advisory Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide", congratulated the people of Asaba community on their wisdom in "using the parameters of intellectual prowess, merit, competence, sterling qualities and track records of accomplishments in the selection/election process for the new Asagba of Asaba". Ohanaeze stated this in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia. Quoting the pan-Igbo group,…

By Hadiza Suleman The United States Military Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVIDUSA), weekend, demanded the immediate restructuring of Nigeria in line with its 1960/63 regional autonomy to avert the country's risks of total collapse. The group also called on the federal government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention. Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. He is being detained at the headquarters of the Department of State Services in Abuja. He is accused of terrorism. AVIDUSA stated this in a letter entitled "Return Nigeria to 1960/63 Regional Autonomy or Risk Total Collapse". It was signed by…

By Johnson Nwankwo The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo for rebuking those behind Igbo-must-go campaign. Obasanjo had in a release stated that those championing that Ndigbo must leave Lagos "will be the ones to leave” first. He had maintained that “he doesn’t believe that anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country", adding that "we own this country together”. Ohanaeze stated this in a statement by Dr Alex Ogbonnia, its national publicity secretary. Ohanaeze expressed concern over what it called "orchestrated ethnic profiling, hate speech, incendiary and inflammatory rhetoric and outright…

Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, during whose tenure as Ogun State governor the contract for the Free Trade Zone in the state was terminated, has broken his silence on the controversy surrounding the long-running dispute with a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment. The dispute led to a French court orderong the seizure last Thursday, of Nigeria’s presidential jets in France. The contract between Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment and the Ogun State Government to develop a free-trade zone where a massive industrial park was to be developed to attract investors, was signed in 2007 and was terminated between…

By Johnson Nwankwo A tipper driver, Thursday, killed a motorcyclist in Anambra State. The tipper, fully loaded with sand, fell after killing the yet-to-be-identified man. The driver fled after killing the motorcyclist; police are trailing him, an eyewitness said. The incident occurred at Nteje Umueri by Awka-Nteje-Onitsha expressway. The probable cause of the crash was attributed to wrongful overtaking. According to an eyewitness, the motorcyclist was trying to overtake the tipper when it lost control, and fell before the tipper. The sector public education officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State, Margaret B Onabe, confirmed the incident. She said, "Three…

By Johnson Nwankwo Drivers of commercial and articulated vehicles have been mandated to use retro-reflective tapes in Nasarawa State or face being apprehended. The enforcement and apprehension of the defaulters were announced on Thursday by the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nasarawa State Command, SC Lucy Samuel-Mhii. She stated this during the launch of the aggressive public sensitization and enlightenment campaign in the state. Our correspondent reports that the sensitisation was carried out in English, pidgin and Hausa languages, respectively, to educate fleet operators and commercial vehicle operators on the benefits of using retro-reflective stickers. According to the sector…