IGBO leaders have disclosed that they were designing a post elections strategy that would maintain Igbo solidarity, to ensure that the Igbo are not distracted by those lobbying for positions in government and those positioning to be President in 2023.
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Buhari determined to fix roads in Igbo land, others in Nigeria – Lauretta Onochie
Lauretta Onochie, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, has exposed how committed Mr President is in rehabilitating and reconstructing spoilt roads in the south east and other parts of the country.
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Locational franchise and the Igbo question in Lagos
On February 23, 2019, some hoodlums in Lagos attempted to disrupt voting in the neighbourhoods of Lagos that are occupied predominantly by Igbos. By the way the definition of “Igbo” is any man or woman whose tribe is indigenous to the South East and South South regions of Nigeria, so that for the average Yoruba a man from Akwa Ibom is as much “Omo Ibo” as the woman from Enugu. Those involved or who sympathise with this policy of political exclusion argue, that Yorubas do not attempt to influence the outcome of electoral contest in the Igbo states; that Lagos being Yoruba territory, only people of Yoruba extraction should determine the direction of the votes and that allowing Igbos to participate in the determination of electoral contests will bolster the claim by certain Igbos that Lagos is a no man’s territory developed by many. Some Yorubas were so bold as to file out with placards that demanded that Igbos should move out of Lagos and go back to their homes of origin.
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Igbo on “Next level’’ – Ojukwu
Lagos crisis: What Sanwo-Olu, APC told Igbo leaders
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reacted to the clashes between Yoruba and Igbo traders in some part of the state. This was as the APC Publicity Secretary in the State, Joe Igbokwe, also warned the Igbo against engaging in violence. Sanwo-Olu and Igbokwe spoke in […]
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Community leader cautions Igbo in Lagos
Lagos guber: What Sanwo-Olu, Igbo traders discussed on Thursday
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, on Thursday held an interactive session with traders and Igbo community in the Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the interactive session was to offer a hand of fellowship and foster unity among the leadership of the […]
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Elections: Monarch sues for peace, urges Igbo to vote wisely
Traditional Head of Nri, the ancestral home of the Igbo nation, His Royal Majesty Eze Nrienwelana II has urged Igbos to eschew violence and tow the path of peace during the forthcoming general elections.
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2019 poll’ll show Igbo’s seriousness in presidency, says APC chieftain
Awka – THE South East youth coordinator of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Innocent Ojike has urged voters in the zone to vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, arguing that their level of delivery would determine whether the Igbo nation is fully prepared to produce Nigerian president in 2023.
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2019: Which way will S/East go?
IT is three days to the 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections and voters in the South-East geopolitical zone are set to join the other five zones in determining who will govern the country for the next four years. With a little above eight million voters in the zone, the South-East is the least among the six geopolitical zones
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