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Igbos US-based conclude arrangements for cultural festival
Igbos in the United States have concluded arrangements to hold a cultural festival aimed at promoting their language and culture.
Professor Okechukwu Oranika, the Chairman of the Planning Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
No plan to Islamise South-East zone —Governor Umahi
THE Chairman of Southeast Governors’ Forum, David Umahi of Ebonyi State, has debunked the rumour milling round that there is plan to Islamise Igbo land.
Governor Umahi, who debunked the rumour that plan was underway to islamise the…
EEDC moves to fight graduate unemployment in Igboland
AS part of its contribution towards job creation in Igbo land, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has employed 35 graduates into the second phase of its Graduate Trainee Programme.
Nigerian Tribune learnt that successful…
Nsukka farmers move to boost pepper production for export
DIETITIANS say that peppers are low in calories and are loaded with good nutrition, stressing that all varieties are excellent sources of vitamins A and C, potassium, folic acid, and fiber while the spicy ones liven up bland food, making…
Marginalisation: Non-indigenes threaten to boycott Anambra election
Disturbed by alleged marginalisation, the non indigenes resident in Anambra State under the eagies of the Assemblies of None indigenes Association of Nigeria has threatened to mobilise its members to boycott the upcoming November 18…
Tricycle operators protest in Abakaliki over alleged extortion
HUNDREDS of tricycle operators popularly called keke have staged a peaceful protest in Abakaliki the Ebonyi State capital over extortion and multiple taxation by some state government agents.
The angry keke operators as early as 7 O…
Enugu CP orders DPOs to fish out hoodlums, seeks community support
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Danmallam Mohammed, has directed the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), to step up action to fish out all hoodlums in hideouts in the state.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu,…
Foreign investors needed to grow Ebonyi’s economy, says ambassador
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Argentina, Chief Jonah Odo-Mkpuruka, has said that foreign investors are needed to grow the Ebonyi economy, promising to help attract foreign investors to the state.
Odo-Mkpuruka said in an interview with the…
Boko Haram, not IPOB, is threat to Nigeria’s Security —Igbo Group
AN Igbo group known as Igbo Renaissance Agenda(IRA), has replied the Arewa Youth Assembly, who, on Friday called on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for what it termed “threat to…
Enugu govt gives N53m to 44 communities
RESPITE came the way of the people of 44 communities in Enugu State recently when Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi doled out a total of N53,287,523.46 to them for rural development projects in the areas.
Nigerian Tribune which witnessed…