Igbo urged to preserve their culture

Ofala Festival is one of the major festivals in Igboland where the traditional rulers would be accessed for his previous works, which connotes if he should be encouraged to continue leading the people.
Ofala Festival as it's rightly called by Ndigbo, is regarded as the mandate renewal event to climax the previous achievements of the traditional rulers with the hope to continue for another calendar period .
Correspondent Bamidele Ajayi witnessed the Igwe of Aguleri's Ofala Festival and filed in this report .

History revealed that Ofala Festival started in the Onitsha Kingdom, now in Onitsha  LGA of Anambra, before it was exported to other communities in the state and now is being celebrated in major cities of Igboland.

BABCOCK UNDERGRADUATE SENDS NEW YEAR MESSAGE, COMMITS SUICIDE

A 19-year-old undergraduate of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Verishima Unokyur, has committed suicide in his parent’s home in Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that the 200-level Social Work student had on Tuesday sent a text message to his best friend, welcoming him into the New Year.
“See you in heaven,” he reportedly said at the end of the message.
Our correspondent learnt that the Benue State indigene committed suicide between that time and Wednesday when his corpse was discovered, by hanging himself with his tie.
His immediate younger brother, Asor, was reportedly asleep at the time.
Asor said their mother was also away, adding that his brother never showed any sign that he would commit suicide.

MMM READY TO RESTART ON JANUARY 14

In spite of the cloud of doubts surrounding its operations in Nigeria, the promoters of Mavrodi Moneybox Mundial (MMM), a Ponzi scheme that promises 30% interest on seed funds say the scheme would resume on January 14 as promised.
“Everyone expecting to see a stronger and more sustainable community from 14th January,” MMM Nigeria tweeted on Wednesday.

NIGERIA CAN’T BE ISLAMISED – OSINBAJO

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday enjoined faith-based organisations in the country to shun rumours that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was moving to Islamise Nigeria. He told religious leaders after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Student Christian Movement of Nigeria (SCM) in his office, that they should dwell on facts.
Recall that before the election in 2015, Prof. Osinbajo spoke out that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not secretly plotting to Islamise Nigeria if it won the election.

WHY POLICE RAIDED PATIENCE JONATHAN’S ABUJA HOUSE

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force were said to have raided the house of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja on Wednesday, with the aim of uncovering huge foreign currencies allegedly kept in the building, The PUNCH learnt on Thursday.
Multiple sources familiar with the investigation confided in one of our correspondents on Thursday that the security personnel raided the house on a tip-off that huge amount, allegedly believed to be stolen government money, was kept in the building located at Igbeti Rock, Maitama, Abuja.
The operation, which was carried out by operatives of the Special Investigation Panel, headed by a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ali Amodu, acted at the behest of the Federal Government Asset Recovery and Forfeiture Committee.

Igweship Tussle Tears Anambra Community Apart

The fight over who will mount the traditional stool of Nanka community of Orumba North local government area of Anambra has torn the community apart, leaving indigenes of the community in factions.
This is following the transition of the previous monarch of the community, His Royal Highness, Igwe Gilbert Oformata.
It was gathered that since the demise of the late monarch early last year, the community has been enmeshed in turmoil with some sections of the community jostling to produce his successor.
The recent insistence of Nanka Progressive Union(NPU), a voluntary group said to be championed by three indigenes of the community who have constituted themselves into the kingmakers of the community to crown a new king has however further plunged the community into crises.
Our correspondent gathered that the group led by Chiefs Polycarp Emenike, Ebele Nwosu, Peter Chinedu who are also joined by Chief Okwudili  Ezenwankwo have however elected Chief Godwin Ezeilo as the Eze elect of the town, and also waiting to crown him.

Who the President of Nigeria is? Dr. Muhammadu Buhari – Miss Anambra contestant

JUST when we thought we have heard the last of Miss Anambra beauty pageant mess, after the harried one concerning Miss Anambra 2015 winner, Chidinma Okeke and the Anambra Broadcasting Services, the Yuletide has served us another juicy one from Nnewi, from same Anambra State. This happened last Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Ifeanyi Uba’s sponsored Nnewi Youths Fiesta where all the sixteen contestants for the Miss Nnewi beauty pageant were disqualified for failing to answer

Igbos urged to partner with Buhari to develop the south east.

Members representing Anambra East and West in the Federal House of Representatives, Tony Nwoye says people of the south eastern Nigeria should abstain from the idea of playing politics with sentiment.
Nwoye said this at the 25 Anniversary of Awka Ambassador Silver Jubilee fiesta in Awka, he advised Igbo team up with the present administrations zeal to excel in the discharge of their duties to the people of the zone.

APC means Well For Ndigbo & Nigeria at large----Ifeanyi Uba

Billionaire and Chairman. Ifeanyi Uba Football Club, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Uba has defected to the All Progressive Congress APC.
This was revealed by the Secretary of APC in  Anambra state, Chukwuma Agufogo, in a telephone chat with our Anambra state correspondent Bamidele Ajayi, disclosed that the billionaire was quoted to have said ' having searched all the political parties manifesto and programmes of President Muhammadu Buhari as the leader of the party , APC provides greater opportunity for  Ndigbo and Nigerians at large'.

Ngige Preaches Hope as Anecdote out of Recession

Nigerian minister of Labour and Empowerments, Senator Chris Ngige has charged Nigerians to support the President Muhammadu Buhari led government to tackle economic recession in the bid to come out stronger .
He said the situation could have been worse if measure are not taken to stem the tide, assured that the present administration has all what it takes to rescue the country from the current economic downturn.