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10/04/2024

Breaking News: Actor, Junior Pope is dead. 🕊️

06/04/2024

“When a rich man is sick, a poor man will pay him a visit to say sorry and wish him a speedy recovery. When a poor man is sick, he waits to recover then goes to tell that rich man that he has been sick.”

- Chinua Achebe

24/03/2024

Breaking News: Veteran Actor, Amaechi Muonagor is dead.

02/03/2024

Breaking News: Veteran Actor, Mr. Ibu is dead 🕊️

20/01/2024

Gregory University located in Uturu, Abia state has announced a significant pay raise for its staff.

It was made known by the University's founder, Prof. Gregory Ibe, in a strategic move to alleviate the financial challenges faced by the staff amidst Nigeria's economic woes.

This is exemplary and commendable!

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20/01/2024

60 years ago today, Rev. Fr. Cyprian Iwene Tansi died in Leicester, UK, after a brief illness. Blessed Tansi, a renowned Igbo catholic priest, hailed from Igboezunu in Aguleri, Anambra State, aged 60.

Gone but not forgotten!

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15/12/2023

Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife (Okwadike).

The first elected Governor of Anambra State is dead. He was a renowned Economist, Teacher and University Lecturer. Ezeife hailed from Igboukwu.

He died at Federal Medical Centre Abuja, aged 85.

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13/12/2023

Prof. Gregory Ibe at 60!

Gregory Ibe, the founder of Gregory University, Uturu, Abia state, was born 60 years ago today in Kaduna. Greg is an industrialist, philanthropist and educationist.

He was born in December 1963 in Kaduna where his parents, natives of Uturu, lived then and worked. Although born and brought up outside his parents' nativity, Chief Gregory Ibe never ceased to be the quintessence of an Igbo son who is in perfect harmony with the rest of mankind world over. He adores his home place, Uturu, and makes Uturu adorable to the World.

He was not born into easy circumstances of life. Indeed, he had a raw deal with poverty in his early life which rather spurred him with the determination to attain great heights today. His tough early life toughened him to complete his primary, secondary and tertiary education, alternating between work and education. That was perhaps nature's way to prepare him for his future role in Igbo land and Nigeria at large as the hope for the hopeless.

Chief Gregory Ibe's alma maters include:

Boys High School, Ihube, Imo State
School of Accountancy and Management Studies, Aba
Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
California Coast University, Santa Ana, CA where he obtained his Master’s Degree in 2003 and Doctorate Degree in Management in 2006.

Chief Gregory Ibe is a great name in Igbo land and Nigeria at large particularly in education sector. Currently he constitutes the private sector spirit that is shaping science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in Nigeria. His involvement in supply of the state-of-the-art teaching/learning equipment with innovative pedagogy in the delivery of the subjects. His intervention is currently transforming the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Nigeria at all levels of education. He has implanted entrepreneurship as curricular innovation in education and particularly in Business, Engineering and Technical/Vocational Education.

Gregory Ibe, from onset, a propagator of Akụ Ruo Ụlọ:

The Igbo centric businessman who has brought back his business interests to Igboland especially in Uturu with the mindset of Akụ Ruo Ụlọ and also to train the future generations. He has pioneered several Igbo events including the world Igbo congress that took place at Gregory University Uturu few years ago. During his run for Governor he performed medical outreach to all local governments in Abia state and performed surgeries for the elderly. As well as scholarship scheme of over 100 million naira for future of the south east. Currently, he's building a 1000 bed hospital in the east and once completed it will be responsible for extending quality healthcare to the people of the south east.

Gregory Ibe contested for the office of Abia state Governor in the last election under APGA.

Gregory Ibe is a great Igbo son who wants the best for ndigbo and on his 60th birthday we just want to celebrate his efforts to better the lives of the people. Taking his gifts that God has granted him and sharing with the world.

Let's Retweet to celebrate Prof. Ibe at 60.

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05/10/2023

Today in History: Aluu killings took place.

It is exactly 11 years ago today (October 5, 2012) since Chiadika Biringa, Favour Erikena, Ugonna Obuzor and Toku Llyod, were gruesomely lynched and burned to death for no reason in an obscure village of Aluu in Rivers state. They were first sons of their parents.

The Aluu Four lynching was a necklace lynching that involved four young students of the University of Port Harcourt. They were all lynched after they were falsely accused of theft in Aluu, a community in Obio/Akpor local government area, Rivers State. Chiadika, Lloyd, Favour and Ugonna were all friends, first sons of their parents, and students of University of Port Harcourt. The four students were also occasional roommates. Ugonna sometimes spent the night with Favour who lived outside the campus because his residence on campus was broken into multiple times. Ugonna had a debtor called Bright who was owing him some undisclosed amount of money which bothered him much. In time, Ugonna managed to find out Bright's particular location. He sought the help of his cousin Lloyd, childhood and longtime friend Favour and roommate Chiadika. Together, four of them ventured into a journey of no return. The four students finally arrived in the house of the debtor at about midnight, a time that seem odd for anyone to move about, carrying axe, pen knife, and cutlass in order to scare the debtor. In the cause of settling the debt, a misunderstanding ensued which turned sour and eventually turned into a fight. A neighbor of the debtor heard the noise and started screaming, claiming that the men were there to steal laptops and mobile phones. The vigilante group from Aluu, was alerted with the impression that the students were the criminals disturbing the community. Before the Vigilante group from Aluu would arrive, angry mobs has started chasing the four men through the streets with stick and stone-wielding, caught them, stripped naked, beaten and tortured until they were almost unconscious. Afterwards, in the presence of a crowd, the Nigerian police officers and some Nigerians, they were dragged through mud, had concrete slabs dropped on their heads and car tires filled with petrol wrapped around their necks (thus "necklacing") in order to burn them. Nobody could stop it, not even the Nigerian police force. A sister of Tekena was nearby and then discovered that her brother was about to be killed via "jungle justice." She tried to intervene and rescue him with his friends by screaming at the top of her voice at the mob and reiterating their innocence but she was overpowered by the size of the mob. People from the mob told her to flee. In a last attempt to save her brother's life, she decided to contact other family members and the police, but the men had been killed by the time the required assistance was sought. The murders were filmed with a mobile phone and uploaded on the Internet. The lynching was widely viewed in Nigeria and the rest of the world. The crime further exposed the "jungle justice" or "mob justice"' which is still prevalent in Nigeria today. Several people were arrested in connection with the crime. On July 31, 2017, 4 years and 9 months after the horrid incident, Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt sentenced to death a Police Sergeant, Mr. Lucky Orji, David Chinasa Ogbada and Ikechukwu Louis Amadi, (aka Kapoon) for their active involvement in the murder of the four students of University of Port Harcourt. The court also discharged and acquitted four of the suspects in the trial, Saviour Johnny, Abiodun Yusuf, Joshua Ekpe and Cyril Abang. MI Abaga's song "Ashes" was in their memory.

11 years after, forever in our hearts

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01/10/2023

October 1, 2023.

Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo renames the Anambra International Airport to Chinua Achebe Airport.

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15/09/2023

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at 46.

World-renowned writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born on this day in 1977 in Nsukka. The prolific writer who wrote Half Of A Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus, Americanah, Dear Ijeawele, is 46 years today.

Let's wish her well 🙏

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18/08/2023

Saint Obi For Burial Today.

Veteran Nollywood Actor, Obinna Nwafor, popularly known as Saint Obi, will be today laid to rest in his hometown Alaenyi Ogwa in Imo state. Saint Obi died in Jos on May 7, 2023, aged 57. A Theatre Arts graduate of UniJos he was.

Bid him farewell

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19/07/2023

Peter Gregory Obi is 62 today.

Peter Obi is a businessman and politician who served as the Governor of Anambra state from 2006-2014. Born 62 years ago today in Onitsha.

Let's celebrate and wish him well 🙏

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10/07/2023

Igbo bụ Igbo, kachifo nụ. Echi ga-abụ echi ọma.

tie iseee!

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07/06/2023

Today in History: Dora Akunyili died.

Prof. Dora Akunyili, (1954-2014). The incorruptible DG of NAFDAC who fought doggedly to eradicate unsafe products.

In 2001, she became the NAFDAC boss. By 2006, she reduced fake drugs circulation from 80% to 15%.

Gone but not forgotten!

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30/05/2023

We Remember Our Fallen Heroes Today.

Dear Igbo Nation, today, May 30, 2023, marks 53 years since we sadly lost over 3.5 million Igbo brothers and sisters to Nigerian-Biafran Civil War. They gallantly fought and died for us to live. The war claimed over 3.5 million lives of Ndi Igbo and it is believed that every Igbo household lost at least a relation to the war.

Type RIP in the comment box in respect to our fallen heroes 🙏

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23/05/2023

This Day in 2013: Achebe was laid to Rest.

Chinua Achebe was a renowned writer, poet, professor and critic. His 1958 debut novel, "Things Fall Apart" shot him to fame. On this day in 2013, he was buried in his hometown, Ogidi in Anambra state, aged 83. A host of dignitaries attended the funeral including the former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan. Crowds of mourners surrounded the church, some wearing traditional shirts emblazoned with Mr Achebe's image, Peter Obi was one of them. The author is widely regarded as the founding father of African literature in English.

However, much of what he abhorred was on full display at the service - political patronage and the trappings of power. Local politicians were escorted into church by men from the State Security Service wielding sophisticated weapons while a large number of men and women came dressed head to toe in political party outfits. President Goodluck Jonathan and former Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama flew in by helicopter to attend the service at the packed Anglican church in Ogidi. Thousands of mourners followed proceedings from huge marquees outside.

Goodluck Jonathan said Mr Achebe's writings - which were often fiercely critical of Nigeria's leadership - remained an inspiration for political leaders to do better. He said he had not known Mr Achebe personally, but had admired him. In a reference to the author's last book, There Was a Country, Mr Jonathan said: "All of us must work together so that our children will know there is a country."

After the church service, Mr Achebe was buried in a mausoleum on the family compound in a private ceremony. Mr Achebe's body had arrived back in Nigeria on Wednesday from the US, where he died in March 2013 at the age of 83. Prof. Chinua Achebe was given a colourful, grand send off in his home town of Ogidi.

Gone but not forgotten!

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14/05/2023

His Royal majesty Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe. CFR, mni is 82 years old today. He is the 21st Obi of Onitsha dynasty.

Interestingly, today also marks 21 years since Agbogidi ascended the revered throne as the Obi of Onitsha.

Let's celebrate Agbogidi at 82!

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13/05/2023

BREAKING NEWS: Nollywood actor, Obinna Nwafor, popularly known as Saint Obi is dead.

Saint Obi died in JUTH after a brief illness. He hailed from Mbaitolu in Imo State. A University of Jos Theatre Arts graduate he was, aged 57.

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25/04/2023

A child awaits her food voucher from a relief worker at a food distribution center in Biafra during the civil war, 1968.

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16/04/2023

The white man is very clever, he came quietly with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

- Chinua Achebe

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04/04/2023

Mike Ejeagha is 93 years today.

Ejeagha is a renowned Igbo folklore musician with over 37 Albums and five singles to his credit. His 1960 song "Ofu nwa anaa" shot him to fame. He hails from Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu LGA of Enugu state. Mike Ejeagha brought honor, glory and majesty to Ndi Igbo and kept the ancient ways of our ancestors alive through his folklore music. Mike Ejeagha is regarded as the father of Igbo folklore music.

In Igbo land, due to his trademark of telling long stories in his music, you would be told "Akụkọ Mike Ejeagha" to a long story.

Let's wish Mike Ejeagha well in the comment section 🙏

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03/04/2023

History will forever be kind to Peter Obi.

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31/03/2023

Today in History: Abagana Ambush took place.

Abagana Ambush of March 31, 1968 was an ambush by Biafran guerrilla troops led by Major Jonathan Uchendu that wiped out the Nigerian 2 Division. During this ambush, the Nigerian Army suffered the heaviest defeat in the civil war. Of the 5,000 Nigerian troops ambushed, only a very small number survived, including the 2nd Division's commander, Col. Murtala Ramat Muhammed. Murtala was said to have assembled and deployed a convoy of 105 vehicles which included troop carriers, fuel tanker and four armoured cars to facilitate this plan on March 31, 1968. However, the Biafran secret intelligence gained knowledge of the plan and reported it to a higher Biafran command which instantly planned a deadly ambush. A 700-man troop, led by Major Uchendu, was given a huge task by Col. Achuzie to ambush the invading Nigerian troops at Abagana in the Enugu-Onitsha highway. The unsuspecting Nigerian 2nd division, numbering about 5000 soldiers, marched on until they were halted by a surprise attack from a smaller but well-prepared Biafran army. The Biafran army allowed the Nigerian army to march right into their midst before raining bullets on them. A locally made rocket called Ogbunigwe was crucially used during the Ambush. One of the Ogbunigwe rockets was launched directly at a fuel tanker in the Nigerian army convoy leading to chains of explosions which created a 450-metre great fire that incinerated men and metals within seconds. Refuelling vehicles exploded and burnt many infantry units. After the Ogbunigwe rocket attack, Biafran soldiers opened fire, killing what is left of the shocked 2nd division of the Nigerian Army. About 2,500 Nigerian army died in the attack; many others scampered in different directions. Col. Murtala Muhammed was relieved of duty afterwards and never commanded a division again during the war. Major Uchendu, the commander of the Biafran Army that led the Abagana Ambush with the advice of Col. Achuzie, recounted that the sight of the 2nd division convoy almost paralyzed his troops. His boys were so anxious to start firing, more out of panic than anything else. He asked them to remain calm until he gave the order. He allowed much of the Nigerian Army convoy to pass through. His boys were shocked why he would allowed them go through into the Biafran held zone. They were nervous and suspicious, yet they trusted his military gallantry and so awaited to know his strategy.

The Abagana ambush was the most resounding battle won by the Biafrans during the Nigerian-Biafran civil war. Abagana Ambush of March 31, 1968 is regarded as the most successful Ambush in Africa's history. The END.

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28/03/2023

Today in History: Chinelo Megafu died.

Dr. Chinelo Megafu, was shot and killed by terrorists during Abuja-Kaduna train attack exactly one year ago today, aged 29. She hailed from Onitsha, Anambra state.

Her last words: I've been shot, pray for me.

She's forever in our hearts

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18/03/2023

Ndi Igbo, come back home and invest!

18/03/2023

Peter Obi

The first Politician in the history of Nigeria to make a bold statement, that he has never tempered or stolen government money and after eight months no man could prove him wrong.

Go and Verify!

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15/03/2023

Today in History: March 15, 195.

Dr. Alvan Ikoku, the man whose face is emblazoned on the ₦10 note and his son, Samuel Goomsu Ikoku, were political rivals.

Samuel famously defeated his father, Alvan at the March 15, 1957 South Eastern House of Assembly elections.

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13/03/2023

Today in History: Chike Obi died.

Prof. Chike Obi died exactly 15 years ago today, aged 86. He hailed from Onitsha in Anambra state. Chike Obi, was a renowned Mathematican, Politician and a Lecturer. In 1950, he became the first Nigerian to receive PhD in mathematics. Chike Obi lived from April 17, 1921 to March 13, 2008 when he joined the host of ancestral mathematicians in the great beyond.

- When the civil war broke out, he was on the side of Biafra.
- Growing up in Igbo land, if you're good in mathematics, you'll be nicknamed "Chike Obi".
- He taught Pst. Emmanuel Adeboye of RCCG Maths in Unilag.
- One time University of Jos visiting Professor.

The African Mathematics Union suggests that he was the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate in mathematics. Dr. Obi's early research dealt mainly with the question of the existence of periodic solutions of non-linear ordinary differential equations. He successfully used the perturbation technique, and several of his publications greatly helped to stimulate research interest in this subject throughout the world and have become classics in the literature. Obi is the author of several books and journals on mathematics and Nigerian politics.

Early life and Education:

Obi was educated in various parts of Nigeria before reading mathematics as an external student of the University of London Immediately after his first degree, he won a scholarship to do research study at Pembroke College, Cambridge, followed by doctoral studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in in Cambridge United States, becoming in 1950, the first Nigerian to receive a PhD in mathematics.

Obi won numerous awards notably the Sigvard Eklund Prize for original work in differential equation from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. He was a university teacher until his retirement as an Emeritus Professor in 1985.

Chike Obi's wife, Mrs. Melinda died in 2010. They had four children, including Chike Mustapha Obi, the current Chairman of Fidelity Bank Nigeria.

A great mathematician he was.

Gone but not forgotten!

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10/03/2023

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When History Talks We Listen. Ex-Biafra Leader, Gen. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu spoke on this day in 1989, that it would be a mistake for anyone to provoke another civil war. He boldly stated that he "proudly" led the first one. A second one is not necessary. Share and Follow Igbo History & Facts for more.

Video of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie receiving the Harvard University's W.E.B Du Bois Medal on October 6, 2022. The applause and her smile >>>> Share and Follow Igbo History & Facts for more. 🙏

"I want to harvest you" - Sam Loco to Ego. Today in History: Sam Loco Efe died. It's exactly 11 years ago today since Sam Loco died. A renowned nollywood actor and comedian he was. During the Nigerian-Biafran civil war, Sam Loco fought on the side of Biafra. He was born and raised in Enugu and spent a considerable part of his lifetime in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state. He speaks Igbo fluently. Hailed from Edo state. Died 65 years. Gone but not forgotten! Keep resting Loco. Share and Follow Igbo History and Facts for more.

On This Day: July 30, 2020 Popular American preacher, Bishop T.D Jakes traced his ancestry to Igboland. How I traced my ancestry to the Igbo tribe – Pastor T.D Jakes Popular American preacher, Bishop T.D Jakes of the Potter's House, has revealed how he discovered that his ancestors are from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. Jakes, who is a renowned author, said his Igbo ancestry was discovered after DNA test. “It all started when Henry Lewis Gates, who was at Harvard, decided to this DNA testing to see where my ancestry came from. It was me, it was Oprah Winfrey. It was Quincy Jones and others,” he said. The clergyman further stated that the test revealed his ancestors were from Nigeria. “Mine was traced back to West Africa, to Nigeria and particularly Igbo. My ancestors were Igbos. It’s indescribable. It gives something that we the African-Americans don’t have, which is roots. “It gave me an understanding of my roots. It was interesting to see how similar my personality is to how Igbo people are described. They’re described as hardworking, industrious and innovative. “They have strong business acumen. I deeply relate to that. It explained to me; it’s odd that I was never born there, yet, see so many traces. I’ve always had strong business acumen. “I’ve been aggressive in business. Although I’ve been known for the faith aspect, I have several companies and I’ve owned my own resources. My children all started studying ancestry about Igbos, and even more about Africa. I’ll like to reconnect with our brothers and sisters over there,” he said. Jakes who has often visited Lagos said that he enjoys eating fufu and the jollof rice. “When I’m in Nigeria, I eat fufu and jollof rice. I have those kinds of experience. I’ve had more than I can name. I go to Accra in Ghana and Lagos quite often. “What I know about the food is that it’s almost always hot and spicy. I ate it before but the food over there is so hot it makes your h

A scintillating performance by Glee Club Igbo students of Morehouse College, USA. It came from our brothers who recently traced their origins back to Igbo land. Song: "Obi Dimkpa" by HRH Igwe Lazarus Ekwueme of Oko Share and Follow Igbo History and Facts for more.

Peter Obi on Arise TV "The comments from Rabiu Kwankwaso is why we are where we are today, we vote for Incompetence based on the Primitive Consideration of Tribe and Religion". Share and Follow Igbo History and Facts for more.

JUST IN: I want our people and Biafra land to be very calm and peaceful. We are fighting to defend our people, not to kill them. - Maazị Nnamdi Kanu Also, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today dismissed the application of bail by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Share and Follow Igbo History and Facts for more.

On This Day in 1967. Supreme Biafran Military Leader, Col. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu spoke in Enugu on Yakubu Gowon's Dictatorial Regime and the Burden of Secession, June 22, 1967. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu studied History at the prestigious Oxford University, UK. Share and follow Igbo History and Facts for more.

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