Communique of the 2013 Enyimba Retreat of Igboville/Oganiru Ndigbo Foundation Held at Aba, Abia State on 28/29th December 2013
Press Releases December 30, 2013
Following two days of deliberations on issues affecting Ndigbo and Nigeria, members of Oganiru Ndigbo Foundation aka Igboville came up with the following decisions and resolutions. 1. Every Igbo parent must ensure their children learn and speak Igbo language as first language. 2. Igbo governments at all levels... Read more
South Sudan’s army fought on Sunday with “White Army” ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilizing the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict in the new country. Two weeks of fighting have left at least 1,000 dead and split the oil-producing country barely two... Read more
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, has charged the newly sworn-in local government chairmen to leave a legacy of transparent leadership in government, even as they work timelessly and unrelentingly to ensure the progress of their individual constituencies and... Read more
Rebels in South Sudan have seized some oil wells and captured half of the capital of the main oil-producing region, the government and army said on Thursday as African leaders held talks to avert civil war. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn met South... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar A new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network, GOtv which uses latest generation Digital Video Broadcasting Standard (DVB-T2), has berthed in Calabar, Cross River. GOtv was lunched on Tuesday in Calabar with a promise to provide affordable but excellent service, particularly to those who... Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has dismissed as false, speculations that a ban on fish importation in the country was in place following orders from his ministry. Adesina, in a press release made available to Africanewscircle.com, Washington DC, by his Special Assistant on... Read more
Defunct Action Congress (AC) Governorship candidate in the 2007 general election, Prince Tonye Princewill is a member of the PDP, a prominent player in the politics of Rivers State has broken his silence on the politics of the state and other matters. He spoke on his support for the... Read more
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has replied the controversial letter which his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo wrote him and made public recently. Below, is President Jonathan’s reply: December 20th 2013 His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road, Ibara, Abeokuta. RE: BEFORE IT... Read more
Thirty seven Nigerian lawmakers have defected to Nigeria’s main opposition coalition, giving it a slim majority in the lower house of parliament, in a further blow to President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid. The move follows a defection by five powerful governors last month to the opposition All Progressive... Read more
