Major-General Gowon Interviewed After the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970
Showing posts with label Igbos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Igbos. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Saturday, September 28, 2013
2015: The Real Reason Fashola Apologized to Igbos
Ọmọ Oódua Blog is beginning to suspect that Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola, is being prepared to run in 2015 as a running mate to Buhari who is likely to get the All People's Congress, APC, Presidential ticket. This thinking is fueled by Fashola's recent apology to the Igbo nation over the deportation of alleged indigent Igbos from Lagos to Anambra state which sparked off an uproar amongst the Igbo.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Fashola Apologises To Igbos Over Deportation Saga - The Nation Newspaper
Governor Babatunde Fashola
By Precious Igbonwelundu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday offered an unreserved apology for the misunderstanding generated by the alleged deportation of some destitutes to Onitsha, Anambra State.
The state government was accused of dumping 70 beggars at Onitsha Bridge on July 24, a situation that generated public outcry and bad blood.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Igbos Deportation From Lagos: APC Tells Gov Obi to Apologise to Nigerians.
we only deported 14 Igbos to Anambra state. - APC.
there was no basis for Obi to apologise to anyone. APGA.
The Newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday accused Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, of threatening the country’s unity and whipping up tribal sentiment by sensationalising the recent ‘deportation’ of some indigenes of the state from Lagos.
The party in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, called on Obi to apologise to Nigerians, noting that only 14 Anambra indigenes were deported and not 72, as widely claimed.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
What More Does Achebe Want?... I Did All I Could For The Igbos ––Obasanjo
In his usual no-nonsense posture, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has cautioned Prof Chinua Achebe and his likes to drop issues relating to the Biafra war in the trash can of history once and for all. Obasanjo a principal actor during the war, in a recent chat said Achebe keeps dragging Nigeria back with his negative views due to certain reasons. Below is how Obasanjo chronicled his efforts for the Igbos...
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