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  PRESS RELEASE UNIEC REJECTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY’S APPROVAL FOR CREATION OF NEW STATES — Cites Injustices, Seeks Renaming Of North Central To Middle Belt  LAGOS, NIGERIA — October 27, 2025: The United Igbo Elders Congress Worldwide (UNIEC) has faulted and rejected the National Assembly’s approval for the creation of one new state in each of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, describing the move as imbalanced, inequitable, and unjust to the South East region. The decision to create six new states, reached at a two-day retreat in Lagos jointly chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, is being criticized by UNIEC as another missed opportunity to correct Nigeria’s long-standing structural inequities. Under the approved arrangement, the South East — currently with five (5) states — would gain one additional state, making six (6) in total, while the North West would move from seven (7...

  PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE UNITED IGBO ELDERS CONGRESS WORLDWIDE (UNIEC) DATE: Monday, October 27, 2025 UNIEC CONDEMNS THE DESTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION OF IGBO PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES IN LAGOS The United Igbo Elders Congress Worldwide (UNIEC) has received with deep shock and grave concern the disturbing reports of the ongoing destruction, demolition, and unlawful confiscation of Igbo-owned properties and businesses in Lagos State. UNIEC, as the apex body representing the collective conscience and voice of Igbo elders across the globe, strongly condemns these acts of targeted economic aggression against innocent citizens whose only “crime” is their hard work, enterprise, and visible contribution to the socio-economic development of Lagos and Nigeria at large. For decades, the Igbo people have been integral to the growth and transformation of Lagos into a global megacity. From commerce to construction, from manufacturing to technology, the Igbo entrepreneurial spirit has helped shape...

 I laugh at the ignorance of those who say the Igbos have low population. This is what Ekiti State's former governor Ayo Fayose said about the Igbos. *********** 💥 "I love Igbos but I have to tell them the truth because I love them. It is now a law to transmit votes electronically, that means rigging of elections has been reduced drastically. Igbos are only tribe that have 99% of voters in the South East and second highest voters in other regions in Nigeria. In the South West, after Yoruba votes, Igbo votes come second. Lagos has the highest number of voters in Nigeria and Igbos are competing with Yorubas in voting power in Lagos. In the South South, we have indigenous Igbos in the South South and all the major cities in the South South are occupied by Igbos. Go to Port Harcourt you will understand what I mean. In the North Central, go to Jos and all the state capital in the North Central, Igbos are the second largest population after the indigenous people. In the North West,...

 PRESIDENT TINUBU PARDONS HERBERT MACAULAY, VATSA, LAWAN, GRANTS CLEMENCY TO 82 INMATES  President Bola Tinubu has granted pardon to Herbert Macaulay, Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, and Farouk Lawan and granted clemency to 82 inmates. A statement by Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President, Information & Strategy, says "Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986, has received a posthumous pardon from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Vatsa, a poet, was among the 17 people who received presidential pardons following the endorsement of the National Council of State, which met in Abuja on Thursday. President Tinubu also granted a posthumous pardon to Herbert Macaulay, a Nigerian nationalist and co-founder, along with Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC). Macaulay was the party's first president, which played a pivotal role in Nigeria's struggle for independence. However, in 1913, Macaulay ...

Talking Alaigbo back to the glorious days self sufficiency.  https://www.youtube.com/live/bFlr13mIDZ8?si=mmRv2wy5OFwNI9rM

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Business mogul and chairman of the Ibru Organisation, Olorogun Oskar Ibru, has died at the age of 67. According to a statement by his family, reported by Arise News on Wednesday, Ibru passed away after a brief illness. Further details on the circumstances of his death were not disclosed. A key figure in Nigeria’s corporate world, Ibru was one of the most prominent heirs of the Ibru dynasty. He was instrumental in sustaining and expanding the conglomerate established by his late father, Olorogun Michael Ibru, whose business empire covered shipping, oil and gas, real estate, and commerce. His passing comes less than a decade after the death of the family patriarch, Michael Ibru, in 2016. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced soon. Reacting to the news on Wednesday, media entrepreneur and publisher of Ovation International, Dele Momodu, described Ibru as “an extremely friendly gentleman and a socialite per excellence.” In a post on his Instagram page, Momodu wrote, “News has j...