DESPITE HIS HIGH PERSONALITY, HE NEVER DESPISE ANYONE INCLUDING THE MEN OF GOD. HE REGARDS THEM AS DADDY INCLUDING THE MEN OF GOD HE IS OLDER THAN.  He was rigged out by the opponents during the last presidential election. Instead of telling his children ( Obi-dients) to go out and protest against the injustice meted at him, he told everyone to calm down, that he believes in judiciary and that he will reclaim his mandate back from the thieves. That is a characteristic of a DADDY. Despite his high personality, he never despise anyone including the men of God. He regards them as DADDY including the men of God he is older than. Example is Apostle Johnson Suleiman.   In several media interactions, we saw him respecting his opponents with absolute humility. He even called Tinubu his daddy and Atiku his elder brother in a national television. That is the characteristics of a true servant leader. That is why we calls him our DADDY. His opponents (Tinubu and others) s...

The Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been arrested in a midnight raid by operatives of the Nigeria Police and Department of State Security (DSS). It was gathered that Nwajagu was arrested by the police in the early hours of Saturday at a hotel in Ejigbo where he was reportedly hiding. Nwajagu had in a viral video threatened to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to secure the properties as well as businesses of Igbo people in the Lagos State. He said: “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilize for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so that they will stop attacking us at midnight, in the morning, and the afternoon. “When they discover that we have our security before they will come, they will take caution. I am not saying a single word to be hidden. I am not hiding my words, let my words go viral. Igbo must get ...

INNOCENT VILLAGE PEOPLE. MANY OF OUR ELDERS IN THE VILLAGE THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF HAS BEEN ABANDONED SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY BELIEVES THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PREDICAMENTS  One offence I would want God not to forgive and one punishment I would want Him not to forget even if He later forgives Satan himself, is the punishment that is due for anyone, be you a misguided religious zealot or a comedian who ignorantly started making people especially my Igbo people began to believe that whatever problems they are passing through in life are caused by their VILLAGE PEOPLE. Many of our elders in the village that should be taken care of has been abandoned simply because some people in the city believes they are responsible for their predicaments. Is to grow old in the village a curse? Shouldn't we rather celebrate and take care of them and equally seek counsels from them instead of heaping unfounded allegation of witchcraft on them? Some of us has gone ...

DEAR IGBO BOYS, APPLY ABROAD MODEL WHILE LIVING IN LAGOS. In January 2023, over 500,000 thousands Igbo boys, including those who just finished secondary schools across Southeast, left the region to various states like Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Ibadan, Rivers state, etc for greener pastures. Some of them also left to various African countries like Ghana, Togo, Senegal,etc. I wish you all well in your various hustles.  In the spirits of MASS IGBO RETURN TO SOUTHEAST movement, let me tell you what to do. This post is meant for various categories of Igbo people living in various places outside Igboland especially the low income earners. This post is not for the rich Igbo class. If you are facing serious discriminations from your host communities and you wanted to relocate to Southeast, read this post very well. Here are what you should do if you want to return quickly to Southeast: APPLY ABROAD MODEL. When you see Igbo men doing odd jobs in Europe without valid immigratio...

THE BLACK PEOPLE'S MATRIK The white society exclusively controls all Black study results, statistics, societal narratives, and Black mainstream media images. They also write the Black history we're taught within our schools. This literally means that the white society- the group possessing the least credibility to do so - literally owns Black people's interpretation of ourselves. They've weaponized this unfair scenario against Black people by perpetually negatively distorting and marginalizing virtually everything that Black people believes about ourselves. They even distorts their maps to make. Africa appear 13 times smaller than it's true size while making all white countries significantly larger than their true sizes. It's a Black racially devaluing and demoralizing psychological warfare campaign that conditions Black people to perceive ourselves through a fraudulent inferiority that makes us more compliant with white social dominance over our liv...

ABAKARIKI HUSTLERS : THE WISEST AMONG THE IGBO HUSTLERS. I once had an interaction with a hawker along Opebi road in Ikeja. That very afternoon, my colleague wanted to buy new stockings. So we called a hawker who was hawking stockings and handkerchiefs in a traffic jam.  I asked him how much he makes a day and he said on a very good day that God wanted to bless him, he makes at least #10,000 from hawkinghis wares. Most of his profits comes from some people with empathy that might not demand for their balance when they bought handkerchief. On friday evenings when a lot of people are happy going home for weekend, he makes a lot of money especially from those who admires his determination to succeed. At the age of 24, he had already bought a brand new Bajaj motorcycle and kept it in his father's house in Ebonyi state pending when he will finally return permanently to Ebonyi state to kickstart his Okada business which I personally don't fancy anyway. He was also pumping...

MY ARTICLE OF THE DECADE: WHAT IGBOS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ISIAGU SYMBOL  BY CHINEDUUGONABO DR. SCOFIELD ABSTRACT   In this essay, I use “akwa isiagụ” as metaphor to illustrate that Igbos have not done exactly well to preserve their language and culture. I posit they have abandoned their unique cultural symbol. That they are now parading a symbol of foreign popular culture as their foremost emblem. But I also present perspectives that might ignite a quest for self-rediscovery. Akwa isiagụ is the clothing fabric patterned with motifs showing fierce-looking lion’s head and mane. Some designs show a less stern lion’s head, with two or three cow horns besides it.  Since the last 50 to 60 years Igbos have managed to portray this fabric design as their classic cultural emblem. In fact, as something of a totem. Igbo chiefs and nze and ọzọ title holders use it to make their ceremonial gears. At native marriage ceremonies and similar cultural events, isiagụ garments of di...

SIMON EKPA NJOKU SAID THAT HE HAS JUST WATCHED ANOTHER IGBO BIAFRA MARKET IN LAGOS BEING BURNT DOWN IN BaloguN LAGOS TODAY, AND I AM VERY SAD. SINCE AFTER the ELECTION, IGBO BIAFRANS IN LAGOS  I have just watched another Igbo Biafra Market in Lagos being burnt down in Balogun lagos today, and i am very sad. Since after the election, igbo Biafrans in Lagos and their Businesses has been attacked and like i have said earlier, we cant sit back and watch. As Biafrans in Lagos will be getting ready to return home with their businesses. To this end, we will activate sit at home for all Biafrans in Lagos. This sit at home is targeted at crippling the economy of the Lagos state government, who’s body language has suggested to be directly responsible for the attack against Igbos.  I therefore call on all Igbo market leaders in Lagos that we are ready to provide securities for all Igbo markets in Lagos pending when the businesses will be moved to Eastern region. We will forti...

FBI-Full-Blooded Igbo!! The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Igbo man named Professor Kenneth Dike. The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Igbo man named Professor Eni Njoku. •The first Nigerian Rector of the then Yaba College of Technology was also an Igbo man The first Nigerian Professor of Mathematics was an Igbo man named Professor Chike Obi – the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem. He was followed by another Igbo man named Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of Differential Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant. The first Nigerian professor of history was an Igbo man Professor Kenneth Dike who also became the first black vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. The first Nigerian Professor of Botany was an Igbo man named Professor Eni Njoku. He went on to become the very first vice chancellor of the university of LAGOS. The first Nigerian Professor of Anatomy and Physiology is Professor Chike Edozien an I...

WE MUST NOT LIE TO OURSELVES... After the Lagos gubernatorial election that stirred up a lot of ethnic strife between Igbo and Yoruba people, a lot of decisions has been made by Igbo people and one of those decisions is to move SPARE PARTS MARKET in Lagos to Southeast which is very commendable. But let's be factual. What does Igboland needs? Markets or Cottage Industries? Do you think Igboland doesn't have enough market that will warrant Igbo people to consider the relocation of motor spare parts markets to Southeast?  When it comes to Tokunbo spare parts, mgbuka Nkpor and mgbuka Obosi are serving the whole of Southeast and no one has complained that those markets are not enough. When it comes to new spare parts, there are various new spare parts markets in all parts of Igboland. We have it at Nnewi, Aba, Owerri, Enugu and Ebonyi. All these markets are been supplied by importers at Tradefair Complex in Lagos. Don't forget, it is virtually impossible to move the ...

THE MOST INTELLIGENT TRIBE OF BLACK AFRICA: IGBO PEOPLE OF NIGERIA WERE RANKED AS THE MOST INTELLIGENT TRIBE OF BLACK AFRICA IN A US ACADEMIC REPORT. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) represents a person's thinking ability compared to the average for their age. IQ tests begin to assess this by measuring short- and long-term memory. They also measure how well people can solve puzzles and recall information they have heard and how quickly. According To A US Academic Report In 2015, The Igbo Tribe From West Africa Were Ranked As The Most Intelligent Tribe Of Black Africa. Beautiful, Intelligent And Creative. A Rich Tribe With Immense Values. The Most Intelligent Tribe In Africa.  Assuming that they consist of a population of approximately 30 million people and are perceived to be more intelligent than neighboring populations in the African regions in which they are concentrated, I would wager that they should have an average IQ in the 90-100 range, perhaps in the low-medium 90-95...

The new Director of Stanbic IBTC, Ndidi Nwuneli. She's the founder of LEAP Africa with over 25 years of international development experience and a globally recognized serial entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and consultant.  Nwuneli serves on the boards of the Boards of over 7 organizations and has received major continental and global awards including Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School (2021), Forbes 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa (2011), and Forbes: 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa (2011). Through her work in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, she has led the design and execution of high-impact initiatives focused on policy, strategy, organizational design, ecosystem solutions, and growth. Super Congratulations to Her!!

Iconic Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe (Full Name: Albert Chinualumogu Achebe) (1930-2013) is widely regarded as the founding father of African fiction. His first novel, 'Things Fall Apart', written originally in English and first published in 1958, is regarded as a classic of world literature. The novel has been translated in 45 languages and sold more than ten million copies. He also wrote short stories and essays. He also taught English in Nigeria and United States. His other notable works are 'A Man of the People', 'Anthills of the Savannah', 'Arrow of God', 'Home and Exile', 'Hopes and Impediments', 'Morning Yet on Creation Day', 'No Longer at Ease', 'The Education of a British-Protected Child', and 'There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra”. Chinua Achebe Quotes "Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something ...

THE IGBO PROFESSORS: ONE WENT DOWN  WHILE ONE WENT UP. WE HAD TWO PROFESSORS THAT STOOD THEIR GROUND TO DO THE RIGHT THING DURING THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN ENUGU AND ABIA STATE.  We had two professors that stood their ground to do the right thing during the last gubernatorial election in Enugu and Abia state. They are the Electoral Returning Officers that oversaw the gubernatorial election of the two states. The one of Enugu is a man while the one of Abia state is a woman. Unfortunately, the Enugu professor who is my gender failed and succumbed to intimidation but the one of Abia state stood her ground like a lioness and did the right thing by declaring the rightful candidate as the winner of the gubernatorial election.  Millions of Naira was offered to her as bribe money but she rebuffed them. I believe she might have been threatened too but she risky it all and declared Dr Alex Otti of LP the winner of the election. I must confess to you that I am j...

IGBO PEOPLE AND THE YORUBA PEOPLE ARE NOT AT WAR AND CAN NEVER BE AT WAR. WE ARE AT WAR WITH THE YORUBA POLITICAL RASCALS ONLY.  Iwuanyanwu said: 'We have no problem with the Yoruba people. Igbo people and the Yoruba people are not at war and can never be at war. We are at war with the Yoruba political rascals only".  So if you are a Yoruba but not a political rascal, then we are not at war with you. But we are at war with those Yoruba political rascals that said Igbo people can not live and vote peacefully in Lagos. If you are a Yoruba, you know these people. They are those Yoruba politicians that incite Yoruba people against the Igbo people during election. They are those Yoruba politicians who are in control of motor parks and Agberos in Lagos. These are the political rascals Iwuanyanwu was talking about. Forget about those trying to twist what he said. Search the video and listen to it and see how some individuals are trying to twist what he said in order to ca...

IGBO PEOPLE AND MARKET POLITICS IN LAGOS. AT countless TIMES OVERHEARD SOME INDIGENOUS LAGOSIANS MURMURING OVER THE LARGE NUMBER of IGBO PEOPLE IN SOME MARKETS IN LAGOS. I am trying to use this political season to offload all the societal ills bedeviling our society especially in Lagos where I lives. I have at countless times overheard some indigenous Lagosians murmuring over the large number of Igbo people in some markets in Lagos. The markets are computer village in Ikeja, Alaba international market in Ojo, Tradefair complex and Ladipo automobile spare parts markets in Mushin. I don't know why they don't includes Oshodi market and Balogun market in Island among the markets in Lagos they would like to vanish forever in Lagos.  If you are contesting for an elective positions in Lagos and you are secretly telling the indigenous Lagosians from the Yoruba ethnic group that if you eventually wins the governorship election, the first thing you would do is to close down a...

IGBO PEOPLE KNOWS HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE MIDST OF HARSHEST ECONOMY BECAUSE A GOOD MAJORITY OF THEM ARE NOT SALARY EARNERS.  When you are voting for looters and murderers and believes that you are doing it to pepper the Obi-dients or Peter Obi himself, then you need no one remind you that you are the cheapest 'onye nzuzu' in the market. Many celebrities endorsed different presidential and gubernatorial candidates for different reasons. Some of those celebrities endorsed a particular candidate based on his competence and capacity to deliver while some celebrities endorsed some candidates simply because they were paid to do so.  Some people from a particular tribe has been going from one comment section on social media to another making a mockery of themselves thinking they were mocking Igbo . They have boasted that their candidate will finish his 8yr tenure and then give power back to the North and there is nothing Igbo people can do about it. The Igbo people I know w...

IGBO PEOPLE; OUR LAME EXCUSES AND UNTAPPED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST. We have given so many reasons as been the reasons why our region is not allegedly viable for businesses. Most times, we have mentioned the unavailability of Seaports and International airports in Eastern NIGERIA as the reasons why we have chosen not to headquartered or establish our businesses in the East.  To me, whenever I see these types of comments in the comments sections of many social media blogs , I can't help but shake my head in disbelief. It is a big lie that must not continue to fly anymore. With or without seaports and international airports cited in the East, businesses has been thriving in the East. When you look at the likes of Innoson Motors of Nnewi who is currently building another mega car assembling plant which will be bigger than the existing one already, you did wonder how he is succeeding without any seaport and international airports in the East. We have so many manu...