Eastern Eye Magazine

            The unprovoked attacks against Igbo interest in Lagos in the wake of the February presidential / March governorship elections have elicited reactions from Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, with the respondents describing the mayhem as barbaric and wickedness against Ndi Igbo, and has cautioned those behind the barbaric attack to retrace their step because blood does not know tribe, if it begins to flow. Ohaneze Ndi Igbo Lagos Chapter under the leadership of Chief Sunday Ossai see the attacks as a confirmation that Nigeria have a long way to go in seeking for unity. On this, Ohaneze Ndigbo regretted the failure of Nigeria Government to wed heterogeneous tribal crisis in the country into one homogenous nation where every ethnic group would have a sense of belonging. It is a shame that in this 2023, over 50 years after the civil war, we are still having reprisals against Ndi Igbo. Ohaneze Ndi Igbo Lagos Chapter condemned the dastardly act...

      OHANAEZE! IGBO BU IGBO! IGBO BU IGBO! OHANAEZE! The age-long democracy of Ndigbo from centuries ago may be considered in the positive light as freedom for all men regardless of class, age, colour and creed but in the negative light, it is the bane of individual excesses, which afforded every Igbo man a 'LORDSHiP' status.  Ndigbo, the time has come for deepest  reflection of 'what really do Ndigbo want in Lagos State?' As against 'what really do Ndigbo want in Nigeria?'. In practical terms, the answer ought to be different, if truly, we understand where we are coming from, the state of affairs and where we are and what we have put in where we are presently. No doubt it is in evidence that only the Igbo man is a true Nigerian. This is because the ordinary Igbo man is freelance, he considers everywhere  he occupies as his home. He contributes economically to it's growth.  He acquires properties in stupendous ways. In characteristics man...