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“I Am Not a King in Ghana, I Am Just Eze Ndígbo” – Eze Ndígbo in Ghana Speaks to VDM
When Verydarkman (VDM) visited the palace of the Eze Ndígbo in Ghana, the leader took time to clear the air on many things people say online about him.
First, he explained that the title Eze Ndígbo does not mean “king” in Ghana. It is simply a cultural leadership position created to help Igbos in the diaspora stay united and keep their traditions alive.
> “Our Ghanaian hosts understand this very well, and that is why we are living peacefully here,” he said.
The Eze also revealed that there has been an Eze Ndígbo in Ghana for more than 30 years, and he is not the first. His only “crime,” according to him, is that he won the election in 2013 against some people who have since been spreading false stories about him.
He explained further:
The Yoruba in Ghana have their Oba.
Other communities, including Moroccans and Chinese, also have their cultural leaders.
Igbo people having an Eze Ndígbo is not strange or threatening to anybody.
On the viral video of an “Igbo village,” he clarified that the project started in 2013 but never materialized because the land was under dispute. The idea was to create a place with schools, a shopping mall, and cultural centers—just like the Chinese have their Chinatown in Ghana.
> “If we had succeeded, it would have been a place of pride, not a kingdom inside another man’s country,” he explained.
He also spoke on his relationship with Nigerian monarchs:
> “When the Ooni of Ife or any other Nigerian king visits, I step down from this seat and they take over. I become their subject, because I am not a king. I don’t even parade myself as a king when I travel to Nigeria.”
On the issue of locked Igbo shops in Ghana, he explained that it was due to Ghana’s trade laws that forbid foreigners from retail trading. Many Igbo traders were forced into retail because local buyers often refused to pay after supplies. Yet, while foreigners from other countries also retail, the law seems to affect Igbos more.
> “I have been meeting with authorities, and things are already getting better,” he said with confidence.
Finally, he pointed out that the house people call his “palace” is actually his personal home, which he built long before becoming Eze Ndígbo.
> “I built it because God blessed me as a businessman. Later, I was chosen as Eze Ndígbo, but that doesn’t make me a king.”
He ended by stressing one thing: his mission is to preserve Igbo culture, unite his people, and keep good relations with their Ghanaian hosts.
The United States Mission in Nigeria has condemned the k!lling of more than 200 civilians in recent attacks on communities in Kwara State.
Recall that terrorists launched de@dly attacks on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night, k!lling unsuspecting citizens.
It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the villages, opened fire on residents and burned homes.
According to reports, the de@th toll from the unfortunate incident hit 200 on Thursday night.
Reacting, the US Mission Nigeria condemned the k!lling via a post on its official X handle.
The post reads, “The United States condemns the horrific attack in Kwara state in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people, with the de@th toll still unconfirmed and many still unaccounted for.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of those affected by this senseless violence.
“We welcome President Tinubu’s order to deploy security forces to protect villages in the area and his directive to federal and state officials to provide aid to the community and bring the perpetrators of this atrocity to justice.”
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“I’ll never settle for a barber, yahoo boy or a poor man” — nail tech’s list of men she says she can’t marry sparks reactions online
A Nigerian nail technician has set social media talking after openly listing the kind of men she says she can never settle for.
In a now-viral post, she stated clearly that she refuses to “settle for less” and went on to mention professions and traits she considers a no-go area.
According to her, she can never settle for a barber, an aza man, a yahoo boy, a mechanic, an actor, a laundry man, a hype man, or a plumber. She also added that she wouldn’t marry a man with a high body count or a poor man.
The Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja has successfully repatriated the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand United States Dollars ($23,000) recovered from an international romance scammer to the victim in The Cayman Islands.
A statement from CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the force, says the repatriation followed a request received from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service seeking assistance of the INTERPOL NCB Abuja to investigate a Nigerian national, Achufusi Obioma Ikenna, who defrauded a resident of the Cayman Islands through an online romance scam.
‘’Acting on the request, INTERPOL NCB Abuja conducted discreet, intelligence-led investigations which led to the arrest of the suspect and the recovery of the sum of $23,000.
Following the completion of all necessary documentation and in collaboration with international partners, the recovered funds were formally handed over to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, through the British High Commission in Abuja, represented by Mr. Shaun McLeary, for secure delivery to the victim.’’
Hundeyin added that the suspect will be arraigned at the conclusion of investigation.
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