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Ohanaeze Battles Extinction Of Igbo Language, Endorses Ahiajoku Festival
The president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, has announced the support of the socio-cultural group for the Ahiajoku Festival, saying that it would elevate Igbo cultural visibility.
He stated this during the visit by the planning committee of the Ahiajoku Festival at the Ohanaeze Secretariat in Enugu.
The 2025 Ahiajoku Festival, which includes a lecture, is a gathering of intellectuals, especially of Igbo descent, where they take stock of their efforts and chart new frontiers.
The Ahiajoku lecture, scheduled for Friday, September 26, in Owerri, will be delivered by Most Rev (Prof) Godfrey Onah, the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, themed, “The Future of Igbo Economy Amidst the Challenges of Insecurity: A Call for Paradigm Shift.”
Senator Mbata said that the festival remains an avenue for deep conversations among Ndigbo on issues of culture, language and survival but lamented over UNESCO’s report which said that the Igbo language is endangered and appealed for urgent measures to avert such cultural erosion.
He revealed that his administration had instituted professorial endowment chairs in tertiary institutions to drive research in Igbo history, tradition, and language.
The Ohanaeze president-general tasked the organizers to deliver an excellent festival that would elevate Igbo cultural visibility, adding that they would play their role gladly for Ndigbo to be heard.
“We are encouraging studies and research on Igbo language and culture. We have set up a committee for that. Any role we are expected to play, we shall gladly play it at the Ahiajoku lecture.
Our people must be heard,” he said.
Earlier, the director-general of Ahiajoku Centre and Secretary of the Planning Committee, Nze Ray Emeana, traced the origin and evolution of the Ahiajoku lecture festival. He recalled that the festival was inaugurated in 1979 by the late governor of Imo State, Chief Sam Mbakwe, as a platform for Igbo introspection and projection of the Igbo worldview.
Emeana highlighted the stature of intellectuals who had delivered the Ahiajoku lecture to include Professors MJC Echeruo, Chinua Achebe, Ben Nwabueze, Donatus Nwoga, Adiele Afigbo, Laz Ekwueme and the 2025 edition would mark the 45th anniversary of the festival and the 25th lecture in the series.
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Man in shock after lady he lodged with in a hotel in Abuja flees with his car and other valuables
A Nigerian man is currently in shock after a young lady identified as Precious Chinyere , whom he took to a hotel in the Asokoro area in the FCT for a romantic getaway allegedly fled with his car and other personal belongings on Thursday, February 5,
The distraught man and Precious had visited the hotel and opted for a short time stay. Things took a different in the evening when the man noticed Precious had left the hotel room without notifying him and took along with her some of his personal belongings including phones and laptop and also his car.
The victim immediately reported the incident to the police.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, SP Josephine Adeh, told LIB that the matter is currently being investigated and that efforts are being made to apprehend the suspect.
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US Reacts As De@th Toll In Kwara Terror Attacks Hits 200
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.

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