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Obafemi Awolowo’s Allocutus
By Agbonmagbe Kazeem Statement By Chief Awolowo while before The High Court before sentencing for Treasonable Felony September 11, 1963…
History Must Be Whole, Not Selective – Why Every Easterner’s Story Matters
In conclusion, no single group owns the memory of our shared pain. A complete and honest history that includes the…
Lopsided Divisional Representation in the Eastern Region House of Chiefs: A Case of Discrimination Against Minorities
In summary, out of a grand total of 53 seats, the Igbo-speaking divisions controlled 37 seats (69.8%), while the non-Igbo-speaking…
Obasanjo’s survival
by Agbonmagbe Kazeem There have been numerous known attempts to physically kill Olusegun Obasanjo. There have also been innumerable attempts…
Still on the 1951 Western Regional House of Assembly cross-carpeting
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD'S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper…
THE OTHER BIG LIE: THAT THERE WAS NO MINORITY GRIEVANCE IN THE OLD EASTERN REGION
By Okoi Obono-Obla The write-up by "Eastern Reporters" titled "THE BIG LIE IS DEAD" is itself full of lies, distortions…
WE YOUNG IGBOS UNDERSTAND THE ETHNIC HATRED AND POLITICAL MANIPULATIONS BUILT AROUND 1966 COUP AND WILL NO LONGER ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATING TO IT NOR BOW TO SUCH PROPAGANDA GOING FORWARD
By Great Imo Jonathan After Ojy's interview on Arise Television with Peter Obi, where she attempted to reinvent the propaganda…
THE AKPA NEXUS: HISTORICAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS, BLOOD BROTHERHOOD, AND THE CONTESTATION OF ORIGINS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE CROSS RIVER AND THE NIGER DELTA
The evidence points to shared ancestry and a long tradition of mutual recognition across the Cross River Basin and the…
Akpa Revisited: Tracing Yakurr Origins to the Lake Ejagham Borderland Between Nigeria and Cameroon
It is therefore culturally significant that today, the Yakurr people refer to God as Obase, and that Njom remains a…
Revisiting 1951 Western Regional House of Assembly cross-carpeting saga…
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD'S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper…
MY WRITINGS MADE UGEP HISTORY VISIBLE TO AI: A REJOINDER TO ANDERSON UBETOWAN ON UGEP URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL (1958-1967)
I started to research the local government system in the old Eastern Region and discovered that Ugep was indeed an…
The Yakurr Ancestral Homeland and Its Proximity to Lake Ejagham (Ijagham) South Western Region Republic of Cameroon
Thus, Dr. Ubi's scholarship and Yakurr oral tradition provide a historical-geographical bridge: the Yakurr ancestral town of Lekanakpakpa / Akpa…
