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Ndigbo Enjoined To Repatriate Their Wealth Home

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2 years ago

April 10, 2024

The newly appointed Chairman of the Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, His Majesty, Igwe Ikechukwu Asadu, has pledged to encourage Ndigbo both in Nigeria and in the diaspora to repatriate their wealth home for the development of South East region.

Igwe Asadu who is the traditional ruler of Edem Ani Ogwugwu Ancient Kingdom in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, added that he would key into the economic revamp agenda of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State to disruptively rejuvenate the economy of the State and South East in general.

He made the call at his country home on Friday during a heroic reception by his subjects following his appointment as the Chairman of Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council by Governor Mbah on Thursday.

While thanking the Governor for considering him worthy of the appointment, he called on the traditional rulers in the state for support, adding that he would make their welfare a priority.

“I am excited that the Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Barr. Peter Mbah, appointed me the Chairman of Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council. This appointment means a lot to me. It means that the dividends of democracy are reaching everywhere and it means that the government is fair and human-faced.

“My community, Edem Ani Ogwugwu Ancient Kingdom has been represented and I am particularly happy because the Governor of Enugu State is empowering the youths.

“I will bring positive changes to the traditional ruler institution in Enugu State. The Governor is purposeful, smart, and mindful. I read his manifesto and I love it. I will key into it. I am experienced having worked at home and abroad. I have worked as a civil servant in Anambra and Enugu States before traveling abroad to practice Nursing for 28 years now. I will work with his economic empowerment agenda and encourage our people both at home and abroad to invest in Enugu State.

“I want traditional rulers in the state to open their minds to change because change is coming. I am going to bring value and substance to the traditional ruler institution in the state” the royal father said.

While addressing pressmen at the reception programme, the traditional ruler of Iggah Ancient Kingdom in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, HRH, Igwe Herbert Ukuta, said that the appointment of Igwe Asadu, was well deserved given his human empowerment and philanthropic antecedents.

Igwe Ukuta, who was appointed the 3rd Deputy Chairman, of Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council by Governor Mbah, said that Igwe Asadu would key into the governor’s disruptive innovation and would equally restore the values of traditional institutions in the state.

While reacting to the development, the Acting Town Union President of Edem Ani Ogwugwu Ancient Kingdom, Grace Onyishi, said the community is overwhelmed with happiness following the Igwe’s appointment. She called on other traditional rulers in the state to emulate Igwe Asadu, who she said “puts his community first in everything he does.”

Youth President of the community, Kenechukwu Omeje, while expressing his happiness over Igwe’s appointment, said the youths of the community would continue to give him total support to succeed on the throne. He also lauded Governor Mbah’s foresight in the appointment.

VANGUARD reporter observed that the people of Edem Ani Ogwugwu Ancient Kingdom, the country home of Igwe Asadu, rolled out their drums and turned the reception of their Igwe into a festival.

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BREAKING: ‎Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu To Life Imprisonment For Terrorism

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22 minutes ago

November 20, 2025

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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja after being convicted on all seven counts of terrorism filed against him.

Justice James Omotosho, delivering judgment in Kanu’s trial, described him as a terrorist whose actions have led to bloodshed and destabilization in the South-East.

He said Kanu, who portrayed himself as a defender of his people, has instead endangered lives and national security.

“The court finds that the defendant, Nnamdi Kanu, is an international terrorist and must be treated accordingly,” Justice Omotosho declared.

The judge emphasized that the prosecution presented credible and sufficient evidence to prove the case against Kanu. He also noted that Kanu failed to enter a defense, choosing instead to rest his case on the prosecution’s evidence.

Justice Omotosho is still delivering the remaining part of the judgment.

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JUST IN: Nigerian Govt Demands Death Sentence On Nnamdi Kanu

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45 minutes ago

November 20, 2025

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The Nigerian government has demanded the imposition of death sentence on Nnamdi Kanu following his conviction on terrorism charges.

Counsel to the Federal Government, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, informed the court that the sections of the law under which Kanu was charged and convicted carried death sentence without any option.

Addressing the court after the pronouncement, the senior lawyer said the court has no discretion to exercise than to impose maximum punishment on him in line with the dictates of the law.

Awomolo held that Kanu throughout the trial did not show remorse for the offences he committed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria but chose to be militant, arrogant and unruly in his attitude.

He also demanded that all properties seized from Kanu be forfeited to the Federal Government.

The prosecution counsel equally demanded that Kanu be taken to prison where his security will be guaranteed till when the judgment against him would be executed.

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JUST IN: Nigerian Separatist Leader Convicted On Terrorism Charges

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3 hours ago

November 20, 2025

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A court in Nigeria has found separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu guilty of terrorism 10 years after he was first arrested.

The court said it was satisfied that Kanu had made a series of broadcasts to incite violence and killings, as part of his campaign for a separate state in south-east Nigeria, known as Biafra.

Kanu has so far been convicted on six of the seven charges he faced, with the judge continuing to deliver his ruling.

A relatively obscure figure, Kanu’s popularity surged in 2009 when he started Radio Biafra, a station that called for an independent state for the Igbo people broadcast to Nigeria from London.

Though he grew up in south-eastern Nigeria, where he attended the University of Nsukka, Kanu moved to the UK before graduating and acquired British nationality.

In 2014, he set up the Indigenous People Of Biafra (Ipob), a movement demanding independence.

Ipob was banned as a terrorist organisation in 2017. Its armed wing – the Eastern Security Network – has been accused of killings and other acts of violence in recent years.

Delivering his judgement, Judge James Omotosho said: “Mr Kanu knew what he was doing, he was bent on carrying out these threats without consideration to his own people.

“From the incontroverted evidence, it is clear that the defendant carried out preparatory act of terrorism.

“He had the duty to explain himself but failed to do so.”

Ahead of the verdict, Kanu insisted that proceedings could not continue because he had not yet filed his final written address, accusing the judge of bias and not understanding the law.

The verdict was delivered after Kanu had been forcibly removed from the courtroom for unruly behaviour.

He was first arrested in October 2015 but he jumped bail in 2017 and left the country after a military raid on his home. The court later revoked his bail in March 2019 and he was re-arrested in 2021 in Kenya.

The calls for Biafran independence date back many years.

In 1967 Igbo leaders declared a Biafran state, but after a brutal civil war, which led to the deaths of up to a million people, the secessionist rebellion was defeated.