This week marked the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra and one or more questions still linger. I will not delve into the more contentious questions, but for the sake ...
ONE thing is clear about the Igbos: by whatever standards there is, they are a remarkable people, strong in will, great in achievement, undeterred by difficulties. What is it that has produced these ...
Kerry Washington is learning Igbo and showing off her skills. The actress shared what she’s learned when she tweeted birthday wishes to actress Uzo Aduba, “Ncheta ubochi omumu gi. Ekele diri Chineke.” ...
Concerned by the threat of extinction of the Igbo language, some Igbo women under the aegis of the Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) have designed a programme to help save the Igbo language from going into ...
The Nigerian Army has ordered all its officers and men to be proficient in Nigeria’s three major languages before 2019. The Army, in a statement by its spokesperson, Brigadier General Sani Usman, on ...
As part of the institution’s commitment towards boosting Igbo indigenous science and technology, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) is pioneering the development of a curriculum for the teaching ...
The recent statement by Nigeria’s Imo State government making it compulsory to study the Igbo language at all levels of education in the state is one in a string of similar pronouncements since ...