I often write very positive and glowing things about the Igbo people of Nigeria’s Southeast, because Igbos are a people I admire a lot. You may disagree with me, but I believe that they are the most intelligent and enterprising Black African ethnic nationality on planet Earth, bar none.
Elsewhere, I have written about their apprenticeship system, which is the world’s most successful, having produced more millionaires per capita than Harvard, Yale or Oxford universities.
According to American economic journalist Robert Neuwirth, the Igbos in Alaba Market generate $4 billion annually (₦ 2 trillion).
Think about that for a minute. 10,000 Igbos generate more internal revenue than the 19 Northern Nigerian states combined. To put this in perspective, note that Kaduna generated ₦44 billion IGR last year and was celebrated by the Northern Governors Forum.
By Festus Ahon, Asaba
Apprehension yesterday enveloped Onicha-Ugbo, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State as a 65 -year old Mrs Joy Bioseh was allegedly shot twice and hacked by an indigene of the community over a farmland dispute.
Speaking to Journalists, one of the sons of the victim, Chinedu Bioseh alleged that her mother was attacked on the new year day at about 1 am by the Suspect.
Narrating the story while in tears, Chinedu Bioseh, said “while others are celebrating the new year, we are running here and there trying to save our mother’s life. It is only by God grace she will survive the attack. My mother is in serious pains, though with the forlorn hope of surviving”.
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INVESTIGATION: How massive land grab by ex-lawmaker Ned Nwoko ignited fatal violence in Delta community
This second part details how Ned Nwoko s land grab led to violence, kingship tussle and rights violations in Idumuje-Ugboko village in Delta State. 8 min read
In 2015, Nnamdi Ochei relocated to his village, Idumuje-Ugboko, in Delta State from Abuja, where he was working as a petrol attendant. The 29-year-old quit his job so he could help his elder sister who was building a house supervise the project.
But two years after he returned to the village, Mr Ochei was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder. He was remanded in prison for three years while standing trial.
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By Festus Ahon
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said timely delivery of justice was vital to the health of the justice system and how it was perceived by the public from which it derives its ultimate authority.
Okowa who stated this at a Special Thanksgiving Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year held at the Emmanuel the Saviour Catholic Church, Asaba, said the Judiciary has to continue to find ways to deliver justice in a timely, transparent and equitable manner.
The Governor who was represented by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, said: “As you prepare to enter the new year, what is clear is that the judiciary has to continue to find ways to deliver justice in a timely, transparent, and equitable manner. Hence, as I said three years ago, it behoves on you men of the bench, wig and silk to, as a matter of exigency, interrogate the use of