In this essay, I use “akwa isiagụ” as metaphor to illustrate that Igbos have not done exactly well to preserve their language and culture. I posit they have abandoned their unique cultural symbol.

Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, and the Community Development Committees of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas, CDC, have called on the federal government to sanction any oil ...

Clashes over land disputes have so far terminated the lives of over 400 citizens in Akwa Ibom State between 2016 and 2020. Yet still, there is a worrisome resurgence of clashes over boundary disputes ...

The Medical Director of Catholic Hospital Aba, Abia State, Dr Oliver Onwube, has called on the government to save the lives of women seeking conception from quack doctors who induce "cryptic pregnancy ...

Senator John Azuta-Mbata has been elected as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. Azuta-Mbata, a former Senator representing Rivers East at the National Assembly, was elected at the ...

An alleged illegal occupation of land is threatening a 10 million tons per annum mega refinery and petrochemicals facility in Akwa Ibom State. The Ekid people of Eket and Esit Eket Local Government ...

The annual Okorosha Izombe cultural festival is among the rich cultural heritage in Nigeria begging for attention and if explored could boost the tourism sector of government. The culture has two ...

The detained Nnamdi Kanu's Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is raising serious concern about the plan of the Tinubu administration to establish State Police. Abuja is said to be considering the ...

Ezekiel Monday is a middle-aged man who has been feeding his family with fishing skills he mastered as a teenager under his late father, Effiong Monday. Ezekiel, 39, is now learning to ride a ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed MacDonald Ebere as the rightful chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State. This followed its unanimous judgment setting aside an earlier ruling by an FCT ...

A political storm is brewing in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, where twelve councillors have formally petitioned the state House of Assembly over allegations of corruption, financial ...

Mr. Fegalo Nsuke, the President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has lamented that 35 years after its formation, the socio-political pressure group is yet to achieve the ...