Politics

OHANAEZE NDIGBO PRESS RELEASE: 5th April 2026 The apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has issued its Easter celebration message to all Christians, with a particular focus on Ndigbo. In this message, the organization urges all Christian faithful to continue exercising patience with the Federal Government. The current hardships faced by Nigerians, resulting from the sudden hike in petroleum products, are directly attributed to the US-Israeli war against Iran, which commenced in March 2026. The consequences of the US-Israeli military actions against Iran have triggered a global crisis, and the hike in petroleum products is a clear manifestation of…

Independence Newspaper Saturday April 4, 2026 There is a point where tragedy outpaces grief and settles into a cold, hollow amnesia. Nigeria has passed that point years ago. We are no longer a nation in mourning; we are a nation in a trance, watching a slow-motion demolition of the human soul. The slaughterings and displacements across our landscape have transcended madness, they have become a mundane backdrop to our daily existence. What is perhaps more heinous than the blade of the terrorist or the bullet of the “government-aided” bandit is the clinical, soulless way we now discuss the carnage. Open…