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Anioma, Igbanke people in Delta back bill for creation of Anioma State

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6 months ago

December 17, 2025

A Coalition of Anioma People in Delta State, on Monday, threw their weight behind the Bill, sreking the creation of Anioma State, wanting to be zoned to the South-East Geopolitical zone of the Country.

Also supporting are Igbanke people, whom they said are Igbo and want to join their people in the South East.

In a solidarity rally held in Asaba, the Coalition, comprising people from the nine Local Government Areas that make up Anioma marched from Interbua- Roundabout to Government House, chanting slogans and displaying placards.

They passed a vote of confidence for Anioma State Creation and submitted two letters signed by their spokesmen representing the nine LGAs including Aniocha North, Ika South, Aniocha South, Ika North East, Ndokwa West, Ndokwa East, Oshimili North Oshimili South, and Ukwuani, as well as those from Igbanke.

The letters submitted by Ofochi Benjamin Atagana, a lawyer, (Ukwuani), to Sheriff Oborevwori, Delta State Governor through Johnson Erijo, the Chief of Staff, appealed to the governor to use his good office to support the creation of Anioma State. Kingsley Kainebi, Jude Ogbekile, and Ayo Ashiedu also called on all stakeholders to support the creation of Anioma State in the South East, affirming the Igbo identity of the Anioma people.

The coalition stated, “We are legitimate indigenes of Anioma known as Aniocha, Ndokwa, Ika, and Oshimili, the area called Delta North, and we are ancestrally, culturally and linguistically Igbo.

“That in the exercise of our rights as guaranteed by Article 20 (1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, we have decided to support the Bill for the creation of Anioma State in the Southeast, thereby, excising our people and land from the existing Delta State and the South South Geopolitical Zone.

“We believe that our political, economic and sociocultural interests will be more advanced and protected in the Southeast to which we have affinity.

“We believe that having coexisted with our good neighbours, the Urhobo, the Isoko, the Ijaw, and the Itsekiri from our days in Western Region, Mid-West Region, Bendel State, and Delta State, the time has now come for us to have a State of our own and reunite with our kith and kin in the Southeast, where we ancestrally, culturally and linguistically belong.

“We are confident that having Anioma State and Delta State as neighbours will not hinder the advancement of the peoples of both States, rather it will enable both states to exist independently but cooperatively, especially in the areas of their comparative advantages.

Responding, Governor Oborevwori represented by Johnson Erijo, reassured the people on the Bill, saying, the present administration remains open, attentive, and supportive of their aspirations, particularly on the ongoing agitation for the creation of Anioma State.

He explained that the matter is already well defined within the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, adding that the process requires due diligence and adherence to laid-down procedures, including the submission of petitions and memoranda to the National Assembly, followed by further constitutional steps.

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Ndigbo will never move on from £20 compensation injustice — Aloy Ejimakor

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6 hours ago

June 13, 2026

Oluwagbenga Olaoye

Lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, convicted leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has said Ndigbo will “never move on” from the injustices suffered after the Nigerian Civil War, particularly the confiscation of properties and the £20 compensation policy.

Ejimakor made the statement in a post on X on Saturday, where he argued that many people wrongly believe the Igbo have forgotten the humiliation and injustice experienced after the war.

“It seems to me that some people believe that Ndigbo have moved on from the humiliation & injustice of confiscating their properties & handing them a mere £20 at the end of the Civil War. Well, hear this: Ndigbo will NEVER move on until these injustices (plus more) are redressed,” he wrote.

The lawyer did not specify what additional grievances he was referring to, but his comments come amid renewed debates over historical injustices, reconciliation, and the treatment of the South-East region since the end of the Civil War in 1970.

It was reports that after the war, many Igbo people who had bank deposits before the conflict were reportedly given a flat sum of £20 regardless of the amount previously held in their accounts, a policy that has remained a subject of controversy for decades.

Ejimakor is one of the lead lawyers representing Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, who was recently convicted on terrorism-related charges brought by the Federal Government.

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VIDEO: Release Nnamdi Kanu or arrest Sheikh Gumi – Primate Ayodele to Nigeria Govt

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7 hours ago

June 13, 2026

Oluwagbenga Olaoye

Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has called on the Federal Government to release detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

Speaking to his congregation in a video sighted by DAILY POST, Primate Ayodele said if the Nigerian Government continues to keep Nnamdi Kanu, it should also arrest Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.

He said, “The Nigerian government should release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Since you keep Kanu in prison, why can’t you keep Sheikh Gumi in prison too?

“You keep Nnamdi Kanu but Gumi is free. Then, how do you want to now manage the government.

“If Nnamdi Kanu is there, then go and take Gumi. Then Nigerians will believe that the government is serious. Protest will seize this Tinubu government,” he warned.

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UN Secretary-General appoints Nigeria’s Eziakonwa as Special Adviser on Africa

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June 13, 2026

Oluwagbenga Olaoye

United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres on Friday announced the appointment of Ahunna Eziakonwa of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Africa.

She succeeds Cristina Duarte of the Republic of Cabo Verde, to whom the Secretary General is grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the Organisation.

Eziakonwa brings nearly three decades of United Nations (UN) leadership to her new role.

In her current role as UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), she oversees the organisation’s support to 46 African countries in pursuing Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

Since 2018, she has helped shape UNDP’s strategic approach to economic and political development across the continent.

Eziakonwa’s experience spans the full breadth of UN work in Africa.

She has served as UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in three countries – Ethiopia, Uganda and Lesotho – where she coordinated humanitarian action, development strategy and political engagement.

As Chief of the Africa Section at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in New York, she managed humanitarian operations across 15 African countries and held senior posts in Liberia and Sierra Leone during critical periods in those nations.

At UN Headquarters, she contributed to peacekeeping and political analysis and strategic communications pertaining to UN engagement in Africa, working with the UN Departments of Peacekeeping Operations, Political Affairs and Public Information.

Prior to joining the UN, she held positions in several African civil society organisations.

Eziakonwa holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs with a focus on African economic and political development from Columbia University, New York, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Pedagogy, English and Literary Studies from the University of Benin, Nigeria.

In addition to her native Igbo and English, she speaks fluent Yoruba and has a working knowledge of French.

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