Category: Ojukwu chronicle

  Thousands, dignitaries bid ex-warlord bye in Nnewi Bianca breaks down in tears I’ve never seen burial like this – Jonathan   The remains of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu were yesterday interred in the marble mausoleum at his ancestral Umudim Nnewi home, in Anambra State at exactly 2:18 p.m, which overwhelmed his widow, Bianca and...

He was formerly the rebel leader  of the defunct Republic of Biafra whose attempt to break away from the country led to a 30-month civil war.   But yesterday, he received the highest military honours and encomiums from the country as his remains were buried.   The commercial town of Nnewi, Anambra State, stood still...

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that the late Ikemba of Nnewi and former Biafran warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu, was sent by God to lead the Igbo. Jonathan noted that in the history of mankind, God always raised men like Ojukwu to lead their people. The President made the statement during a funeral service for...

It is with great pleasure and a sense of awesome humility that I come before this history making gathering to air my views on a subject that resides at the very heart of this great nation.   The Ahiara Declaration as an event stands alone as a thing that if remembered, pondered about and ruminated...

  Johannesburg – Ohaneze Ndi Igbo in South Africa has described late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu as a courageous and detribalised Nigerian.   Chima Umealo, Deputy President of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, South Africa said at an event in honour of Ojukwu in Johannesburg on Friday that his leadership quality endeared him to the Igbos.   “In line...

  President Goodluck Jonathan’s Five-Star treatment of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu even in death earned him an equally grand salute from former Abia state governor Dr.Orji Uzor Kalu.   Kalu liked President Jonathan’s position that Ojukwu deserved national burial as a soothing balm from a man who had steadily risen from peace maker to a statesman....

Even after burial,tributes have continued to pour in for the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State said, at the weekend, that the large hearted leadership of the Ikemba Nnewi, whose remains we buried on Friday, guaranteed the unity of Nigeria. The burial of the deceased Igbo leader marked...

The fear of death drives all man – -Alexander The Great (356 –323 BC) The inevitability of death, as the ultimate end of a man, defines human life and achievements. The mere mention of the word “death” brings great fear and unpleasant memory to many a people. To conquer the fear associated with death, a...