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| 52 | Azuka Onwuka was born in Nnewi, South-east Nigeria on August 26, 1970. He stayed close to elders and travelled extensively through Igboland and Nigeria, imbibing the cultures of the people. Rather than the medicine he had been billed to study, he rebelled and studied English at the University of Nigeria, where he became the Editor of The Crest, the literary journal of the National Association of Students of English Language and Literature. Onwuka, who is rounding off his MBA (Marketing) at the same university, has a professional background which spans advertising, journalism, banking and brand management consulting, and has worked for top Nigerian newspapers like Thisday and Daily Independent. He is also the author of two non-fictional books. He has a passion for writing and writes in a lucid, picturesque and compelling manner. He is a columnist with two newspapers and has three unpublished novels and several short stories. Onwuka lives and works in Lagos and is married to Nnenna, with whom he has two children | ONWUKA Azuka (X575)
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| 53 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Professor NWOSU Professor Humphrey (X1346)
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| 54 | Bapstised by Rev. Fr. Joseph | Chief ANYADIEGWU Chief Louis Okoli (I49)
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| 55 | Barrister-at-law | EZE IKEOTUONYE C.A.C (I431)
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| 56 | Before his acting career, Okafor was a boxer, football coach, and karate practitioner.[3] He was married twice in his lifetime. He has more than 10 children. His second wife, Stella Maris Okafor had three children with him, one of whom is deceased | OKAFOR John Ikechukwu (X2119)
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| 57 | Biography of Late Gabriel Amaonyeanaeze Muonagor Today, I honor and remember my father, my hero, the Late Gabriel Amaonyeanaeze Muonagor, fondly known as "MAN." He passed away on May 22, 1977, at the age of 45, after a battle with Hepatitis B. Today, 43 years later, on May 22, 2020, I reflect on his life and legacy. If he had lived, he would have been 88 years old today—a more fitting age to depart this world. In the early 1960s, my father was a prominent distributor for John Holt, dealing in Triumph motorcycles and other goods. During the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), also known as the Biafran War, every wealthy Igbo man was expected to contribute to the war effort. The Bank of Biafra kept close track of everyone’s wealth, and those who did not contribute sufficiently faced conscription or even death, with their money seized to support the war. At the advice of his cousin, Colonel Nwaobosi, my father generously donated £3 million to the Biafran cause. In recognition of his contribution, he was granted an unlimited pass, giving him freedom of movement, access to his car, and regular visits to the State House for meetings with the Biafran leader, the Late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Aside from his involvement in the war, my father was a successful rice merchant, primarily based in Northern Nigeria, where he made lifelong friends. Fluent in Hausa, he built the first Catholic church in Donga, where he was affectionately called "Mallam Gab." So respected was he in the community that after the war, when he returned to Donga, the Emir personally handed back his house to him. He later sold the property and relocated to the East, where he established a rice milling business in Abakaliki. My father was a great man, known for his generosity and devout Christian faith. A dedicated Catholic, he was deeply committed to humanitarian causes. He supported the poor in Donga, Obosi in Anambra State, and Abakaliki in Ebonyi State. As a child in Obosi, I witnessed people lining up at our home to receive gifts of rice, beans, and other food items in an annual tradition. Though not a politician or village leader, my father’s kindness earned him great respect. In Abakaliki, I saw him help a mentally challenged woman by giving her my mother's clothes and personally driving her to a mental health facility in Aba for treatment. He also built a house in Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, to provide shelter for indigent people, continuing to care for the less fortunate until his death. One of the most memorable moments of my childhood occurred in 1976. My father had transferred me from St. Patrick’s College, Emene-Enugu, to Abakaliki High School. One day, while driving me to school in his Peugeot 504 GL (registration number ECC 7500), he suddenly veered off the main road into a bushy, isolated path. I became frightened, unsure of where we were headed. My father, a devout Christian who never missed morning Mass, reminded me of the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, making me wonder if I was being taken for some kind of sacrifice. After a long, tense drive, we arrived at a mud house, where a crippled man emerged. My father greeted him warmly and asked me to bring out some yams and a bag of rice from the car’s trunk. We delivered the gifts, and I was relieved to discover it was simply an act of kindness. My father’s generosity extended beyond individual acts. He led the St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Abakaliki and was beloved by the poor he cared for. They mourned his death deeply, perhaps even more than we did. As a disciplinarian and a father, his character and principles shaped much of who I am today. He was passionate about football and a dedicated supporter of Enugu Rangers International, often driving to Enugu to watch their matches live. Though a private man who mostly drank at home, he was a loving husband and father. I am certain my father, Gabriel Amaonyeanaeze Muonagor, is in heaven, at peace with God. His legacy lives on, not only through his deeds but in the hearts of those he touched. Culled from my unpublished book, Son of My Father by Tony Muonagor. Copyright reserved. | MUONAGOR Gabriel Amaonyeanaeze (X2107)
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| 58 | Born February 4, 1947, in Afikpo, Nigeria; daughter of Lawrence A. (a sergeant major of police) and Florence (a trader and homemaker; maiden name, Ugo) Ewah; married Nnamdi Azikiwe (a political leader; first indigenous president of Nigeria), 197 3 (died May 11, 1996); children: Molokwu Azubuike, Uwakwe Ukuta. Ethnicity: "Igbo." Education: University of Nigeria, B.A. (with honors), 1981, M.Ed. (curriculum studies), 1985, M.Ed. (sociology of education and women's studies), 1989, Ph.D., 19 92. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Dancing, cooking, "listening to good music." | Chief AZIKIWE Chief Benjamin Nnamdi (I499)
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| 59 | Born February 4, 1947, in Afikpo, Nigeria; daughter of Lawrence A. (a sergeant major of police) and Florence (a trader and homemaker; maiden name, Ugo) Ewah; married Nnamdi Azikiwe (a political leader; first indigenous president of Nigeria), 197 3 (died May 11, 1996); children: Molokwu Azubuike, Uwakwe Ukuta. Ethnicity: "Igbo." Education: University of Nigeria, B.A. (with honors), 1981, M.Ed. (curriculum studies), 1985, M.Ed. (sociology of education and women's studies), 1989, Ph.D., 19 92. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Dancing, cooking, "listening to good music." | EWAH Uche (I663)
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| 60 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | EDEM Ejike Clifford (X622)
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| 61 | Chairman Bende L.G.A, Abia State, Nigeria | Dr. OKORIE Dr. Hagler (X929)
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| 62 | Chairman Ikwuano L.G.A, Abia State, Nigeria | Barrister OJIGBO Barrister Stanley (X930)
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| 65 | Check out more about this individual list https://www.facebook.com/benjaminony/about https://www.facebook.com/ralph.ekene/photos_all https://www.facebook.com/taiye.macaulay.5/photos_all https://www.facebook.com/ifeanyi.onyenekwe.75 | ONYENEKWE Celestine Ngozi (X1729)
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| 66 | Chief Dr. NNAMDI AZIKIWE Chief Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, PC, PhD (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), usually referred to as Nnamdi Azikiwe or Zik, was a prominent Nigerian nationalist and statesman who served as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966, holding the presidency throughout the Nigerian First Republic. He is popularly considered a driving force behind the nation's independence and came to be known as the "father of Nigerian Nationalism". Born to Igbo parents in Zungeru, present-day Niger State, Azikiwe learned to speak Hausa, the main indigenous language of the Northern Region at an early age. He later lived in Onitsha, his parental homeland where he was raised by his aunt and grandmother and learned the Igbo language. A sojourn in Lagos exposed him to the Yoruba language and he was in college, he had been exposed to different Nigerian cultures. Motivated to get a university education, he travelled to the U.S. and attended various colleges including storey College, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and Howardreturning to Africa in 1934 to start work as a journalist in the Gold Coast. British West Africa, Azikiwe was an important advocate of Nigerian and African nationalism, first as a journalist and later as a political leader. Biography: Azikiwe was born on 16 November 1904, in Zungeru, Northern Nigeria. Nnamdi means "My father is alive" in the Igbo language. His parents were Igbo; his father Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe[5] (1879–1958), an Onitsha-indigene and clerk in the British Administration of Nigeria [6] who travelled extensively because of the nature of his job. Zik's mother was Rachel Chinwe Azikiwe sometimes called Nwanonaku[5][7] whose family was descended from a royal house in Onitsha; her paternal great grandfather was Obi Anazenwu.[7] Azikiwe had one sibling, a sister named Cecilia Eziamaka Arinze.[7] Growing up as a young boy in northern Nigeria, Azikiwe spoke Hausa, the language of the region, however, his father apprehensive of his child's fluency in Hausa and not Igbo sent him to Onitsha in 1912 to live with his paternal grandmother and aunt in order to learn the Igbo language and culture.[8]In Onitsha, he attended Holy Trinity School, a Roman Catholic Mission school and then Christ Church School, an Anglican primary school. In 1914, his father was working in Lagos and when Azikiwe was bitten by a dog, his father worried about Zik's health asked him to come to Lagos so as to heal and also attend school in the was to seek an appropriate appointment in Nigeria that was commensurate with his education but after several applications including a teaching job at King's College and getting no positive response, he took an offer from Ghanaian businessman Alfred Ocansey to become the founding editor African Morning Post, a daily newspaper in Accra, Ghana. Zik was given a free hand to run the newspaper and recruited many of the pioneer staff. Azikiwe wrote a column for the paper tagged Inside Stuff by Zik, a platform which he used for radical nationalistic and black pride preachment but generated alarm within colonial circles. As an editor, he promoted a pro-African nationalist agenda. Smertin has described his writing there: "In his passionately denunciatory articles and public statements, he censured the existing colonial order: the restrictions on the Africans' right to express their opinions, and racial discrimination. He also criticised those Africans who belonged to the "elite" of colonial society and favoured retaining the existing order, as they regarded it as the basis of their well being." It was during his period in Accra that he advanced his idea of New Africa, a black pride philosophy that was expanded in his published book, Renascent Africa. New Africa is a state where Africans will be divorced from ethnic affiliations and traditional authorities and transformed by five philosophical pillars of spiritual balance, social regeneration, economic determinism, mental emancipation and national Risorgimento. In the Gold coast, Azikiwe did not shy away from local politics and the paper supported the local Mambii party. As a result of publishing an article on 15 May 1936, entitled "Has the African a God?" written by I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson, he was brought to trial on charges of sedition. Although he was found guilty of the charges and sentenced to six months in prison, he was acquitted on appeal. He returned to Lagos, Nigeria in 1937 and started the West African Pilot, a newspaper he used to promote Nigerian nationalism. Along with the Pilot, he started a string of newspapers under the Zik Group of Newspapers in politically and economically important cities across the country. The flagship newspaper of the group was West African Pilot which used Dante Alighieri's "Show the light and the people will find the way as motto." The others papers in the group included The Southern Nigeria Defender from Warri and later Ibadan, Eastern Guardian founded in 1940 TRIVIA: Nnamdi Azikiwe and Kwame Nkrumah, first Presidents ofNigeria and Ghana respectively, were educated at the same tertiary institutions: Lincoln University and the Ivy LeagueUniversity of Pennsylvania. Both Azikiwe and Nkrumah were members of the Phi Beta Sigmafraternity. His daughter, Jayzik Azikiwe (1958-2008), gained "silent notoriety" as the anonymous but central and subject "Roller Girl" inDire Straits' memorable 1980 music video, Skateaway. WORKS: Zik (1961) My Odyssey: An Autobiography(1971) Renascent Africa (1973) Liberia in World Politics (1931) One Hundred Quotable Quotes and Poems of the Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (1966). ISBN 978-2736-09-0 Political Blueprint for Nigeria(1943) Economic Reconstruction of Nigeria (1943) Zik: A Selection of the Speeches of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (1961) Assassination Story: True or False?(1946) Before Us Lies the Open Grave(1947) The Future of Pan-Africanism(1961) The Realities of African Unity(1965) Origins of the Nigerian Civil War(1969) I Believe in One Nigeria (1969) Peace Proposals for Ending the Nigerian Civil War (1969) Dialogue on a New Capital for Nigeria (1974) Creation of More States in Nigeria, A Political Analysis (1974) Democracy with Military Vigilance(1974) Reorientation of Nigerian Ideologies: lecture on 9 December 1976, on the eve of the launching of the UNN Endowment Fund(1976) Our Struggle for Freedom; Onitsha Market Crisis (1976) Let Us Forgive Our Children. An appeal to the leaders and people of Onitsha during the market crisis(1976) A Collection of Poems (1977) Civil War Soliloquies: More Collection of Poems (1977) Themes in African Social and Political Thought (1978) Restoration of Nigerian Democracy(1978) Matchless Past Performance: My Reply to Chief Awolowo's Challenge (1979) A Matter of Conscience (1979) Ideology for Nigeria: Capitalism, Socialism or Welfarism? (1980) Breach of Trust by the NPN (1983) History Will Vindicate The Just(1983) Notable Quotes: ∆ "There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity" — from My Odyssey, No. 5. ∆ "My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?" — talking about Nigeria's Independence on 1 October 1960. SPORTS: Azikiwe was actively involved in sports at every stage of his life, and he was successful in many of the events that he participated in. They include Welterweight Boxing Champion Storer College (1925–27); High Jump champion, Howard University Inter-Scholastic Games (1926); Gold Medalist in Cross Country, Storer College (1927); Back-stroke Swimming Champion and No. 3 swimmer in Freestyle Relay team, Howard University (1928); Captain, Lincoln University Soccer Team (1930); Winner Two Miles Run, Central Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at Hampton Institute Virginia (1931); Bronze Medalist, Richmond Cross Country Marathon (1931); Gold Medalist in the 1,000 yard run, One Mile Run and Three Mile Run, Catedonian Games in Brooklyn, NY (1932); Silver Trophy winner in the Half Mile race, and Silver Cup winner in the One Mile Race, Democratic Field Day Championships, New Haven, Connecticut (1933); Runner-up (with G. K. Dorgu) at the Lagos Tennis Men's Double Championships (Division B 1938); anchor man for the ZAC team which won the 50 yards Freestyle Relay at the Lagos Swimming Championships (1939). He won letters in athletics (Lincoln University) and cross country (Storer College and Lincoln University), swimming (Howard University), and football (soccer) (Lincoln University); entered to compete in the Half-Mile Race and One-Mile run at the British Empire Games to represent Nigeria, but was rejected by the A.A.A. of Great Britain on technical grounds (he dropped his English Christian name, "Benjamin"); and founded (with M. R. B. Ottun) of the Zik's Athletic Club to promote athletics, boxing, cricket, football, swimming and tennis in Nigeria. POLITICS: During his lifetime, he held several political posts, especially in Nigeria. They include Executive Committee Member of Mambili Party, Accra (1935–37); General Secretary of National Council of Nigerian and the Cameroons (1944–45); President of the NCNC (1946–60); Vice-President of the Nigerian National Democratic Party (1947–60); Member for Lagos in the Legislative Council of Nigeria (1947–51); Member for Lagos and Leader of the Opposition in the Western House of Assembly (1952–53) Member forOnitsha in the Eastern House of Assembly (1954–60); Minister of Internal Affairs (Jan.–September1954); Minister of Internal Affairs, Eastern Region (1954); Member of His Excellency Privy Council, Eastern Nigeria (1954–59); Primer of Eastern Nigeria (1954–59); President of the Senate of the ....and the West African Students' Union to raise awareness about its proposals for amendments to the 1922 constitution. Included in NCNC's proposals was consultation with Africans about changes in Nigerian constitution, more power provided to the regional House of Assemblies and limiting the powers of the central Legislative Council to matters affecting defense, currency and foreign affairs. The delegation submitted its proposals to the colonial secretary but little was done to make changes to Richard's proposals. The Richards Constitution was allowed to take effect on 1947 and Azikiwe contested for one of the Lagos seats to stall the implementation of the new constitution. 1950-1953: Under the Richards constitution, Azikiwe was elected to Legislative Council of Nigeria in a Lagos municipal election under the banner of the National Democratic Party, a subsidiary of NCNC. However, he and the party's representative did not attend the first session of the council and agitation for changes to the Richard's Constitution led to the Macpherson Constitution. A modified constitution, the Macpherson Constitution took effect in 1951 and called for Nigerian elections to the regional House of Assembly, like the Richards Constitution, Azikiwe opposed the new changes but he chose to contest with the desire of being selected as a House of Representatives member which will give him a chance to make changes to the constitution. Staggered elections were held Nigeria from August to December, 1951. In the Western region were Azikiwe contested, two parties were dominant, Azikiwe's NCNC and the Acton Group. The regional elections to the Western Regional Assembly was held in September and December 1951 because the constitution only allowed for anelectoral college to choose members of the national legislature, the chance of an Action Group majority in the house could prevent Azikiwe from going to the House of Representatives. Azikiwe won a regional assembly seat from Lagos but the opposition party claimed majority victory in the House of Assembly and Azikiwe was denied the opportunity to represent Lagos in the Federal House of Representatives. In 1951, he became the leader of the Opposition to the government ofObafemi Awolowo in the Western Region's House of Assembly. The choice of not selecting Azikiwe to the national assembly precipitated a series of chaos in the West An internal agreement by elected NCNC members from Lagos to step down for Azikiwe in the inevitability that. LEGACY: Places named after Azikiwe include Azikiwe-Nkrumah Hall, the oldest building on Lincoln University's campus, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, Nnamdi Azikiwe Press Centre, Dodan Barracks, Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos. Azikiwe Avenue, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His portrait adorns Nigeria's five hundred naira currency. ACHIEVEMENTS: He was inducted into the prestigious Agbalanze society of Onitsha as Nnanyelugo in 1946, a customary recognition for Onitsha men of significant accomplishment. Then, in 1962, he became a second-rank red cap chieftain or Ndichie Okwa as the Oziziani Obi. In 1972, he was installed as the Owelle-Osowa-Anya of Onitsha, making him a first-rank, hereditary red cap nobleman or Ndichie Ume. In 1960, He established the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Queen Elizabeth II appointed him to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He was conferred with the highest national honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in 1980. He has received fourteen honorary degrees from Nigerian, American and Liberian universities, which include Lincoln University, Storer College, Howard University, Michigan State University,University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Lagos, Ahmadu Bello University,University of Ibadan, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and University of Liberia. that Azikiwe will not be nominated broke down. Azikiwe blamed the constitution and wanted changes to be made. The NCNC which dominated the Eastern region also followed Azikiwe's views and was committed to see the constitution be amended. In 1952, he moved to the Eastern Region, and the NCNC dominated regional assembly made proposals to accommodate him. The regional and central ministers of the party were asked to resign for a cabinet reshuffle but majority of the ministers ignored the resignation call The regional assembly then passed a vote of no confidence on the ministers and any appropriation bill sent to the ministry was rejected. This created an impasse in the region and the Lt. Gov dissolved the regional house. A new election returned Azikiwe as a member of the Eastern Assembly. He was selected to the position of Chief Minister and in 1954 became Premier of Nigeria's Eastern Region when it was made a Federating unit. PREMIER: President: On 16 November 1960, he became theGovernor General, with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister. On the same day became the first Nigerian named to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. With the proclamation of a republic in 1963, he became the firstPresident of Nigeria. In both posts, Azikiwe's role was largely ceremonial. Azikiwe and his civilian colleagues were removed from power in the military coup of 15 January 1966. He was the most prominent politician to escape the spate of assassinations following the coup. During the Biafran (1967–1970) war of secession, Azikiwe became a spokesman for the nascent republic and an adviser to its leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. He switched allegiance back to Nigeria during the war and publicly appealed to Ojukwu to end the war in pamphlets and interviews published at the time. Writing on his politics, the New York Times note that, "Throughout his life, Dr. Azikiwe's alliance with northerners put him at odds with Obafemi Awolowo, a socialist-inclined leader of the Yoruba, the country's other important southern group.″ After the war, he served as Chancellor of University of Lagos from 1972 to 1976. He joined the Nigerian People's Party in 1978, making unsuccessful bids for the presidency in 1979 and again in 1983. He left politics involuntarily after the military coup on 31 December 1983. He died on 11 May 1996, at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, in Enugu, Enugu State, after a protracted illness. He was buried in his native Onitsha. and the West African Students' Union to raise awareness about its proposals for amendments to the 1922 constitution. Included in NCNC's proposals was consultation with Africans about changes in Nigerian constitution, more power provided to the regional House of Assemblies and limiting the powers of the central Legislative Council to matters affecting defense, currency and foreign affairs. The delegation submitted its proposals to the colonial secretary but little was done to make changes to Richard's proposals. The Richards Constitution was allowed to take effect on 1947 and Azikiwe contested for one of the Lagos seats to stall the implementation of the new constitution. 1950-1953: Under the Richards constitution, Azikiwe was elected to Legislative Council of Nigeria in a Lagos municipal election under the banner of the National Democratic Party, a subsidiary of NCNC. However, he and the party's representative did not attend the first session of the council and agitation for changes to the Richard's Constitution led to the Macpherson Constitution. A modified constitution, the Macpherson Constitution took effect in 1951 and called for Nigerian elections to the regional House of Assembly, like the Richards Constitution, Azikiwe opposed the new changes but he chose to contest with the desire of being selected as a House of Representatives member which will give him a chance to make changes to the constitution. Staggered elections were held Nigeria from August to December, 1951. In the Western region were Azikiwe contested, two parties were dominant, Azikiwe's NCNC and the Acton Group. The regional elections to the Western Regional Assembly was held in September and December 1951 because the constitution only allowed for anelectoral college to choose members of the national legislature, the chance of an Action Group majority in the house could prevent Azikiwe from going to the House of Representatives. Azikiwe won a regional assembly seat from Lagos but the opposition party claimed majority victory in the House of Assembly and Azikiwe was denied the opportunity to represent Lagos in the Federal House of Representatives. In 1951, he became the leader of the Opposition to the government ofObafemi Awolowo in the Western Region's House of Assembly. The choice of not selecting Azikiwe to the national assembly precipitated a series of chaos in the West An internal agreement by elected NCNC members from Lagos to step down for Azikiwe in the inevitability that.. and published in Port Harcourt, and Nigerian Spokesman at Onitsha. In 1944, the group acquired Duse Mohamed's the Comet. Zik's newspaper venture was both a business and a political tool. To succeed as a business, the Pilot gave less attention to advertising and focused more on its circulation largely because expatriate firms dominated the Nigerian economy. Many of Zik's newspapers placed emphasis on sensationalism and human interest stories; the Pilot introduced a women's section and introduced coverage of sports and increasing its Nigerian content against main competitor, theDaily Times expatriate and foreign news service dominated stories. The pilot started with an initial run of 6,000 copies daily and at its peak in 1950, it was printing over 20,000 copies. During the paper's run, Zik established a few other business ventures such as African Continental Bank and Penny restaurant and used his newspapers as a medium to advertise these ventures. Prior to World War II, the West African Pilot was not overtly radical but trying to build up a readership base, the paper's politics focused on injustice to Africans, criticism of colonial administration and supported many of the ideas of the educated elites in Lagos. However, by 1940, a gradual change occurred, like the African Morning Post, Zik started a column, Inside Stuff which was sometimes used to arouse political consciousness and in the Pilot's editorials, opinions were written for independence in Africa especially after the rise of the Indian independence movement. Though, it supported Great Britain in World War II, the Pilot was critical of war policies such as price controls and wage ceilings. In 1943, when the British Council sponsored 8 West African editors including Azikiwe. Azikiwe and six other editors used the opportunity to raise awareness about political independence. The journalists signed a memorandum calling for gradual socio-political reforms that will include abrogation of the crown colonysystem, installing representative system in regions and granting independence to British West African colonies by 1958 or 1960. However, the memorandum was ignored by the colonial office and the indifference furthered Zik's militancy. Nnamdi Azikiwe has had a controlling interest in over 12 different daily, African-run, newspapers in his lifetime in entrepreneurship. From his inception, being a founding editor and columnist on the African Morning Post in 1934, his articles of African nationalism, feelings he later overcame. Azikiwe participated in Storer's athletics and cross-country teams before he transferred to Howard University, Washington DC, He then enrolled and graduated from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, in 1930, obtaining a master's degree in Religion from Lincoln University in 1932 and another master's degree in Anthropology from University of Pennsylvania in 1934. Azikiwe became a graduate student instructor in the history and political science department at Lincoln creating an African history course. He was a candidate for a doctorate degree from Columbia before returning to Nigeria in 1934. His main doctorate research was Liberia in world politics and the research paper was published by A.H. Stockwell in 1934. During the time he was in America, Azikiwe was a columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American, Philadelphia Tribune and the Associated Negro Press. He was influenced by the ideals of the African American press, Garveyism and Pan-Africanism while writing for those papers. Newspaper career "Personally, I believe the European has a god in whom he believes and whom he is representing in his churches all over Africa. He believes in the god whose name is spelt Deceit. He believes in the god whose law is "Ye strong, you must weaken the weak. Ye 'civilised' Europeans, you must 'civilise' the 'barbarous' Africans with machine guns. Ye 'Christian' Europeans, you must 'Christianise' the 'pagan' Africans with bombs, poison gases, etc."" —African Morning Post, "snippet from the editorial that led to sedition charge", 1897 Azikiwe applied to become a foreign service official for Liberia but was rejected because he was not a native of Liberia. By 1934, when he returned to Lagos, he was already well known and a viewed as a public figure among some members of the Lagos and Igbo community. On his return, he was welcomed by a multitude of people, a sign that his writings in America had reached Nigeria. In Nigeria, his initial goal... city. Two years later, his father was posted out of Lagos to Kaduna and Azikiwe briefly lived with a relative who was married to a Muslim from Sierra Leone. He was back in Onitsha by 1918 and finished his elementary education at CMS Central School where he also served as a pupil-teacher supporting his mother with some of his earnings. In 1920, his father was posted back to Southern Nigeria in the Southeastern city of Calabar. Zik joined his father in Calabar and started his secondary school at Hope Waddell Training College. In Calabar, he was introduced to the teachings of Marcus Garvey, Garveyism later an important part in his nationalistic rhetoric. After Hope Waddell, Calabar, Azikwe transferred to Methodist Boys High School Lagos. There he was friends with classmates from old Lagos families such as George Shyngle, Francis Cole and Ade Williams, the son of Akarigbo Remo, connections that served in later in Lagos. While at Methodist, he listened to a lecture delivered by James Aggrey, an educationist who believed that nothing but the best was good for Africa. Aggrey also believed Africans should get collegiate education abroad and come home to effect change. After the lecture, Aggrey gave the young Zik a list of schools accepting black students in America. After completing his secondary education, Zik applied to the colonial service and was accepted as a clerk in the treasury department. His entry to colonial service also made him face the racial bias within the colnial government. Determined to travel abroad to study, he applied to various universities in the U.S and received admission from Storer College, whose president responded that they will like to have him if he can find a way to America. To reach America, he contacted a seaman and made a deal with him to become a stowaway. However, one of his friends on the ship fell sick and they were advised to disembark in Sekondi. In Ghana Zik got employment as a police officer. While working in Ghana, his mother visited him and asked him to return to Nigeria, Zik reluctantly headed his mother request. When he arrived Nigeria, his father was ready to sponsor his trip to U.S, and Zik 300 pounds to travel to U.S. Azikiwe first attended Storer College, a two-year preparatory school, in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. In U.S he took to doing various odd jobs to support his tuition and living expenses. He initially struggled working without a major sponsorship and also feeling lonesome and depressed, Federation (January–November 1960); Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria (1960–63); President of the Republic of Nigeria (1963–1966); and Chairman and Presidential candidate of the Nigeria People's Party (1978–83). Professional World: He made a name for himself in the professional world. The many posts he held included: Third-class Clerk, Treasury Department, Lagos (1921–24); Recruit, Gold Coast Police Force (July–September 1924); Solicitor Clerk to the late Mr. Justice Graham Paul at Calabar (January – August 1925); Instructor in Political Science, Lincoln University (1931–34); University Correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American (1928–34); General and Sports Correspondent for the Philadelphia Tribune (1928–34); Editor-in Chief of the West African Pilot(1937–45); Correspondent for the Associated Negro Press (1944–47); Correspondent for Reuters (1944–46); Managing Director of Zik's Press Limited printers and publishers of the West African Pilot (Lagos), Eastern Guardian(Port Harcourt), Nigerian Spokesman(Onitsha), Southern Nigeria Defender(Ibadan), Daily Comet (Kano), andEastern Sentinel (Enugu); Managing Director of Comet Press Limited (1945–53); Chairman of West African Pilot Limited and the Associated Newspapers of Nigeria Limited and six other limited liability companies (1952–53); Chairman, Nigerian Real Estate Corporation Limited (1952–53). Societies and Organizations: He was a member of many organizations and societies, includingAnti-Slavery Society for the protection of Human Rights; Phi Beta Sigma fraternity (Mu Chapter); West African Students' Union; Onitsha Improvement Union; Zik's Athletic Club; Ekine Sekiapu Society of Buguma, Kalabari; St. John's Lodge of England; Royal Economic Society; Royal Anthropological Institute; British Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society of International Law; American Anthropological Association; American Political Science Association; American Ethnological Society; Amateur Athletic Association of Nigeria; Nigerian Swimming Association, Nigerian Boxing Board of Control; Nigerian Cricket Association; Ibo State Union; Nigerian Table Tennis Association; Nigeria Olympic Committee and British Empire and Commonwealth Games Association. Upon his death, The New York Times comments that Nnamdi “towered over the affairs of Africa’s most populous nation, attaining the rare status of a truly national hero who came to be admired across the regional and ethnic lines dividing his country.” Quite the honor from one of the best publications of modern times. Political Career: Azikiwe became active in the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM), the first genuinely nationalist organization in Nigeria. However, in 1941 he backedSamuel Akinsanya to be NYM candidate for a vacant seat in the Legislative Council, but the executive selectedErnest Ikoli instead. Azikiwe resigned from the NYM accusing the majority Yoruba leadership of discrimination against the Ijebu-Yoruba members, Ibos and some Ijebu members with him, thus splitting the NYM along ethnic lines. After a successful journalism enterprise, Azikiwe entered active politics, co-founding the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) alongsideHerbert Macaulay in 1944. He became the secretary-general of the National Council in 1946. Allegations of an Assassination Plot and Zikist Movement: On July 8, 1945, as a result of Azikiwe's support of a general strike in June 1945 and caustic attacks against the colonial government further publications of the West African Pilot was suspended by the colonial government. Zik and his papers gave solid to the striking workers and its leader Michael Imoudu accusing the colonial government of exploiting the working class. In August 1945, the paper was allowed to continue publication. During the strike of 1945, Zik raised alarms about assassination plot against him by unknown individuals on behalf of the colonial government. The basis of the story was a wireless message intercepted by a Pilot reporter. After receiving the intercepted message, Zik reacted by fleeing to hide on Onitsha but not before making a public statement. In his absence, the Pilot wrote editorials to arouse sympathy for Zik and many Nigerians believed the assassination story. Zik's popularity increased during this period, new readers bought his newspapers to read about Zik and his politics. However, the allegations also had its Nigerian doubters and some believed it was made up by Zik to increase his profile. Those doubting the allegations were mostly Yoruba politicians from the Nigerian Youth Movement leading to rift between Azikiwe and some Yoruba politicians in NYM and creating a press war between Zik's Pilot and the Daily Service, . the media outlet of NYM support. In 1946, a militant youth movement led by Osita Agwuna, Raji Abdalla, Kolawole Balogun, M.C.K. Ajuluchukwu and Abiodun Aloba was established to defend Azikiwe's life, his ideals of self-government and criticism from his political opponents. Inspired by Azikiwe's writings and Nwafor Orizu's Zikism philosophy members of the movement soon began to advocate for positive and militant actions to actualize self-government, calls for actions included strikes, study of military science courses by Nigerian students overseas and boycott of foreign goods. However, Azikiwe did not come out publicly to defend the actions of the movement and the movement was banned in 1951 after a failed attempt to kill a colonial secretary. Opposition to the Richards Constitution: In 1945, British governor, Arthur Richards presented proposals for a revision of the Clifford constitution of 1922, included in the proposal was an increase in the number of nominated African members to the Legislative Council. However, the new changes met opposition from nationalists such as Azikiwe. NCNC politicians opposed the unilateral decisions made by Richards and constitutional provision that allowed for only four elected African members while the rest were to be nominated candidates. The nominated African candidates were described as mostly loyal to the colonial government and would not aggressively seek self-government. Another basis of opposition was there was little input for the advancement of Africans into senior positions in the civil service. NCNC opposed Richards proposals and made preparations to argue its case to the new labour government in Britain. A tour of the country was embarked on to raise awareness about the party's concerns and to also raise money for the U.K. protest. During of one the tour, NCNC's president, Herbert Macaulay died and Azikiwe carried on with the leadership of the party. Azikiwe now the leader of NCNC also led the delegation to London, in preparation for the trip, he travelled to the U.S. to gain sympathy for the party's case and met a few individuals such as Mrs Roosevelt at Hyde Park and making a speech about the"emancipation of Nigeria from the political thralldom, economic insecurity and social disabilities". The U.K. delegation which included Azikiwe as others leaders had Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Zanna Dipcharima, Abubakar Olorunimbe, Adeleke Adedoyin and Nyong Essien visited the Fabian Colonial Bureau, the Labor Imperial Committee black pride and empowering nature were at the dismay of many colonialist politicians, and the benefit of millions of marginalized Africans’. Furthermore, he would establish the West African Pilot in 1937 with the motto of “show the light and the people will find the way”. East African newspapers generally published in Swahili, excluding newsletters like the East African Standard. In West Africa, however, Nnamdi was revolutionizing the newspaper industry, showing how “journalism can be a successful business enterprise”. Moreover, by printing his West African Pilot newspapers, as an English-language based newspaper, with the similar African nationalist rhetoric that made him so renown, the newspaper line exploded. By 1950, the five leading African-run newspapers in the Eastern region, including Gold Coast, Nnamdi’s biggest rival the Nigerian Daily Times, and others, were out printed by the thousands, combined, in comparison to Nnamdi’s Pilot which sold over seventeen thousand copies daily. On July 8th, 1945, the Nigerian government banned the West African Pilot and the Daily Comet, another Nnamdi affiliated newsletter, for “misrepresenting facts about the general strike. This was acknowledged by Nnamdi, but he would not be silenced, continuing his perspective of the strike in his Port Harcourt newsletter, the Guardian. He would later lead a general strike of his own, in 1945, and later hold the premiership of East Nigeria (1954–59). By the 1960s, post-Nigeria’s independence, although the West African Pilot was circulated throughout the country, it was particularly strong in the east. Azikiwe, as well as his usual rhetoric, also took particular aim at groups that preached politics of exclusion. Azikiwe was often criticized by a section of the Yoruba’s for using his newspaper to suppress opposition to his views, since anyone who spoke outran the risk of being labelled an "Uncle Tom" or "imperialist stooge", ultimately destroying their reputation. Here is a list of most of Nnamdi Azikwe’s newsletters including ones from “Zik’s Press Limited”: The West African Pilot of Nigeria 1937, The Daily Comet taken over from Duse Mohammad in 1944, the African Morning Post column entitled “Inside Stuff” by Zik of Accra, Ghana, The Nigerian Spokesman in Warri, the Northern Advocate of Jos, The Eastern Nigerian Guardian of Port Harcourt, the Southern Defender of Warri, and The Sentinel of Enugu. Several of which are no more in circulation. | Chief AZIKIWE Chief Benjamin Nnamdi (I499)
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| 68 | Chief Victor Nnamdi Okafor, the Eze Ego (King of Money) I of Ihiala aka Udu Bunch aka The Young Millionaire, the Igbo tycoon who died tragically at a time he was to be celebrating his birthday. Chief Victor Nnamdi Okafor was the first son and a native of Uzoakwa, Ihiala in Anambra State, the late Ezego was born on the 25th of December, 1964. Ezego’s story is often touted as one of the classic rags-to-riches stories in Nigeria. He had h is primary school education at the Uzoakwa Primary School but he was forced to drop out in the secondary school, Abbot Boys’ Secondary School, Ihiala and eventually took to business. His childhood was a very traumatic one and at a point, his own father reportedly disowned him when he was nabbed for being a member of a robbery gang that showed Onitsha traders hell on earth . THE ESCAPE, BUSINESS AND MAKING MONEY While some of his fellow gangsters were caught and punished, Ezego fled to Umumeni Village where his angry father was said to have driven him out. From there, he went to Umuduru, his mother’s village. However, things were not rosy for him at Umu duru and in 1989, he decided to move to Lagos where he joined a mentor. What happened years after that remain shrouded in mystery but the next time the world would be hearing of Ezego, he was already a multimillionaire, one of the crème de la cr ème of Lagos. In Lagos, he set up the Ezego Shopping Complex on Allen Avenue (there was also a branch in Abuja) and also the Ezego Plaza on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road. From these spots, he operated and controlled one of the biggest electr onics store in Nigeria. His other companies were Vic-Winners International Limited, Ezego Nigeria Limited, Ezego Holdings Limited, Vitex Zinc Co. Limited and Ezego Properties Limited. | OKAFOR Victor Nnamdi (I1424)
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| 69 | Chike Obi; The Man, His Politics, His Mathematics. | Prof. OBI Prof. Chike Edozien Umuezei (I493)
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| 72 | Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart (1958) was considered his magnum opus, and is the most widely read book in modern African literature | ACHEBE Chinualomagu Albert (I554)
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| 74 | Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu-Ojukwu 4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011 was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. He was active as a politician from 1983 to 2011 when he died aged 78 | ODUMEGWU OJUKWU Chukwuemeka (I526)
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| 75 | Clement Akpamgbo was a Nigeria lawyer who was Attorney-General of the federation between 1991 and 1993 during Nigeria's failed transition from military to democratic government. Before his ministerial appointment, he was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association.[1] In 1993, Akpamgbo sided with the camp that supported the suspension of presidential elections on June 12, 1993, basing his argument on an order from procured by the Arthur Nzeribe led Association of a Better Nigeria from an Abuja High Court halting the conduct of the election.[2] Akpamgbo became a Senior Advocate in 1985, after twenty years of teaching and practicing law in the country | AKPAMGBO Clement (X1254)
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| 76 | Crown Prince of Nnewi | Prince Dr. ORIZU Prince Dr. Obianefo Charles (X2114)
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| 77 | Crown Prince of Nnewi. Charles Obi will succeed his father as the Igwe Nnewi. He will become one of the most well-educated monarchs in Nigeria. He has degrees in History, Public Administration, Law and few others. Today, he was awarded a PhD at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka having successfully defended his PhD thesis. | Prince Dr. ORIZU Prince Dr. Obianefo Charles (X2114)
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| 89 | Dim Naagu was a great warrior who emigrated from Ojoto and settled on a swathe of land called Inyaba in the present day Umudim. He co-mingled with the children of Nnewi, married some of them and was able to take over the headship of the Umudim through clear act of manifest leadership in waging wars with neighbouring Ozubulu and Ụkpọ. | DIM NAAGU Dim Ogeli (X1058)
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| 90 | Dozie Ikedife was a Nigerian physician and politician. He was a specialist-in-charge at Specialist Medical Center and Ikedife Hospital. Born in August 1932, Ikedife attended Nnewi Central School, 1939-45, Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1946-50. He was also educated at the City College, Norwich, England, 1952-53, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1958-59 He was the first chairman of Community Council in Nnewi, from 1972 to 1975 | Dr. IKEDIFE Dr. Dozie Onyeanusi (I3676)
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| 91 | Dozie Ikedife was born on August 24, 1932, to the family of Dunu-Ifeneti Ikedife Dunu-Ugochukwu and Ejeagha (Nzewi) Ikedife, Dozie Onyeanusi Ikedife had his education at the University of London and University of Glasgow, Scotland, where he obtained Bachelor of Science in 1958 and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1959, respectively. He also obtained a Diploma in obstetrical from the Royal College Ob-Gyn in 1960. He also obtained a doctorate degree in Public Administration from World University, Tucson, in 1983. He was Senior House Officer, Registrar in obstetrics-gynecology in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow from 1960-1963; Medical Officer Special Grade, Ministry of Health, Lagos, Nigeria, from 1964-1966; Medical Officer Special Grade, Eastern Region, Enugu, Nigeria, from 1966-1967; founder, specialist-in-charge, City Hospital, Aba, Nigeria, 1967-1970; founder, specialist-in-charge, Specialist Medical Center and Ikedife Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria, since 1970; reader in obstetrics-gynecology., Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences, Nnewi, Nigeria, since 1995. Examiner in obstetrics-gynecology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1981; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, 1994; Nigerian National Postgraduate Medical College, 1978-1984; West African Postgraduate Medical College, since 1994. Ikedife was the first chairman, Community Council, Nnewi, 1972-1975. He was the Honorary Commissioner for Economic Development, East Central State of Nigeria, 1975. First Honorary Commissioner Finance and Economic Development, Anambra State, 1976. He was also the first Special Assistant to first Executive President, Federal Republican Nigeria, 1979-1983. Dr Ikedife was the member, Nnewi Royal Cabinet, 1972. Co-founder, first chairman, Confidence Newspapers Ltd., Nnewi, 1995. He established Dozie Ikedife Annual Medal and Prize for Best Graduating Medical Doctor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, 1995; and Doctor Dozie Ikedife Annual Prize for Best Student in Community Health, University Nigeria, Nsukka, 1988. He was Fellow, Medical College Ob-Gyn. (Nigeria), West African College Surgeons, Royal College Ob-Gyn., International College Surgeons (President, Nigeria national section 1987-1995, federation secretary 1991-1994, member executive council 1991-1994, world vice president 1994-1996), Learners Society Nigeria (founder). He was member of Nigerian Medical Association and was the first Nnewi zonal chairman 1972-1976); Society Ob-Gyn. of Nigeria (executive member 1976-1984); International Society Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons (honorary); Rotary Club International (district officer district 9140), Rotary Club of Nnewi (Charter President 1984-1986; One Star Paul Harris Fellow, Vocational Services Award 1997). He was a Nigerian obstetrician, gynecologist, researcher. He was awarded first Chieftaincy title (Ikuku Ebu Nkpu) by 14 towns in Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Ekwusigo local government areas, Anambra State in 1980; and equally awarded Honorary Chieftaincy title (Ikenga Nnewi) by the Igwe, the Royal Cabinet, and the people of Nnewi in 1981. He was also awarded Honorary Chieftaincy Title of Odezuligbo Umueje in 1997. He was elected the National President of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo. During his time as President, He gave Ndi Igbo a voice on National issue. He was the true conscience of Ndi Igbo and always face issues the way it ought to be. He was a true Igbo MAN,who stood on the path of Truth and Justice. He has never been found wanting anytime his views and opinions are needed on any matter of National importance. He was a supreme Leader of indigenous peoples of Biafra and Leader of the Elders Council. Rest on a great man. We will miss your wise counsel. We will miss your elderly advise but be rest assured we will always live the life you have always wanted us to live. Rest in Peace Sir. We will meet to part no more. Adieu Sir. Politics I didn’t particularly like politics. Even when I was in secondary school I was not a prefect of any type. I lived in a boarding house. However, I played table tennis and other sports. When I entered the university in 1953 there were so many activities of interest. I joined the Students’ Representative Council and the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom. I joined the Magazine Club, writing the university magazine, GUM. I became the secretary for World University Service for five Scottish universities. That was my first incursion into some of these things. But down the line, I had to drop some of these things as much as I could because it was beginning to affect my studies. I was a student of two universities at the same time. I was reading Medicine on a fulltime basis in the University of Glasgow, as well as Anthropology as an external student in the University of Florida. It was during the Biafra-Nigeria war that I came back to settle in the village. After the war, they were forming what they called community councils, and the representation was through the wards. My ward said I should go and represent them. But I said I won’t go because I was a busy man and shouldn’t be bothered with community council. They said, “Well, if you don’t go, our seat will remain vacant.’’ My elder brother said I had to go and serve our people and I agreed. On getting there, there was an election for chairman. Many of the people said I should be the chairman, but other people said they were interested in the position. So they had to vote. The person I was competing with borrowed money from me to entertain the councillors so that they would vote for him. He gave money to some people, cooked for some and slaughtered a goat for them to eat with palm oil and pepper. Well, some of them got the money he gave them and showed me. I told them to take the money and vote for him if they liked, but I was not going to give anybody any kobo, not even a cup of water; after all I was not pushing to go into this thing. At the end of the day, I got about 36 votes and he got 14. We had 50 delegates. His score wasn’t even half of mine, so I became the chairman. After the first term, I was returned, virtually unopposed. I was really serving. I was putting in my own money. I provided the shelf and all the papers for secretarial work. I provided accommodation for the clerk of the council who was a civil servant posted to us. Even though we had somebody described as secretary, we had a clerk – a civil servant posted from Imo State. That was between 1971 and 1972. I still keep in touch with him. It was while I was the chairman of the Community Council that the military governor, Anthony Ochefu, invited me in 1975. That was how I entered politics. After that, I ran for an election into the Federal House but lost. The contest was between the NPN and the Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP). The NPP was Zik’s party. That was how I went into politics. After the election, I was appointed a presidential liaison officer. Between 1992 and 1993 I vied for the presidency of this country, the one that MKO Abiola was nearly winning during the Option A4 introduced by Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, the then chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC). Achievements I won’t be able to single out one. You see, I was coordinating, visiting and directing all the federal establishments in the entire states. Those were not small assignments. I had a limited budget, so I wasn’t able to give brown envelopes to anybody. But I was able to distribute some patronages – import licences, rice allocations etc. Customs, Immigrations, federal ministries and agencies saw my office as a rallying point. It was a big rallying point because I answered to the distress calls of all of them, to the best of my ability. I enjoyed the position; the only thing was that sometime people expected too much from me. And I wasn’t able to give too much if it entailed dipping my hand into my pockets. There was a limit to what I could do. Apart from that, I made my office very accessible; the door of my office was never shut. I had no secrets whatsoever while in office. If I had some secrets it must be outside the office. Of course, there were challenges. One of the challenges was that the state government was not friendly. They saw me as an impostor and intruder; like a sore thumb that could be lanced and removed. I was the secretary of the body of presidential liaison officers while our chairman was Sarkin Kudu, the first son of Sultan of Sokoto. He later became the Sultan of Sokoto . So, you can imagine that we were in a very advantageous position. We didn’t need to book appointments to see the president. We saw him any time we wanted because the chairman of the liaison officers was the son of the Sultan of Sokoto and the president was from Sokoto. He couldn’t imagine the son of the Sultan of Sokoto waiting to see him and he would say no. It never happened, and we didn’t abuse that privilege either. Any time our delegation was to go and see the president, even if it was for only one hour, I was one of them because I was the secretary. I learnt a lot of lessons. I dealt with people who carried placards against me, saying that I won’t ‘chop and won’t let them chop.’ They conspired against me. When a consignment of rice was coming to the East, instead of offloading them in Lagos and transporting them by land to the eastern region, they decided to do transhipment to Port Harcourt. And rumour went out that the rice had been sent and I sold it. They reported me to the then Vice President Alex Ekwueme. We had a meeting in Lagos with him. At the end of the meeting, the chairman of the party and the secretary said we should wait. I waited. They reported to the vice president that the rice meant for Anambra and Imo states had been sent and I sold it. When they finished, I said that I wanted to reply, but Ekwueme said no. That afternoon he contacted Umaru Dikko and asked about the rice for Imo, Anambra and Cross River states? Dikko told him that he was making arrangement to ship them in a week’s time but he hadn’t secured the ship; the rice had not been put on board, therefore it could not have been delivered. He said that presidential liaison officers could not have received it to sell. I am a specialist in gynaecology. I am the longest practising gynaecologist in Nigeria today. Relaxation I enjoy so many things, including music, reading, philosophical and religious discussions at a higher level; not quoting Job 13:13 or Mathew 16:14 to me, or insisting that we must go to Mass at 6am in the morning. That’s not religion to me. I think that is playing to the gallery. If it pleases you, go, but don’t ask me to come with you. I enjoy good classical music and jazz. The one I don’t know whether I enjoy as much is the shouting music. These one they talk rather than sing. Is it rap music? For me, rap is scrap. I like discussing and arguing on anything. If I take up one topic now you and I will spend the whole night dealing with a question like: How old are you? If I ask you that question, you may tell me that you are 30 or 35 years but that’s not how old you are. Or you may tell me you were born on this or that day, but I didn’t ask you when were you born? I asked how old you are. It has a deeper meaning than just telling me you were born in 1995, and therefore, you are 26 or 22. That’s not what I mean. Death Dr. Dozie Onyeanusi Ikedife (Ikenga Nnewi) was so certain about the consequential life he lived that he willed that, at his death, his remains should simply be returned to earth without much fanfare. What he left unsaid, of course, is that whoever feel inspired by him and what he stood for, should focus their time, energy and resources in fostering the continuation of all aspects of the struggles that had defined his activist life. Some would have preferred to emote their respect and appreciation for Ikenga Nnewi by putting up a big spectacle during his burial ceremony or orchestrating an elaborate condolence visit and funerary extravaganza that should ordinarily be accorded to this highly accomplished Nnewi chieftain. But Dr. Ikedife had something else in mind. For this brave man’s personal choice, we mortals have nothing but respect that endures. Ikenga Nnewi was forthright in declaring that time and resources expended to celebrate or mourn his exit from this side of eternity is a WASTE. Dr. Ikedife is a stickler for efficiency and effectiveness in whatever he was involved in. Waste, therefore, is antithetical to Ikenga’s worldview. “For me, a befitting burial is when you are sure I am dead, dig six-feet, wrap me in a mat, put me in the ground and cover it. I will not be celebrated when I die. I don’t want a funeral. Once I am dead, put me in the grave and go away. Don’t come on condolence visit. Don’t come for funeral ceremony. I don’t want it; is it of any use to me, a dead person? You are just wasting your time and giving yourself trouble. If you invite the whole Nigeria, it doesn’t mean anything to me. If you invite 10 people, it doesn’t mean anything to me. If you fire 100 gunshots, it means nothing to me. People waste energy and sometimes, money; sometimes, they borrow or sell things to give somebody what they call a befitting burial. I don’t need it.” – Dr. Dozie Ikedife Dozie Ikedife, Igbo leader dies on December 12, 2018 11:14 am. Dozie Onyeanusi Ikedife got his wish. He was buried without fanfare less than 24hrs after he breathed his last. President Muhammadu Buhari extends heartfelt condolences to the Ikedife family as well as the government and people of Anambra State on the death of their illustrious son, Dr Dozie Ikedife. The President also commiserates with Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the passing of the former President-General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group. The President joins them in mourning the veteran obstetrician and gynaecologist who spent over fifty years of his life as a medical practitioner, working bravely to save countless lives in the country and charting new developments in the medical field through research. As a medical practitioner, respected community leader and political actor, President Buhari believes that Dr Ikedife will be sorely missed and honoured for his commitment to the development of his community, devotion to his professional calling, zeal for democratic values and passion for the preservation of Igbo ethos and tradition. The President hopes that family, friends, associates and the many doctors trained by the elder statesman find comfort and inspiration in his diligence and generosity of heart of giving his best to humanity. The President prays God to grant the deceased eternal rest and comfort all who mourn him. Awards Dr Ikedife, held the traditional title of Ikuku Ebu Nkpu which was awarded to him by 14 communities in Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Ekwusigo local government areas of Anambra State. He was also a holder of an honorary chieftaincy title of Ikenga Nnewi and Odezuligbo Umueje. Ikenga was very passionately active in his alma mater’s old boys association (DOBA). He was the winner of 2017 Annual Chike Okonyia award by the Dennis Memorial Grammar School Old Boys’ Association (DOBA). Family He was married to Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Christie Ikedife (Ayolugo Nnewi) for over 50 years and the marriage was blessed with many children and grandchildren. | Dr. IKEDIFE Dr. Dozie Onyeanusi (I3676)
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| 95 | Dr. Uchechukwu Stanley Ogu is a physician based out of Indianapolis, Indiana and his medical specialization is Plastic Surgery. He practices in Indianapolis, Indiana and has the professional credentials of M.D.. The NPI Number for Dr. Uchechukw u Stanley Ogu is 1588898043 and he holds a License No. 11018186A (Indiana). His current practice location address is 545 Barnhill Dr, Eh Suite 232, Indianapolis, Indiana and he can be reached out via phone at 317-278-0394 and via fax at 317-278-8746. You can also correspond with Dr. Uchechukwu Stanley Ogu through mail a t his mailing address at 545 Barnhill Dr, Eh Suite 232, Indianapolis, Indiana - 46202-5112 (mailing address contact number - 317-278-0394). | Dr. OGU Dr. Uchechukwu Stanley (I1612)
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| 96 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Dr. NGIGE Dr. Chris Nwabueze (X1208)
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| 97 | EDOKWE—We, formerly known and addressed as EDOKWE family of Obiuno Otolo Nnewi, Nnewi North LGA, Anambra State: Rev. Fr. Hycinth Edokwe, Chief James Edokwe, Mr. Johnjoe Edokwe, Mr. Dominic Edokwe, Mr. Edozie Edokwe, Mr. Eloka Edokwe, Mr. Monday Edokwe, Mr. Aloy Edokwe, Mr. Chibuzo Edokwe, now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWUKWE family: Rev: Fr. Hycinth Chukwukwe, Chief James Chukwukwe, Mr. Johnjoe Chukwukwe, Mr. Dominic Chukwukwe, Mr. Edozie Chukwukwe, Mr. Eloka Chukwukwe, Mr. Monday Chukwukwe, Mr. Aloy Chukwukwe, Mr. Chibuzo Chukwukwe. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.00 | Chief Dr. EDOKWE CHUKWUKWE Chief Dr. James uzochukwu, KSM (X742)
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| 98 | Egbu | NWAKILE Ifeoma (X817)
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| 99 | Egedege Dance is one of the most renowned traditional dance outfits and an Igbo traditional Royal-styled cultural dance in the whole of South Eastern Nigeria. Founded in 1985,[1] it is a reincarnation of an old version originally performed by the ancestors of the present-day Unubi. In those days, it was a moonlight dance, performed by youths. It has however been remodeled to fit modern trends. Their performance is a combination of songs, dance, Instrumentation and colorful traditional outfits. Their performance is introduced by elaborate fluting which is the entrance cue that heralds the group, led by the queen. The singing only begins when the queen reaches the stage and takes the microphone. She arrives under a big umbrella, carried by one man, with another fanning her from behind. She sings but sometimes dance to the rhythm of the instrument.[2] Egedege dance was made popular by Mrs Theresa Onuorah in Unubi Town. She is happily married and lives in Unubi. The name Egedege stems from a local slang for richness and bravery which explains why the dance is considered Cultural classics and are only played in a royal homes or rich families.[2] Form and structure The leader of the Unubi Egedege dance group is their queen, Queen Theresa Onuorah.[3] She is the chief vocalist and is sometimes supported by backup singers. There are also dancers[2] who contribute to make Egedege very popular. The dance became popular with audiences via their hit singles, live performances, originality and showmanship in important occasions from the 1980s onwards and has been renowned by the royal-like representation display by the lead singer.[4] Symbol of Igbo culture The dance which was popularized by Queen Theresa Onuorah as the leader of Egedege dance of Africa has helped in promoting the cultural mosaic of the Igbo cultural heritage. The tempo of the egedege dance matches the tempo of the music, which is dependent on the beat of the drum, "ogene," a metal gong instrument, Udu, ekwe and flutes and other local instruments.[5] In recent times, more artists have variation of the dance with a common traits of heavy traditional royal costumes.[1] It should also be noted that lyrics of the songs often time besides entertaining also address social issues[6]. Performance Egedege Dance groups perform mainly at Igbo cultural festivals and high profile event.[7] Sometimes the dance groups are called to perform, during funerals, marriage ceremonies or other official government occasions.[8] Costume The queen is dressed in an expensive and elaborately designed and decorated robe, held at the waist by ten strings of beads. Her crown is of bronze, overlaid with ostrich feathers. Many more beads adorn her neck. In her hands, she holds a horsetail and a bronze staff. The dancers and instrumentalists are dressed uniformly in raffia waist shrouds and arm bands, calf and ankle jingles, several bead necklaces, around their heads, they wear red ribbons. The major overall color impressions are red and white | Queen ONUORAH Queen Theresa (I1007)
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| 100 | Eighth Chief of Nnewi | Nnofo (I336)
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