It is not the word you hear that changes you; it is the word you receive that changes you.
The Bible is the answer book of life, no matter the question.

Your lack of access to the Word is behind all the struggles of your life.

What is in the Word that makes it the answer Book of Life?

1. Power. - Luke 5:17

2. The light of life that engenders supernatural breakthroughs.- John 1:4-5

3. Divine direction that secures establishment.- Isa. 33:6

4. The Sword of the Spirit for conquest. - Luke 4:1,13

5. The life of God that delivers from death. - John 6:67-68; 5:24-26

Curses are generational in nature, with a lifespan of three to four generations, but can persist for life if unattended to.

Financial misfortune, disabilities, depression, barrenness, sickness and many more are manifestations of the curse of the law.
When you are saved and abiding in the faith, you are delivered from the curse of the law. - Gal. 3:13-14

Serving God sustains you under the blessing and keeps the curses away.

Don't get angry with your fellow that God is blessing and don't read negative meanings into their blessings.

Anointing Ministration

By the anointing of today,

1. Expect the yoke of oppression and stagnation to be destroyed in your life. - Isa. 10:27

2. Expect the restoration of your lost glory. - Joel 2:23-24

3. Expect an exemption from all satanic assaults. - Ps. 91

The content of your bottles is hereby declared the holy anointing oil. Put a little on your fingertip and place it on your forehead as you begin to declare and break every generational curse with the name of Jesus.

By this anointing,
Every avenue of self-inflicted curses closes down in your life today!
May the sweetness of the light today continue to sweeten the remaining days of your life!
By this anointing, I decree that the scales in everyone's eyes begin to fall off!
By this anointing, I decree your liberty from all curses!

Anointed Declarations

I decree open doors for you!

I command your prison doors open!

I decree the restoration of all the enemy has robbed you of!

There shall be diverse testimonies of restoration this week!

Every marital spell is scattered!

Every chain of enchantment is broken!

Every door of favour shut against you is declared open!

The curse of untimely death, marital unsettlement, is destroyed!

The curse of career crisis is over!

Every curse of hereditary disease is destroyed!

You are released today as the Joseph of your family! See

Grace to take responsibility in walking in the covenant, receive it right now!

I release upon you the spirit of obedience!

You will hear good news this week!

Any force that won't let you go will go down for you!

Anyone who wishes you dead will die in your stead!

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I am praying for you; every destructive habit you have, that chases good people from you, that is assigned to destroy your marriage, may God deliver you from that habit! May you be rescued from that habit! Habit of stinginess, unforgiveness, bitterness, unfaithfulness, and outbursts of anger, assigned to destroy your marriage, I command such habits to be cut off from you completely in the Name of Jesus Christ!

Every pride in the marriage, making it difficult to say 'I am sorry' when a little sorry is supposed to solve a matter, I kill that spirit of pride from you, in the Name of Jesus Christ!

I pray for the Spirit of humility, the ability to say 'sorry,' and the Spirit of commitment to overshadow you in the mighty name of Jesus.

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David’s Trust
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
Psalm 23:1

Mary’s Faith
“Be it unto me according to thy word.”
Luke 1:38

Paul’s Declaration
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13

Joseph’s Integrity
“How could I sin against God?”
Genesis 39:9

Elijah’s Fire
“The God who answers by fire, He is God.”
1 Kings 18:24

My Prophetic declaration into your life and family today Friday 16th May 2025 that:
You will reign continually in all areas of your life and endeavours in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.
You will remain relevant in your generation in Jesus' Name.
Receive the authority of easiness and grace to excel in areas of your professions and endeavours in Jesus' Name.
Every gang up of wicked people looking for your downfall will be disappointed and scattered by fire in Jesus' Mighty Name. Receive grace to remain in the heights of greatness forever and the Lord will show you mercy from the abundance of his grace in Jesus' Name.
The mercy of God will prevail over your weakness in Jesus' Mighty Name.
Good morning, have a successful and glorious Friday. Shalom!

‎*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 16/05/2025*

Parents fear WAEC, UTME overlap as resits begin today

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 23.7%

NELFUND mulls extending student loan to private varsities

U-20 AFCON: South Africa defeat Flying Eagles 1-0 to reach final

Barcelona wins 2025 La Liga title

BUA, Dangote cement to crash prices for govt’s projects

Niger approves six months maternity leave for women

LASIEC writes INEC over three LP factions in Lagos

Davido: I’d have been a journalist if I wasn’t a musician

Oil prices tumble on hopes for Iran nuclear deal

Uganda army chief threatens voters who don’t choose his father

Canada commits $10m to halt malnutrition in five northern states

ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to release man detained for 16yrs without trial

Tinubu to Malian envoy: West Africa is stronger together


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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* Invented by Samuel Morse in the 1830s, Morse code was a revolutionary communication system that used a series of dots, dashes and spsces to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation. It allowed messages to be sent over telegraph lines in minutes, instead of weeks. On May 24, 1844, Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message, “What hath God wrought?”, over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.

* Taurophobia is the fear of bulls.
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Tinubu to join world leaders at Pope’s inauguration

Tinubu to Gov Alia on Birthday: The nation stands with you

Shettima urges EU-Africa synergy for transformative growth

N’Assembly divided as compulsory voting bill advances

NASS to ensure only registered architects participate in government projects – Speaker

BSC/HND dichotomy undermining polytechnic graduates – Speaker

Senate urges Tinubu to sign Forest Security Bill to address insecurity, kidnapping

Senate seeks stiffer penalties for oil theft, terrorism charges for major offenders

Senate names 20-member panel to organise security summit

Local Automobile Industry Patronage Bill scales 2nd reading in Senate

Reps To Probe Mass UTME Failure, Order Release Of Under 16 Candidates’ Results

APC Reps increase to 205 as PDP, NNPP lawmakers defect to ruling party

Fagbemi, Kekere-Ekun, Pantami To Headline MULAN Conference In Kwara

Edo poll: A’Court reserves judgment in Ighodalo’s suit against Okpebholo

Court nullifies Edo LG chair, deputy’s impeachment

Court of Appeal affirms nullification of Ebonyi council polls

Court dismisses £950tn rights suit against Atiku, others

Influencer VDM re-arraigned for allegedly cyberbullying Nollywood actresses

10 Thai sailors, vessel convicted for trafficking cocaine, fined $4m

Troops dislodge terrorists during raid on Sambisa

Renewed terror attacks temporary, CDS assures

OAGF to tackle irregular payments in constituency projects

Nigerian envoy seeks funds for new embassy building in Ankara

APC governors: World Bank, IMF’s assessment vindicates Tinubu

NCDC deploys emergency teams as Lassa fever kills 138

FG to implement 100% subsidised healthcare initiative for vulnerable Nigerians

FG to prioritise emergency works on Benin–Sapele road

Minister clears NELFUND of alleged fraud in student loan disbursement

Don’t create more schools, fund existing ones — Minister tells NASS

Minister inaugurates 2025 FCT hajj ministerial committee

Bala Mohammed threatened to slap me, insulted my father – Minister Tuggar

FG approves new procurement thresholds for MDAs

NYSC DG warns Gombe corps members against negative content

Economic strain: Inflation surges above 30% in Abuja, 10 states

NEMA urges states to provide safer grounds ahead of flood

Over 12,000 residents benefit as REA inaugurates 2.5MW at NDA

Africa needs $600bn annually for energy growth – NUPRC

FCCPC seals fake consumer protection office in Abia, arrests operator

Customs warns importers, agents against false declaration, evasion of duties

North-Eastern varsity gets NUC accreditation for 12 programmes

Osun rector begs Adeleke to confirm 17-year contract staff, decries funding challenges

KASU Has Resumed Academic Activities – VC

North Central poly students lament campus insecurity

COEASU urges JAMB to conduct holistic review of UTME results

NANS backs new ASUU president to elevate varsities

Dare Adeboye Foundation awards scholarships to 300

NJC reforms restoring trust in Nigeria’s judiciary – Watchdog

UTME glitches: Obi, Ezekwesili, others worry over impact on students, parents

Salem Baptist wins BSN quiz competition

Bet9ja Foundation supports 180 communities with boreholes, others

Private sector backing Tinubu against food hoarding — BUA chairman

Access Holdings shareholders approve N125bn dividend

Modular refineries decry exclusion from naira-for-crude deal

Nigeria ranks 3rd in Africa’s hotel devt – Report

Lagos motorcycle ban cost manufacturers 25% market share – MAN

Presidents after Obasanjo to blame for growing Boko Haram menace – Atiku

NNPP loses two Reps to APC

Ganduje, DSP pay sympathy visit to Kano top politicians

Defections: We don’t want Nigeria becoming one-party state — APC

Abductors Of Ondo APC Chair Tie Ransom Bearers Inside Forest

Delta deputy gov, Nwoko’s camps fight over APC leadership position

Drugs: Stop castigating Tinubu, UK-based professor warns

Gov Bago releases N822m to Niger’s 274 wards

Insecurity: Oyebanji demands more police personnel in Ekiti

Ondo assembly receives N33.86bn 2025 budget proposal for oil-producing areas

Prison Congestion: Ogun CJ frees 67 inmates

Lagos bans night construction to curb building collapses

Oyo approves N109bn for circular road

Bauchi approves N100m for families of vigilantes killed by bandits

No evidence anybody died after eating rice — Ogun Govt

Despite Govt’s ban, street begging still thrives in Anambra

Kaduna partners foreign investors to boost metals-mineral sector

266,000 Ekiti girls vaccinated against cervical cancer

Kwara shuts schools over violence

2025 Hajj: Lagos airlifts 1,062 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Lagos neighbourhood corps unveils marine, forest guards

Windstorm cripples Gombe water supply, repairs begin

Fire guts Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital in Lagos

Owa Obokun’s 10-day coronation events begin Friday

Ex-militants in Ondo protest exclusion from Amnesty Programme

Cross River communities demand action as Oron-Calabar waterway turns deadly

Bandits’ petrol supplier arrested in Katsina

Three in police custody for possessing explosive materials in Borno

Adamawa man arrested for alleged sodomy of four minors

Guardian, four others arrested for selling two-week-old baby in Lagos

Group donates tricycle to 12-year-old Gombe physically challenge pupil

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1975, Junko Tabei became the first woman to conquer Mount Everest. The ascent by the Japanese adventurer came 22 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit.

* On this day in 1929, the Oscars were awarded for the first time. The first Academy Awards were presented at a private dinner with about 270 attendees. Today, it is the world’s most important entertainment awards ceremony.

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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self. – Fred Rogers

Good morning


*Compiled by Hon. Osuji George osujis@yahoo.com, +234-8122200446*

50 years ago… Ogbemudia was Igbo and Igbanke, Igbo Akiri

Boji-Boji Atamuna.

“From time immemorial, the people that are called Igbanke today were known and called Igbo-Akiri. It was in 1967 when Ogbemudia became the military governor of the Midwest State that he changed the name of the town from Igbo-Akiri to Igbanke…It would have been unthinkable at that time to reveal that an Ibo man or an Ibo town produced the military governor of the Midwest State…. Ogbemudia, including the prominent Evangelist Rev. Isaac Idahosa are all Ibo and they hail originally from Igbo Akiri.”

(See Blood On The Niger, Gomslam Books 2012 pages 33, 216)

Captain Fred Anuku, the Commander of the Biafran Navy was the first Nigerian naval graduate from Dartmouth. While his fellow Ika-Ibo Brigadier Samuel Ogbemudia joined the Federal troops, Fred, who was married to a Caribbean, fled Lagos during the 1966 Igbo pogrom and was offered the command of the fledging young Navy by the Biafran high command.

At the same time, Major Nzeogwu’s involvement in the January 15, 1966 Revolution brought suspicion and calamity to his own people of Asaba, Okpanam and environs. As we prepare to organise a programme for the Anioma and Asaba 50th Year Genocide Anniversary, we shall today mention some of the top actors, commanders from the western Ibo nation of both forces whose roles led to the genocide in Asaba, Isheagu, Ogwashi, Igbodo, Ubulu Kingdom, Ibusa and Ndi Oshimili. These prominent Commanders include Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, Col. Conrad Nwawo, Col. Joe Achuzia, and Captain Fred Anuku on the Biafran side. On the Nigerian side, we shall record the memorable activities of Brigadier Samuel Ogbemudia, General Godwin Alabi Isama, General Cyril Iweze and Commander O.Z. Chiazor, the first black man to be commissioned by the Queen in the Royal Canadian Navy.

Significantly, at this time, charismatic Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu had been released from the Calabar prison. He had disagreed with Ojukwu’s war aims and military strategy, and obviously discountenanced the declaration of Biafra. He advised that the East should resist for, at least, four months, cultivate foreign and local support and then prepare and get into the position with more arms and training to resist a total war. He opposed any frontal engagements against the superior-armed federal troops at that initial stage of the war. At the 1967 Abakiliki military exercise, Nzeogwu demonstrated his extraordinary military acumen and proved beyond doubt that he was the Rommel of the Nigerian Army. A commander’s dream, endowed with a peculiar knowledge of the sub-savannah battlefield terrain, he exuded a rare combat capability and commanded the battle simulation with such confidence and precision that he drew tears of adulation from the awed subalterns. He inspired most of the officers with his unmitigated improvisations. To most of the top brass of the Biafran Army, who were seeing the dawn of real combat action for the first time, this fighting leatherneck was a military institution all by himself, a study in combat readiness and tactics.

After his release from Calabar, Nzeogwu managed to reach his boys still in the Nigerian Army in the Midwest and in the West. The plan to enter the Midwest was originally his and that was his own way of setting a stage for the cessation of hostilities, an end to the war, and the restoration of the ideals of the January 15 Revolution. To this end, he was disappointed by his friend, Major Olusegun Obasanjo whom he had not heard from and whom he learnt had gone back to Kaduna. On the other hand, he was confident in, and had some respect for Major Samuel Ogbemudia, his colleague at the Nigeria Military Training College (NMTC), Kaduna.

Furthermore, Wole Soyinka revealed that the Westerners had agreed on the opposition against the North but also disagreed with Ojukwu on the declaration of Biafra, and for that matter, the declaration of Benin Republic. Declaration of Biafra, the Revolutionaries reasoned would isolate the Easterners and put the West and the Midwest in a bad position whereby sympathies from the West and the Midwest would end up being restrained. They would do better fighting as Nigerians. Whatever was the final consensus, Ogbemudia turned tail. He was next heard of leading the triumphant entry of the Federal Forces into Benin.

Few days after the war, the Biafra Research and Production Bureau made two secret and instant contacts with the high command of the Nigerian Army. Willy Achukwu, the Onitsha-born multi-talented improvising scientist, led one team to the Commander of the 82 Division, Enugu. Before the meeting, a team of Biafran Scientists were directed to put down sketches of the scientific equipment, designs, take measurements of the weapons, guns. A special house with good illumination was erected to keep safely all the Biafran designs and prototypes. They also produced a new Ajuala flying Ogbunigwe to supplement the ones produced at Awo Idemili. Research at this time resumed on what I might term the first world “Smart Bomb” was redesigned as the much needed facilities and spare parts, lacking with the exigency of the war were becoming available after the war. (Pse., see Biafra, a Legacy Lost TELL Magazine Special Report No. 14 April 8, 2002. Page 37)

While Willy Achukwu led one group to the Commander 82 Division Enugu, Professor Ezekwe and Professor Nwosu went to Benin and handed over their Biafran scientific designs to Governor S.O. Ogbemudia. Ogbemudia raced to Lagos and desperately tried everything to convince General Gowon to seize the opportunity and convert that Biafran scientific ingenuity and like the Americans absorbed the German-Jewish war scientific breakthrough; and transform Nigeria to a modern powerful black nation. Gowon shillyshallied and meanwhile the Willy Achukwu group were lucky to escape the gallows.

General Bissala the Commander of the 82 Division before their tearful eyes, poured gasoline over the designs and materials, brought out a box of matches and set the huge collection of scientific fabric of Black civilisation on fire!

Ogbemudia’s shock and depression on learning of the outcome of the meeting with the GOC and the burning of the Biafran war prototypes and designs was enough to transform him from Saul to Paul. For the third time, the Brigadier deflected and returned to his original base and more than any other post war governor was very prominent in the rehabilitation projects to return the war-weary Igbo to Jerusalem. He offered grants to poor students, donated buses to the University of Nigeria and rehabilitated the former Biafran Army officers, returning home to Bendel.

All the same, he cannot run away from the serious war crime charges of changing the name of a whole community, the heritage of his people Igbo Akiri to Igbanke. To this day, the people of this community yearn to return to their kith and kin in the Ika province of Delta State.

On his triumphant entry into Benin, in company with the Butcher of Asaba, General Muritala Mohammed, can he absolve himself and other officers and men of the Federal Second Division, of complicity in the wanton killing of Igbo in Benin that started in September 21, 1967 to the end of that war?

KNOW YOUR HISTORY................................

50 years ago… Ogbemudia was Igbo and Igbanke, Igbo Akiri

Boji-Boji Atamuna.

“From time immemorial, the people that are called Igbanke today were known and called Igbo-Akiri. It was in 1967 when Ogbemudia became the military governor of the Midwest State that he changed the name of the town from Igbo-Akiri to Igbanke…It would have been unthinkable at that time to reveal that an Ibo man or an Ibo town produced the military governor of the Midwest State…. Ogbemudia, including the prominent Evangelist Rev. Isaac Idahosa are all Ibo and they hail originally from Igbo Akiri.”

(See Blood On The Niger, Gomslam Books 2012 pages 33, 216)

Captain Fred Anuku, the Commander of the Biafran Navy was the first Nigerian naval graduate from Dartmouth. While his fellow Ika-Ibo Brigadier Samuel Ogbemudia joined the Federal troops, Fred, who was married to a Caribbean, fled Lagos during the 1966 Igbo pogrom and was offered the command of the fledging young Navy by the Biafran high command.

At the same time, Major Nzeogwu’s involvement in the January 15, 1966 Revolution brought suspicion and calamity to his own people of Asaba, Okpanam and environs. As we prepare to organise a programme for the Anioma and Asaba 50th Year Genocide Anniversary, we shall today mention some of the top actors, commanders from the western Ibo nation of both forces whose roles led to the genocide in Asaba, Isheagu, Ogwashi, Igbodo, Ubulu Kingdom, Ibusa and Ndi Oshimili. These prominent Commanders include Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, Col. Conrad Nwawo, Col. Joe Achuzia, and Captain Fred Anuku on the Biafran side. On the Nigerian side, we shall record the memorable activities of Brigadier Samuel Ogbemudia, General Godwin Alabi Isama, General Cyril Iweze and Commander O.Z. Chiazor, the first black man to be commissioned by the Queen in the Royal Canadian Navy.

Significantly, at this time, charismatic Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu had been released from the Calabar prison. He had disagreed with Ojukwu’s war aims and military strategy, and obviously discountenanced the declaration of Biafra. He advised that the East should resist for, at least, four months, cultivate foreign and local support and then prepare and get into the position with more arms and training to resist a total war. He opposed any frontal engagements against the superior-armed federal troops at that initial stage of the war. At the 1967 Abakiliki military exercise, Nzeogwu demonstrated his extraordinary military acumen and proved beyond doubt that he was the Rommel of the Nigerian Army. A commander’s dream, endowed with a peculiar knowledge of the sub-savannah battlefield terrain, he exuded a rare combat capability and commanded the battle simulation with such confidence and precision that he drew tears of adulation from the awed subalterns. He inspired most of the officers with his unmitigated improvisations. To most of the top brass of the Biafran Army, who were seeing the dawn of real combat action for the first time, this fighting leatherneck was a military institution all by himself, a study in combat readiness and tactics.

After his release from Calabar, Nzeogwu managed to reach his boys still in the Nigerian Army in the Midwest and in the West. The plan to enter the Midwest was originally his and that was his own way of setting a stage for the cessation of hostilities, an end to the war, and the restoration of the ideals of the January 15 Revolution. To this end, he was disappointed by his friend, Major Olusegun Obasanjo whom he had not heard from and whom he learnt had gone back to Kaduna. On the other hand, he was confident in, and had some respect for Major Samuel Ogbemudia, his colleague at the Nigeria Military Training College (NMTC), Kaduna.

Furthermore, Wole Soyinka revealed that the Westerners had agreed on the opposition against the North but also disagreed with Ojukwu on the declaration of Biafra, and for that matter, the declaration of Benin Republic. Declaration of Biafra, the Revolutionaries reasoned would isolate the Easterners and put the West and the Midwest in a bad position whereby sympathies from the West and the Midwest would end up being restrained. They would do better fighting as Nigerians. Whatever was the final consensus, Ogbemudia turned tail. He was next heard of leading the triumphant entry of the Federal Forces into Benin.

Few days after the war, the Biafra Research and Production Bureau made two secret and instant contacts with the high command of the Nigerian Army. Willy Achukwu, the Onitsha-born multi-talented improvising scientist, led one team to the Commander of the 82 Division, Enugu. Before the meeting, a team of Biafran Scientists were directed to put down sketches of the scientific equipment, designs, take measurements of the weapons, guns. A special house with good illumination was erected to keep safely all the Biafran designs and prototypes. They also produced a new Ajuala flying Ogbunigwe to supplement the ones produced at Awo Idemili. Research at this time resumed on what I might term the first world “Smart Bomb” was redesigned as the much needed facilities and spare parts, lacking with the exigency of the war were becoming available after the war. (Pse., see Biafra, a Legacy Lost TELL Magazine Special Report No. 14 April 8, 2002. Page 37)

While Willy Achukwu led one group to the Commander 82 Division Enugu, Professor Ezekwe and Professor Nwosu went to Benin and handed over their Biafran scientific designs to Governor S.O. Ogbemudia. Ogbemudia raced to Lagos and desperately tried everything to convince General Gowon to seize the opportunity and convert that Biafran scientific ingenuity and like the Americans absorbed the German-Jewish war scientific breakthrough; and transform Nigeria to a modern powerful black nation. Gowon shillyshallied and meanwhile the Willy Achukwu group were lucky to escape the gallows.

General Bissala the Commander of the 82 Division before their tearful eyes, poured gasoline over the designs and materials, brought out a box of matches and set the huge collection of scientific fabric of Black civilisation on fire!

Ogbemudia’s shock and depression on learning of the outcome of the meeting with the GOC and the burning of the Biafran war prototypes and designs was enough to transform him from Saul to Paul. For the third time, the Brigadier deflected and returned to his original base and more than any other post war governor was very prominent in the rehabilitation projects to return the war-weary Igbo to Jerusalem. He offered grants to poor students, donated buses to the University of Nigeria and rehabilitated the former Biafran Army officers, returning home to Bendel.

All the same, he cannot run away from the serious war crime charges of changing the name of a whole community, the heritage of his people Igbo Akiri to Igbanke. To this day, the people of this community yearn to return to their kith and kin in the Ika province of Delta State.

On his triumphant entry into Benin, in company with the Butcher of Asaba, General Muritala Mohammed, can he absolve himself and other officers and men of the Federal Second Division, of complicity in the wanton killing of Igbo in Benin that started in September 21, 1967 to the end of that war?

KNOW YOUR HISTORY................................

PLEASE FAITHFULLY MAKE THESE SEVEN POWERFUL DECLARATION FOR YOUR CHILDREN

1. NO MATTER
HOW LONG I
STAY ON
EARTH, I WILL
NEVER
EXPERIENCE
THE AGONY
AND TEARS
OF LOSING MY
CHILDREN TO
DEATH.

2. I WILL NEVER
KNOW THE
GRAVE OF MY
CHILDREN.

3. SICKNESS OF
CHILDREN WILL
NOT DRY ME
FINANCIALLY.

4. A CAR THAT IS
ACCOMPANIED
WITH PALM
FRONDS
WILL NEVER
ENTER MY
COMPOUND.

5. THE SAME
HAND I USED
TO BUY BOOKS
PEN AND
CLOTHES FOR
MY CHILDREN,
WILL NEVER BE
USED TO BUY
THEIR
CASKETS.

6. THE STAR OF
MY GLORIOUS
CHILDREN WILL
NOT FALL
SUDDENLY.

7. AS I USE MY
HANDS TO
SHARE THESE
DECLARATIONS
TO MY LOVED
ONES, I WILL
NOT USE THE
SAME HANDS
TO COLLECT
THE DEAD
BODY OF MY
CHILDREN
FROM THE
MORTUARY.,
IN JESUS NAME AMEN

*PLEASE SHARE THESE PRAYERS WITH SEVEN PARENTS*

THIS MATTER MUST END BY MAY 8” — JUDGE DECLARES AS NNAMDI KANU'S 10-YEAR LEGAL SAGA NEARS CRUCIAL VERDICT

Justice James Omotosho has declared that the prolonged legal proceedings involving detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, must come to a final conclusion no later than May 8, 2025. The fiery declaration came during a court session at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, reigniting nationwide anticipation surrounding one of Nigeria’s most polarizing legal battles

This matter must come to a conclusion by the 8th of May 2025. It has lingered for 10 years, and I’m not going to stew to it more,” Justice Omotosho stated. “We are going to give account of our actions here on Earth when we die—I want to give a good account.” His statement has since gone viral, energizing both Kanu’s supporters and observers of Nigeria’s justice system.

The court has now been adjourned to May 6th, 7th, and 8th for final arguments and potential rulings. The judge made it clear that the judiciary must uphold its responsibility without fear or favor. “Justice cannot be stalled indefinitely,” he said, adding that any further delay would be unacceptable in a case that has tested the legal and political fabric of the country.

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been in and out of court since his initial arrest in 2015. His ongoing prosecution over charges including treasonable felony and terrorism has sparked widespread protests, international advocacy, and heated national debate over self-determination and government accountability.

Despite being granted bail in 2017, Kanu’s re-arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition to Nigeria in 2021 reignited fresh waves of tension in the South-East. His legal team has repeatedly accused the federal government of disobeying court orders, while the government insists that his actions threaten national security.

Human rights groups, traditional leaders, and political actors across Nigeria have weighed in over the years, with some calling for political solutions and others urging the courts to assert their independence. Justice Omotosho’s declaration appears to signal a judicial turning point, one that could shape the future of separatist movements and government opposition.

As the nation watches closely, the dates of May 6th to 8th have now been dubbed “Judgment Week” by many on social media. Whether the court rules for release, further detention, or a fresh direction, one thing is certain—the echoes of this verdict will reverberate far beyond the courtroom.

#news

MBOMUZO IN OKWUOHIA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY,
OBOWO L.G.A., IMO STATE, NIGERIA.
Okwuohia is a Community in Obowo
L.G.A., of Imo state, Nigeria, that has enviable rich historical background and deep cultural heritage. Okwuohia is the only community in Obowo and the old ETITI District that has four markets covering the four market days in Igbo calendar, namely: Eke, Orie, Afor and Nkwo. All these have distinct locations and hold accordingly.
The community prides herself with many cultural festivals which include Mbomuzo, Ntumaka, Nrim-ji (Iri ji) among others. But the one that attracts people in their numbers to the community is, "MBOMUZO", a-k-a "NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA".
MBOMUZO simply means, "clearing of the roads ", otherwise known as environmental cleansing, especially with regard to roads leading to traditional centres and matket places. It is intended to make the roads passable again in order to give proper access to the markets and homes of citizens.
In Okwuohia, all roads are cleared very thoroughly starting from individual homes to the Eke-Okwuohia, Orie-Okwuohia, Afor-Okwuohia and Nkwo-Okwuohia market squares. Also, roads leading to major and significant rivers are cleared. For instance, the Onu-iyi-lolo-nwanyi (Onu-ngele) stream at Umuduru Mgbakam is usually kept cleared for the "AHIA-NGANGA" ceremony by the women of Okwuohia during the same period. It has to be noted that all the road clearing and cleansing must be completed on or before the NKWO market day preceding the EKE market day of the ceremony.
NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA: As said earlier in this write-up, MBOMUZO Okwuohia is also referred to as NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA. Why?
Ours, is an agrarian community. In those good old days, our people cultivated yams, coco-yams, maize, cassava and mkpokoro in large scales. Farming was done more at locations far away from homes. Due to this, farmers constructed make-shift structures there in the bush/farms, where they rested and had their meals during the toils of the day. Most times, people returned to their homes very late in the evening. Major foods eaten in the farms those days were bread-fruits (Ukwa), palm kernels, yams and coco-yams. The bread-fruits were eaten whole without removing the the shells or the outer covers. Farming took place between the months of January and May, during which period farmers fed on any available food items. When such farmers returned to their homes from their farms in the month of May, they settled down to enjoy more pleasant and well prepared food. They would no longer eat the bread-fruits with their shells. Also, they cleaned their environments that had been left bushy during the period of intensive farming activities in the farms. From their homes, clearing and cleansing progress to the roads that lead to other homes and traditional centres. At this time, people begin to exchange visits with relatives and friends both far and near to show that they have returned home after the farming period in the bush. Such visits are usually reciprocated. During such visits, entertainments are unlimited based on the dispositions of the parties involved. In Okwuohia, after the entertainment at home, people gather at the designated market square to demonstrate it the more. The venue is usually at the ORIE OKWUOHIA, where the EKWIRIKWE music music is played and danced in an organized manner.
EKWIRIKWE MUSIC AND ORDER OF DANCING:
After the presentation and blessing of kola-nuts by the traditional ruler of Okwuohia, who declares the ceremony open after his speech and brief demonstration of the dance, the ceremony begins. Ofeiyi people, who are the custodians of the EKWIRIKWE do a brief demonstration dance. Thereafter, the traditional order of seniority of the three sections of Okwuohia is strictly observed thus: MGBAKAM, OFEIYI and AMARAMOHIA. Finally, a general dance which is usually longer and more thrilling comes up and marks the end of the ceremony.
The EKWIRIKWE music delivers messages which present Okwuohia as place with people of remarkable mutual respect, prowess and noted for wrestling. EKWIRIKWE music is used to caution Okwuohia people not to eat the bread-fruits with the shells again after the Mbomuzo. Hence, "ONYE ATALA UKWA NA MKPEKELE" and "NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA". This is demonstrated by hitting one's back-side to symbolically discharge the ones eaten previously. Before the EKWIRIKWE dance arena is approached, people sing various songs and dance along the road according to Age Grades, socicultural groups and sections.
MBOMUZO AND THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF DATE.
Only the Eze of Okwuohia, in consultation with you Traditional Council has the powers to announce the date for MBOMUZO every year. Above all, it is a known fact that Okwuohia community is the first among all the communities in Obowo and even the old ETITI District to perform Mbomuzo every year, thus determining the cultural calendar for other communities that perform the same and or related festivals.
Mbomuzo holds in Okwuohia on the second EKE-Okwuohia market day in the month of June every year. Visitors, friends, in-laws and well -wishers of the community visit the community to enjoy the characteristic hospitality and conviviality associated with the ceremony. Entertainment items are unlimited especially according to the preparedness of the individual families and persons during the period. Such entertainment items include and not limited to polished bread-fruit meals, maize pudding, cassava foo-foo, oil-bean pudding and different kinds of drinks.
PROBLEMS:
The festival has suffered from various problems which include but not limited to wrong perceptions, misrepresentation, misconception, ignorance, ineptitude, iconoclasm and apathy. Many, especially the less informed and the neo-religious groups strongly hold to the perception that that the festival is fetish and wasteful (especially those who are not willing to spend their resources to host guests).
ADVANTAGES:
The period leads to keeping the surroundings clean, re-union of families, friends, in-laws and well -wishers, tourist attraction and advancing our cultural heritage including ensuring the acquisition and development of the EKWIRIKWE playing and dancing skills.
In the good old days, women who earnestly took part in the road and market clearing and cleansing and later took part in the AHIA-NGANGA activities after bathing on serious intents at the Onu-Lolo-nwanyi (Onu-Ngele) stream, would appear at Mbomuzo the following year either pregnant or as nursing mothers if they either prayed for or desired such thereby.
MODIFICATIONS SO FAR:
Since culture is dynamic, efforts have been made by the leadership of Okwuohia community, over time, to modify certain aspects of the festival and programmes there-of in order to exponge some questionable and undesirable aspects of it. For instance, the timing and declaration of the date of the festival are now done by the Traditional ruler of Okwuohia in synergy with the Traditional Council. Also, no shrine or deity is either worshipped or honoured before, during and even after the festival. Most times, the traditional rulership open the festival with Christian thanks-giving worship at an agreed Christian church here in Okwuohia.
CONCLUSION:
In line with the realities of the present moments, efforts should be made to allow for acceptable modifications while there should be insistence on protecting and upholding the soul, spirit and purports of the cultural heritage of our dear Okwuohia community especially as regards affects MBOMUZO.
Written by:
Chief Emma C. Anyanwu, (DIKEMBA),
1st Traditional Prime Minister and Currently the Chairman of Okwuohia Traditional Council,
Being a lecture presented by me at the 2019 edition of MBOMUZO festival, at EKE-OKWUOHIA Market Square.

MBOMUZO IN OKWUOHIA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY,
OBOWO L.G.A., IMO STATE, NIGERIA.
Okwuohia is a Community in Obowo
L.G.A., of Imo state, Nigeria, that has enviable rich historical background and deep cultural heritage. Okwuohia is the only community in Obowo and the old ETITI District that has four markets covering the four market days in Igbo calendar, namely: Eke, Orie, Afor and Nkwo. All these have distinct locations and hold accordingly.
The community prides herself with many cultural festivals which include Mbomuzo, Ntumaka, Nrim-ji (Iri ji) among others. But the one that attracts people in their numbers to the community is, "MBOMUZO", a-k-a "NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA".
MBOMUZO simply means, "clearing of the roads ", otherwise known as environmental cleansing, especially with regard to roads leading to traditional centres and matket places. It is intended to make the roads passable again in order to give proper access to the markets and homes of citizens.
In Okwuohia, all roads are cleared very thoroughly starting from individual homes to the Eke-Okwuohia, Orie-Okwuohia, Afor-Okwuohia and Nkwo-Okwuohia market squares. Also, roads leading to major and significant rivers are cleared. For instance, the Onu-iyi-lolo-nwanyi (Onu-ngele) stream at Umuduru Mgbakam is usually kept cleared for the "AHIA-NGANGA" ceremony by the women of Okwuohia during the same period. It has to be noted that all the road clearing and cleansing must be completed on or before the NKWO market day preceding the EKE market day of the ceremony.
NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA: As said earlier in this write-up, MBOMUZO Okwuohia is also referred to as NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA. Why?
Ours, is an agrarian community. In those good old days, our people cultivated yams, coco-yams, maize, cassava and mkpokoro in large scales. Farming was done more at locations far away from homes. Due to this, farmers constructed make-shift structures there in the bush/farms, where they rested and had their meals during the toils of the day. Most times, people returned to their homes very late in the evening. Major foods eaten in the farms those days were bread-fruits (Ukwa), palm kernels, yams and coco-yams. The bread-fruits were eaten whole without removing the the shells or the outer covers. Farming took place between the months of January and May, during which period farmers fed on any available food items. When such farmers returned to their homes from their farms in the month of May, they settled down to enjoy more pleasant and well prepared food. They would no longer eat the bread-fruits with their shells. Also, they cleaned their environments that had been left bushy during the period of intensive farming activities in the farms. From their homes, clearing and cleansing progress to the roads that lead to other homes and traditional centres. At this time, people begin to exchange visits with relatives and friends both far and near to show that they have returned home after the farming period in the bush. Such visits are usually reciprocated. During such visits, entertainments are unlimited based on the dispositions of the parties involved. In Okwuohia, after the entertainment at home, people gather at the designated market square to demonstrate it the more. The venue is usually at the ORIE OKWUOHIA, where the EKWIRIKWE music music is played and danced in an organized manner.
EKWIRIKWE MUSIC AND ORDER OF DANCING:
After the presentation and blessing of kola-nuts by the traditional ruler of Okwuohia, who declares the ceremony open after his speech and brief demonstration of the dance, the ceremony begins. Ofeiyi people, who are the custodians of the EKWIRIKWE do a brief demonstration dance. Thereafter, the traditional order of seniority of the three sections of Okwuohia is strictly observed thus: MGBAKAM, OFEIYI and AMARAMOHIA. Finally, a general dance which is usually longer and more thrilling comes up and marks the end of the ceremony.
The EKWIRIKWE music delivers messages which present Okwuohia as place with people of remarkable mutual respect, prowess and noted for wrestling. EKWIRIKWE music is used to caution Okwuohia people not to eat the bread-fruits with the shells again after the Mbomuzo. Hence, "ONYE ATALA UKWA NA MKPEKELE" and "NKUISI-MKPURU-UKWA". This is demonstrated by hitting one's back-side to symbolically discharge the ones eaten previously. Before the EKWIRIKWE dance arena is approached, people sing various songs and dance along the road according to Age Grades, socicultural groups and sections.
MBOMUZO AND THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF DATE.
Only the Eze of Okwuohia, in consultation with you Traditional Council has the powers to announce the date for MBOMUZO every year. Above all, it is a known fact that Okwuohia community is the first among all the communities in Obowo and even the old ETITI District to perform Mbomuzo every year, thus determining the cultural calendar for other communities that perform the same and or related festivals.
Mbomuzo holds in Okwuohia on the second EKE-Okwuohia market day in the month of June every year. Visitors, friends, in-laws and well -wishers of the community visit the community to enjoy the characteristic hospitality and conviviality associated with the ceremony. Entertainment items are unlimited especially according to the preparedness of the individual families and persons during the period. Such entertainment items include and not limited to polished bread-fruit meals, maize pudding, cassava foo-foo, oil-bean pudding and different kinds of drinks.
PROBLEMS:
The festival has suffered from various problems which include but not limited to wrong perceptions, misrepresentation, misconception, ignorance, ineptitude, iconoclasm and apathy. Many, especially the less informed and the neo-religious groups strongly hold to the perception that that the festival is fetish and wasteful (especially those who are not willing to spend their resources to host guests).
ADVANTAGES:
The period leads to keeping the surroundings clean, re-union of families, friends, in-laws and well -wishers, tourist attraction and advancing our cultural heritage including ensuring the acquisition and development of the EKWIRIKWE playing and dancing skills.
In the good old days, women who earnestly took part in the road and market clearing and cleansing and later took part in the AHIA-NGANGA activities after bathing on serious intents at the Onu-Lolo-nwanyi (Onu-Ngele) stream, would appear at Mbomuzo the following year either pregnant or as nursing mothers if they either prayed for or desired such thereby.
MODIFICATIONS SO FAR:
Since culture is dynamic, efforts have been made by the leadership of Okwuohia community, over time, to modify certain aspects of the festival and programmes there-of in order to exponge some questionable and undesirable aspects of it. For instance, the timing and declaration of the date of the festival are now done by the Traditional ruler of Okwuohia in synergy with the Traditional Council. Also, no shrine or deity is either worshipped or honoured before, during and even after the festival. Most times, the traditional rulership open the festival with Christian thanks-giving worship at an agreed Christian church here in Okwuohia.
CONCLUSION:
In line with the realities of the present moments, efforts should be made to allow for acceptable modifications while there should be insistence on protecting and upholding the soul, spirit and purports of the cultural heritage of our dear Okwuohia community especially as regards affects MBOMUZO.
Written by:
Chief Emma C. Anyanwu, (DIKEMBA),
1st Traditional Prime Minister and Currently the Chairman of Okwuohia Traditional Council,
Being a lecture presented by me at the 2019 edition of MBOMUZO festival, at EKE-OKWUOHIA Market Square.