*SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES+, 09/06/2025*

FG declares June 12 public holiday

History as indigenous firm exports first oil from Otakikpo onshore terminal

Confusion As Farmers, Herders Are Ambushed, Killed In Plateau

Scam Alert: SEC warns Nigerians against investing in punisher coin

Petrol subsidy removal yields $84bn gain, 40 roads – Report

Dangote refinery should sell petrol below N800/litre – Marketers

Miyetti Allah alleges 1,000 cows rustled in Benue

Matawalle, Zamfara gov face off over defection plot

NGO donates over 2,000 sanitary pads to 500 Imo schoolgirls

Trump deploys 2000 troops to Los Angeles amid protest over immigration raid

AU body tackles Fitch over Afreximbank downgrade

Ground rent: 34 embassies risk closure Tuesday

US jails Nigerian five years for $2.5m fraud

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

* The tradition of exchanging gold wedding rings began in ancient Egypt. Couples would give each other rings to symbolise their never ending love. This tradition was adopted by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

* Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee, is a type of coffee made from beans that have been partially digested and excreted by civets.
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Tinubu receives Sanwo-Olu, GAC members in Lagos

Tinubu to address NASS joint session on Democracy Day

Mining marshals appeal ruling barring access to Nasarawa site

Troops arrest 43 oil thieves, destroy 27 illegal refineries

NDLEA intercepts drugs disguised as tea at Lagos airport

FEC approves revised urban development policy

FG Set To Revive Ajaokuta Steel Plant

Viral video: FG investigates FMC Abuja emergency unit

FG to provide free housing for IDPs, vulnerable Nigerians

FG partners Australian varsity to train mining professionals

NiMet forecasts thunderstorms, rain for three days

Why FG’s linking Nigeria to Niger by rail — NRC MD

59,786 inmates captured in ongoing NIN registration – NCoS

3,012 kidnappings, 3,584 killings recorded in 15 months – NHRC

Pollution: NDDC launches tree planting campaign in 9 states

FERMA chief gives Tinubu kudos on road infrastructure

Ojude Oba 2025: FG vows to harness culture for national prosperity

Kano demands reparation from FG over Durbar cancellation

UNIPORT demands probe into killing of 300-level student by security personnel

Implement welfare packages for teachers, NUT urges Tinubu

Enugu agog as Tinubu’s wife visits Monday

ACF blasts Tinubu for prioritising 2027 campaign over national issues

Ogoni group faults FG over commissioning of incomplete Eleme section of East-West road

Akume not silent on Benue killings, SGF’s aide counters Alia’s claim

I did not point firearm at anyone, Paul Adefarasin addresses viral video

Barau donates N200m gadgets to victims of Kano phone market inferno

Naira to stabilise at N1,600–N1,650/$ – Rewane

Discos raise bills 107% despite poor power

Cornerstone grows profit to N25bn

Bankit MFB offers free transfers, biometric security features

Klinserv secures $100m development deal for cleaning project

Palton Morgan unveils twin towers in Lagos

Firm, military join forces for Ondo waterways safety

Ganduje receives Enugu LP Reps member, others into APC

2027: Katsina PDP faction plans coalition to oust APC

Delta APC endorses Tinubu, Oborevwori for 2027 re-elections

APC kicks as PDP alleges Aiyedatiwa abandoned Akeredolu’s projects

Atiku’s ally, Segun Showunmi, visits Tinubu in Lagos

Tinubu saved Nigeria’s economy from collapse – Ohakim

Ibas calls for collaboration, unity to return democratic governance

Sanwo-Olu lauds Tinubu as Blue Line Rail gets new trains

Sokoto Gov splashes 1,000 Riyals each on 3,200 pilgrims as sallah gift

Bayelsa gov urges joint action against ocean rise threat

There will be steady power supply in Ndokwa land, says Delta D/Gov

Kara Fire: Property worth ₦191m lost as Kebbi Dep Gov donates ₦10m to victims

Ondo, Bauchi, three others drive 90% of Lassa fever surge

Delta approves N6.7bn UBEC fund

Kano to establish circular economy hub for plastic waste recycling

Massive police deployment on Delta communities to stem kidnapping – CP

Ondo Amotekun arrests 170 anti-open grazing law violators

Ondo community panic as land owners paste fresh demand notices

Ooni lauds Tinubu’s Forest Guard initiative

Why we buried my father 24hrs after his death – Mike Ejeagha’s son

Aggrieved women protest alleged disappearance of 26 children in Delta community

Ogun mob kills suspect accused of stabbing female trader to death

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*TODAY IN HISTORY*

* On this day in 1934, Donald Duck made his film debut in The Wise Little Hen. The duck typically wearing a sailor suit is one of Walt Disney’s most famous cartoon characters. Donald’s first book appearance was in The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, which was published in 1931.

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All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action. – Mahatma Gandhi

Good morning


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

Sixteen-year-old Ren Junjie was supposed to graduate with his classmates.
But instead of standing beside them in uniform, he lay in a hospital bed, clinging to life with an oxygen mask.
So what did his friends do?

They brought the graduation to him.
Over 60 students and teachers walked to the hospital — carrying benches, letters, flowers, and hope.
They dressed up. They posed beside his bed.

And for one brief, beautiful moment, he smiled.

The next morning… Ren passed away.

But he didn’t die forgotten.
He died surrounded by love, by loyalty, by classmates who refused to leave him behind.

Because true friendship doesn’t stop at the classroom door.
It walks through hospitals. It stays through suffering.
And it says — you still matter. Even now.

Say No to *unfriendly friends.* You guys here are true friends,may God bless all of us.

Let every Igbo read and pass this educational piece to our children. Culled from Chike Ofilli.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE IGBO:
Clearing the Basic Confusions Honestly

*Question: Is Southeast and Igboland the same thing?*

*Answer* : Not at all. Southeast is only about 3/5th of Igboland. Igboland covers the whole of Southeast, parts of Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross river, Benue, Kogi, and Akwa Ibom states.

*Question: Why were we taught in school that Igbo people are easterners?*

*Answer* : It is both an unfortunate parroting by teachers and careless adoption by Igbo educated class. Igbo people come from Southern Nigeria and not Eastern Nigeria. It may be correct to say that the Igbo are found predominantly in eastern Nigeria. However, by saying that the Igbo are easterners, the implication is that the Igbo in western Nigeria, numbering about 2.5 million (Agbor, Ogwashi Ukwu, Ibuzo, Okpanam, Asaba, Orimili, Ndokwa, Anioma, etc) are not Igbos. The best-known Igbo anthropologist Professor Mike Onwuejeogwu is from the western part of Nigeria, Chukwuma Nzeogwu, Dennis Osadebe, Okonkwo Adibe (the famous musician), Sony Odogwu, etc. are all from the western part of Nigeria. They are no less Igbo than those who live in the eastern part of Nigeria. The correct answer to your question is “the Igbo come from Southern Nigeria.”

*Question: Why do some Igbo refer to themselves as “core Igbo?”*

*Answer:* That is clearly arrant nonsense. Nobody is core and others peripheral. All Igbo are the same. It is both arrogant, thoughtless, and insensitive for anybody to regard others as marginal.

*Question: Is Igboland landlocked?*

*Answer:* Not at all. Igboland stretches from Port Harcourt to Agbor. The Atlantic ocean washes the shores of Igboland at the islands Opobo and Bonny, Africa’s second largest river – River Niger, traverses Igboland with one part of Igboland in the east and another part in the west of Nigeria. Oguta Lake has the potential to accommodate large ships and could be made a navigable port. If Igboland is landlocked, then all Nigeria is landlocked.

*Question: Is there oil in Igboland?*

*Answer:* Yes, indeed. There is a lot of oil & and gas in Imo, Abia, and currently in Anambra states and Igbo areas in Rivers and Delta States. Besides, Igboland has many other natural resources, including coal, iron ore, limestone, lead, zinc, brine, glass, etc.

*Question: Are the Igbo a nation or a tribe?*

*Answer:* The Igbo is a nation and a very large one. There are many dialects or tribes in Igbo nation, just like you have many tribes within Israel.

*Question: Why do some Ikwerre people and other non southeastern Igbo say they are not Igbo?*

*Answer:* First, it is not up to them to say what they are and what they are not. When God created them, He did not ask them who they wanted to be. He just created them Igbo. The only way you’ll know who belongs to what ethnic group in Nigeria is the name and what language the name comes from. Anybody whose name is Amadi or Onyeri, or Eke, or Odili, Wanodi (Nwanodi) does not need to tell you who he is. He is Igbo, notwithstanding their politics.

*Question: But they claim that their language is Ikwerre, not Igbo.*

*Answer:* That is politics. Ikwerre is a dialect of Igbo language. Just like an Ngwa man speaks Ngwa Igbo, Arochukwu speaks Arochukwu Igbo, Ika speaks Ika Igbo, Ibani speak Ibani Igbo etc.

*Question: Some people say that Igbo language is not complete, is it true?*

*Answer:* No language is complete. All languages borrow from each other. Igbo language is very rich. It has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, sayings, anecdotes, riddles, folklores, etc. Igbo language is one of the major languages of the world, being spoken by millions of people.

*Question: How many are the Igbo?*

*Answer:* The Igbo are very numerous. There is an educated guess that if Nigeria’s census is properly enumerated, the Igbo could easily be the largest ethnic group in the country. They may number up to 40 million. Everything right now is speculation. Nobody knows the true stratification or ethnic populations in Nigeria. The Igbo are the only ethnic group found in large numbers everywhere in Nigeria and foreign countries more than any other ethnic group in Africa.

*Question: Do the Igbo have a culture of their own?*

*Answer:* Yes, indeed. Igbo culture is perhaps one of the richest and all-encompassing cultures in this world. Igbo culture always observes the temporal and the spiritual aspects of cosmology. The study of Igbo culture reveals that it is extremely deep and original.

*Question: Why do the Igbo wear Yoruba Agbada and Hausa babban riga, but the Yoruba and the Hausa do not ever wear Igbo national dress?*

*Answer* : Unfortunately, this is the case. The Igbo have very attractive and resplendent national dresses. And they come in assortments that are extremely dignifying. The Igbo take up foreign cultures more readily than other Nigerians, and they seem not to care that nobody reciprocates their carefree attitude to life. Most ethnics promote their cultures and show off what makes them unique. Actually, it is still the same so-called educated Igbo class who behave in such disgraceful and devil-may-care attitudes.

*Question: Why do the Igbo call themselves Biafrans?*

*Answer:* Great question. Some people have the idea that Biafra originates from the Bight of Biafra. But that is wrong. Biafra was the National name of Igboland given to Igbo by the Portuguese, just as Nigeria was named by the English of Britain. There was the Kingdom of Biafra that ruled most of the ancient subtropical Africa about 50,000 years ago. Unfortunately, nobody talks about it, for whatever reason (maybe because Portugal lost the colony right of Biafra to Britain who buried it, in other to promote Nigeria amalgamation), "I do not know". But, it is in the ancient maps of the world. If you wish, search it in Google.

*Question: Were the Igbo also taken into slavery during the slave trade?*

*Answer:* Yes. The Igbo slaves themselves gave account of their travails in slavery. Olauda Ekwuano, an Igbo ex-slave who bought his freedom in Britain, was the first slave to write about his experience in slavery. His book has become a classic. You ought to find it and read it. Also, other Igbos who were brought to America revolted, and some walked back on water and were said to have returned to Africa. Several books have been written about them. One of such books is “Ibo Landing.” It is available in bookstores like Barnes & Noble. In Haiti, the Igbo settled there and refused to be colonized by anybody. There are many places where the Igbo left their mark or their signature.

*Question: How did the Igbo know days and years?*

*Answer:* The Igbo invented an accurate, if not the most accurate, calendar called “Iguafo Igbo (Igbo Calendar).” In Igbo calendar, there are four market days – Eke, Afor, Nkwo, Orie that make one week. Four days make one week, seven weeks make one month, and thirteen months make one year. There are 28 days for each month, with the last month having 29 days. Each month starts the same day as the previous. Igbo calendar forms the perfect astronomical alignment with the cosmos and regulates the seasons, agriculture, navigation, astrology, geography, mathematics, travel, etc.

*Question: Did the Igbo have their own alphabet?*

*Answer:* Yes, indeed. It is called “Nsibidi.”

*Question: How about mathematics; did the Igbo know mathematics?*

*Answer:* Yes, indeed. There are such inventions as “Okwe” and “Mkpisi” which the Igbo used to resolve figures.

*Question: Did the Igbo know anything about banking?*

*Answer:* Yes. Igbo banking was more in the nature of savings and loans. The authentic Igbo savings and loans invention is called “Isusu’ in which contributions are pooled each week, and one person who has the need, collects, is still in practice. Igbo slaves took this invention to the Caribbean Islands, where they still practice it and call it “Sue Sue.”

*Question: Some people say that Igboland is too small for the Igbo, that they have no alternative than to live as Nigerians: is this true?*

*Answer:* False. Igboland is a large country. Do every Igbo need to stay and work in Igboland? No. Everywhere in the world, some will stay home while others venture abroad in search of opportunities. Igboland is large enough for the Igbo. It is a very rich and hospitable part of the world. It has rich soil for agriculture, abundant rainfall, good sunshine, and table land in many parts. Its land space and population are more than that of over half of the present countries in the world.

*Question: Where did the Igbo come from?*

*Answer:* That question is still being asked. There are very intriguing theories or histories now being studied. You may have heard of the Jewish angle & the Egypt angle which are connected, and the Origin of man angle. This twenty-first century, hopefully, will resolve the mystery.

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*A true life story meant for women or men who always taught it's done with them when their marriage doesn't bring forth children.*

*She Adopted 5 Boys Nobody Wanted — 27 Years Later, They Did Something She Never Expected.*

*Gloria Adebayo was 35 when life tested her strength. After five years of marriage and multiple failed fertility treatments, her husband walked away — no explanation, just a short note on the kitchen table:-*
*“I can’t do this anymore. I’m sorry.”*

*The silence that followed was deafening. Gloria battled loneliness, shame, and the heavy weight of dreams unfulfilled. But she wasn’t the kind of woman to stay down for long.*

*In 1997, during a volunteer shift at a local child welfare center in Lagos, she met a set of brothers — five boys, all under the age of 10, abandoned by their relatives after the death of their parents.*
*No one wanted to adopt them because they came as a group. And so, they stayed… waiting.*

*Something in Gloria’s heart stirred.*

*She didn’t have the resources. She didn’t have a husband. But she had love — so much love, and she knew it wasn’t meant to stay locked up in her heart.*

*One by one, she brought them home. First Segun, then Tunde, then the twins, Ikenna and Ifeanyi, and finally, baby Chuka. Raising them wasn’t easy — there were hospital visits, school fees, tears, and teenage drama. But there was also laughter, dancing in the rain, and Sunday mornings filled with jollof rice and gospel music.*

*Years passed. The boys grew. One became a civil engineer. Another started a non-profit. One moved abroad and became a teacher. Two others joined the police force. But they all remained close to home… and close to Mama Gloria.*

*In December 2024, on her 62nd birthday, they gathered in her small compound — and surprised her with a key.*

*A brand-new house. Bought and built by all five of them.*

*“We know you never had much,” Segun said, holding her trembling hands. “But you gave us everything. You gave us a home when we were forgotten. And now, it’s our turn.”*

*Gloria couldn’t speak.*
*The woman who once cried herself to sleep wondering if she’d ever be called “Mama” now sat surrounded by five grown men calling her “The greatest mother in the world.”*

*She didn’t just adopt five boys.*
*She raised five kings.*

*Source: Rosy world CRN*

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