ENUGU- Igbos have been urged to increase media establishment, support and involvement in Nigeria. They were reminded that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first Nigerian to own a media outlet. He established newspapers which he effectively used to fight colonialism. That was one of the take always from the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Colloquium…… Continue reading Igbos urged to increase media establishment, support and involvement
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With the following words below, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State urged Buhari to declare Zik’s birthday November 16 a national holiday. “However, while we are thanking Mr President for this mausoleum, we also pray you to declare Zik’s birthday, November 16, a National Day in Nigeria. This will be in keeping with the honour…… Continue reading Untitled
Zikist Movement Thanks President Buhari For Commissioning Zik’s Mausoleum
The Zikist Movement, the body for the promotion and protection of the legacies of Doctor Nnamdi Azikiwe The Great, the Zik of Africa, wishes to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for his noble step in commissioning Zik’s Mausoleum today. To we in the Movement it is a dream-come-true. It is a dream of ages that has…… Continue reading Zikist Movement Thanks President Buhari For Commissioning Zik’s Mausoleum
Zikism: Nigeria and Risorgimento
By Obi Nwakanma It does seem clear to many of us who still have, and are guided by a sense of history that Nigeria derailed from its historical course, and drifts, when it abandoned Zikist ideology as its foundational myth. Much of Nigeria’s history, particularly since the civil war, has been shaped by a cynical…… Continue reading Zikism: Nigeria and Risorgimento
The New Zikist Movement
By Obi Nwakanma,Vanguard Newspapers On February 28, I was a guest speaker at the Anambra State Association Black History month symposium on Nnamdi Azikiwe in Dallas. It was an apt and proper celebration of the life of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, a true giant of the 20th century. In choosing to celebrate Azikiwe’s contribution, it struck…… Continue reading The New Zikist Movement