Sentences with phrase «ikwerre ethnic nationality»

Self - determination for all ethnic nationalities is the solution or else Fulani terrorists will overrun and overwhelm every single soul that dare raise his or her head up.»

They also demanded the immediate restructuring of the Presidential Amnesty Programme so as to meet the needs of all ethnic nationalities in the region.

But their sense of superiority and their inability to unite as a single ethnic nationality and speak and act with one voice is their greatest undoing.

I may go as far as to say that the Igbo man's individualistic and town level efforts are superior to those of many other ethnic nationalities.

However, they are not superior to other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

WARRI — OPINION leaders and Ijaw ethnic nationality groups in Delta State, yesterday, faulted the statement by the Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, Major - General Alani Okunola, that community leaders would be held responsible for attacks on oil facilities by militants.

«Biafrans are naturally, law - abiding and peaceful people without the history of conquest like any other major ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

A former Rivers State governor, Sir Celestine Omehia, has called on the people of Ikwerre ethnic nationality to remain politically vigilant to avoid slipping back into political oblivion.

The President of Ogbakor Ikwerre, USA, Dr. Fortune Worlugbum, in his remarks, announced that the group would recognise former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, with an award of «Friendship for Help» to lift the Ikwerre ethnic nationality in politics.

«Already, we are talking with leaders of ethnic nationalities and if at the end, we reach a conclusion, we will make it public.

He said contrary to what many people thought, Ikwerre people did not need to put their eggs in one basket, even as he urged them to belong to different political parties and promote the interest of Ikwerre ethnic nationality.

In a statement signed by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, it said «We the IPOB want to use this opportunity to thanked the Arewa Elders Forum, AEF, Arewa Youths and Arewa Consultative Forum for seeing sense in what IPOB has been saying about the need for a referendum to be conducted in Nigeria to decide the fate of the component ethnic nationalities criminally lumped together by the British in 1914.»

Nigeria has over 250 ethnic nationalities and wide disparities in culture.

Speaking at the occasion, the lawmaker representing Ikwerre / Emohua Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Elder Chidi Wihioka, said the people of Ikwerre ethnic nationality and Rivers East senatorial district in general will support the emergence of an Ogoni as the next governor of the state.

No one group, Ethnic nationality or Political affiliation to dominate any area to get a true variety of people with no dominance, therefore everyone is treated fairly by the Representative that is elected.

I recommend no more than 25 % cap of any group, ethnic nationality or Political affiliation where possible.

«Certain Nigerian leaders, having been blindfolded by corruption, assume the possibility of using money in manipulating the national security agencies to intimidate, suppress and hold down certain ethnic nationalities or playing one ethnic nationality against the other with a view to undermining the constitution and perversely upturning the rule of law.

It is part of our nature to accommodate people from other ethnic nationalities but now, our people can not go to their farms again because of the fear of the unknown.

If Pa Adebanjo was in bed with the man from Otuoke, it was not for his personal interest compared to the selfish, egoistic, scallywagish antics of Bourdillon in supporting a disaster called Mohammadu Buhari that has driven the Yorùbá Nation into a murderous ditch along with other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

The President described the entrepreneurship nature of the Ndigbo as «unique;» noting that other ethnic nationalities should embrace it to move the country forward.

«We declare and confirm that the ancient Okomu - Apoi is an autonomous kingdom, of immemorial existence as part of the Ijaw Niger Delta ethnic nationality and not subject or subordinate to any other traditional authority including the Bini kingdom and its monarchy.

The President who stated this while addressing the people of Ebonyi State and leaders of the South East including traditional rulers at PA Ngele Oruta Township Stadium, Abakaliki, said all ethnic nationalities in the country must work together without compromising their cultural identities.

«The Ijaw ethnic nationality in Ondo State, compared to Edo, enjoys local political independence having a local government of our own; a permanent seat in the state House of Assembly; a permanent representative in the state executive council; permanent secretaries in the state civil service among other positions at the state level,» the statement added.

According to Salis, whose position follows a recent quit notice order given to Igbos living in the North by a coalition of Arewa youths, the agitation for secession by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria will reduce drastically once equity and justice take precedent over ethnic domination.

They appealed to the Niger Delta Avengers, the Indigenous People of Biafra and other aggrieved ethnic nationalities in the country to sheath their swords and allow government to work.

The President of ACIPA, Luke Shehu, told journalists during a press conference in Jos that the demand became pertinent because Buhari was «nepotistic», while the «Nigerian ethnic nationalities and particularly the Northern Christians are under siege.»

My wide research & study about the people of Southern Nigeria, their culture & tradition, Amaechi's ethnic nationality are not known for house servants / maids.

This certainly makes it a win - win situation for the influential ethnic nationality, which, together with the Hausa, has enjoyed a primacy of place in the nation's hegemonic configuration since independence in 1960.

The member representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo - Agege, has condemned the inclusion of Urhobo ethnic nationality as part of Biafra, noting that such an action is a blunt disrespect to the Urhobo Nation.

Recounting how her husband was humiliated before he was arrested, she called on the people of the Ijaw ethnic nationality to shun acts that might cause them to betray their leaders.

Formerly known as Burma, the Southeast Asian country with more than 100 ethnic nationalities is currently in the middle of a crisis where its leaders are being accused of committing human right abuses.

Not exact matches

I thought civil rights was about ethnic equality, and respecting individual life regardless of skin or nationality.

«People from all nationalities that contain different religions and ethnic groups must learn how to live in peace,» the Turkish student said.

What at a distance seemed to be a quasi-public edifice flying only the all - inclusive flag of American nationality turned out, on closer inspection, to be the clubhouse of a particular ethnic group — the white Anglo - Saxon Protestants, its operation shot through with the premises and expectations of its parental ethnicity.8

As Isaac Berkson wrote over 50 years ago, «The ethnic group is not a system of ideas but a nationality, a community of persons; it is a living reality related, indeed, to thought, but still flesh and blood and desire and no mere pale abstraction.

Political entrepreneurs are beginning to exploit the rise of ethnic consciousness in the U.S. Political ethnicity and conflict are certain to grow when government validates or legitimates racial, religious or nationality quotas, proportional representation, community control, communalism or sectionalism.

Though race is sometimes correctly designated by basic biological types as Caucasian, Mongolian, or Negroid, in practice it is more often indicated by color, as black, white, red, yellow, or brown; or by nationality, as Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Mexican; or by geographical origin, as Oriental, Asiatic, European, African; or by a combination of ethnic, national, and geographical factors, as Nordic, Teutonic, Slavic, Latin American, French Canadian.

@cm Not withstanding the immediate cause of a conflict, religion along with language, culture, ethnic characteristics and nationality often serve to delineate «us» from «them» and use the difference to dehumanise the enemy.

They added: «It is further alleged that this is an «Aggravated Breach» as defined by FA Rule E3 [2] as it included a reference to ethnic origin and / or colour and / or race and / or nationality and / or religion or belief.»

you are sorry for an ethnic part which has got everything one need??? do you know why there are more secondos in those teams than the ones who were born with that nationality?

One hates to rely on stereotypes about nationalities and ethnic groups but the opinions that I heard expressed on the matter fell rather neatly along the lines of the stereotypes of the «emotionally stunted and repressed Brits» and the «fiery and passionate Latin Americans.»

Our admissions are open to all students regardless of race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, or ethnic origin.

«The EU's advice is totally in agreement with our public position on the same issue, to the effect that the Buhari administration must refrain from massive deployment of State violence and use of dark side of the laws of the land as well as levying of political, economic, social, ethnic and cultural wars against members of the Nigeria's Igbo and other Southern nationalities.

Originally self - segregated into various areas with people of their own nationality, migration from the southern portion of the camp has forced people of different national, ethnic and sectarian origins to intermingle.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called for unity among various ethnic groups and nationalities in the country.

«It is a truly international research community, embracing all nationalities, all faiths, and all ethnic groups,» says Andre Wan of BMRC.

Sometimes people of different nationalities clash in the negotiation process, and in no employment sector do we have such cultural and ethnic diversity as the sciences.

One great aspect of dating in Leeds is the city's rich and diverse ethnic community, which blends a bounty of places to eat from all nationalities.

It's clear that the cultures of the world are already beginning to intermingle, and, for many reasons, it seems likely that the world of the future will be one where different nationalities and ethnic groups are closely connected.

Historically, the most numerous of foreign born nationalities are ethnic Germans from Germany and other Scandinavians from Denmark and Norway.