Startling
archeological findings in the heart of
Alaigbo have revealed a highly sophisticated
culture that peaked in 8th and 9th Centuries
AD. Vast connections through trade helped
to foster artistic and technological growth
in metallurgy, particularly in leaded
bronze sculpture.
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Apart
from hosting most activities of the country's oil industry,
the Nigerian Eastern Economic Corridor has very good port
facilities of international standard as well as giant manufacturing
outfits like National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria (NAFCON)
and the aluminum-smelting plant at Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State,
for example. One of the nation’s Export Processing Zones
(EPZ) is located between the seaports of Port Harcourt and
Calabar. ... - More
For
reasons that cannot be fully explained by historians and
anthropologists, Ndiigbo venerate the colanut as a ritualistic
food that reinforces interactions in both their physical
and metaphysical world. Presentation, breaking and sharing
of the colanut are central to consummation of interpersonal
relationships as well as solemnization of group undertakings
in many formal or social settings in Igbo society. ....
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Nigeria
fought a brutal civil war which cost millions of lives,
billions of dollars as well as an immeasurable trauma on
the psyche of the nation but there is no coherent way that
the polity is utilizing the wealth of that experience in
nation building....-
more
Revisitation
of Biafra, as a deliberate national endeavor, should be
seen as a necessary catharsis that will prepare the new
political dispensation to rid itself of the inertia of the
past as well as allow the present leadership .. ....
more
Option
3B foresees an Igbo society that is determined to regain
its former respectable status within the context of one
united Nigeria even though the ultimate objective will be
the consolidation of a regional economic and political power
base... ....more
