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“Igbos, You Are Targets o!”, Kanayo O. Kanayo cries out
Legendary Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has stated that he thinks Nigeria will advance as a country if an Igbo person holds the presidency.
He claimed that the idea that “Igbophobia,” or fear or prejudice towards Igbo people, keeps them from running for president is untrue.
The actor talked about the importance of his Nigerian and Igbo identities on a recent episode of the podcast “The Honest Bunch.”
Kanayo stated, “Being an Igbo means that I come from a side of the country that speaks a dialect just like the Hausas, Fulani, and others.
“It also means to me that I’m a special person created that everything I touch prospers. When we [Igbos] are called the Jews of this part of the world, it means a lot.
And much is required of those who receive much. The tree with the knife wound is the one by the road.
“We’re in the market place always and we dance beautiful dances. That’s who the Igbos are. So we become the envy of other people.
“An Igbo man starts his business with kiosk today, give him the next one year, he turns it to a shop. From a kiosk to a shop.
“It’s here. Spit into our hands by a force we call Chukwu Abiama. You can’t take it away. So we would continue to be the envy of other people.
“I remember during the elections last year, some people said the Igbos want to take over Lagos. How can we take over Lagos? For what when we have an ancestral home we come from?
“But then most of us don’t want to go back. And it’s only in Nigeria that it happens. A New Yorker is a New Yorker regardless of where they come from.
“So if we abolish state of origin in Nigeria, we will be better as a country. What has it got to do with state of origin when you’re employing somebody? It’s the IQ we’re looking for.
“So being Igbo has become an endangered specie. Because I’m now judged by where I come from, not by what I have to offer.
“The content is what should be looked at. So in the larger entity called Nigeria, there has been a division, nepotism orchestrated by many people for political, economic and religious purposes.
“Being Igbo and being a Nigerian to me, is like running at opposite courses. It looks like the [civil] war never ended.
“For instance, Prof Yusuf formerly of the NHIS granted an interview I watched on Arise TV a few months ago.
“He said, ‘these our Igbo brothers, why are they not talking? Why are they not joining the protest?’ And I replied him the next day, I said, ‘Prof, during the elections, you said we didn’t have the capacity to be president, so we don’t have the capacity to protest.
“You said we can’t be trusted with power.’ I mean, these are statements that are on papers so I’m not saying it out of context.
“When other Nigerians were protesting from region to region, I said, ‘Igbos, you are targets o!’ Igbos are the only people who come to every community in Nigeria and build houses.
“We are the only people. Give it to us because we call every place we come home. We are not looking for an Igbo president. We are looking for a president of Igbo extraction who will give Nigeria with what he has and what God has given him.
“The fear of the Igbo man that ‘in 1967, Ojukwu declared a succession, if you give them that opportunity again they will secede,’ is only imaginary.
“Like I said, we are the only people who own properties even in the remotest areas in Nigeria. So that fear is induced.
“The day you give an Igbo man the presidency of this country, that is the day Nigeria will discover why it is Nigeria. Economically, people would begin to say Hallelujah.”
Less than four days after Big Larry passed on, another veteran Nollywood star Emmanuel Francis has died.
Popular Nigerian Filmmaker, Femi Ogedengbe via his social media on Sunday night announced the veteran’s passage.
According to Ogedengbe, he had taken to the late veteran to Tanzania in 2006, adding that he shot a number of films with him, including Cross My Sin, She is My Sister and The Director.
Sharing late actor’s photo, Ogedengbe wrote: “Rest in peace to one of Nollywood legends. Uncle Emmanuel Frances, one of the actors i took to Tanzania in 2006, shot three movie with him; cross my sin, she is my sister and the director. RIP.”
A Ghanaian by birth, It is yet unclear how he died. He was in his 80s.
Before death, the late actor’s dreams was to shoot a film he tilted ” Ghana Must Go”. He has gone on to feature in dozens of films in Nollywood, earning him a reputation as a talented and lively personality.
Naijablitznews recalls this is coming days after Big Larry too passed on.
By Mario Deepromoter
A High Court in Ogun State has imposed an interim injunction prohibiting a planned event in memory of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.
The legal team of the deceased family disclosed this in a statement signed by its representative, Monisola Odumosu, and exclusively obtained by PUNCH Metro, on Sunday.
Odumosu noted that the court’s decision, handed down by Justice O. Osunfisan, on Thursday, was in response to a motion filed by the late Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, represented by Emmanuel Oroko.
According to the statement, the injunction specifically targeted plans to host the ‘Sing for Mohbad and Win’ event, scheduled for September 12-14, 2024 in the state or any other location.
“In the motion with suit number HCT/871/2024 Justice Osunfisan ordered as follows ‘ An order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the respondent whether by himself servants, agents,assigns or otherwise however called from holding any event titled ‘Sing for Mohbad and Win’ organised by the respondent which is set to be held on September 12, 13, and 14, 2024, at the Aqua Lounge or any other place pending the determination of the originating motion for interlocutory injunction dated and filed on September 6, 2024. The order of interim injunction hereby granted today, the 12 day of September 2024, is to last for seven days following the provision of the Rules of Court,” the statement read in part.
The Aloba family, who initiated the legal action, had previously appealed to the public to respect their moment of grief and refrain from commercialising the occasion by exploiting the goodwill of their late son.
Odumosu however stated that the matter was set to return to court on October 7, 2024, for the hearing of the originating motion for interlocutory injunction.
PUNCH Metro reported before the late singer’s first anniversary that the family expressed concern that some individuals and organisations might be planning to use Mohbad’s memory fort commercial purposes.
The family’s proposed move appealed to them to seek approval before proceeding with such a plan.
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh addresses ex-husband Olakunle Churchill she counsel as single mother and aspirin women wishing to join her league.
The lady who sort to know how she had managed to cope since her div0rce from ex-husband Olakunle Churchill, wrote to her inbox,
“Good morning ma, please ma, I have a question. How were u able to cope when u and ur ex-husband left u with your child? If there is any advice am ready to learn. I am a nobody aiming to be somebody soon”.
And in response Tonto replied her below 👇
“Good morning,
First and foremost, I was the one who chose to walk away from my marriage, not the other way around. I needed to escape a difficult situation, not just got my own sake, but for my child as well. Best decision I ever made.
Remember, you have the power to become the person you aspire to be, as long as you commit to your growth and invest in yourself. Prioritize the well-being of your children while seeking guidance and strength from God. Sometimes the end of the road is the beginning of your blessings, but please, if your marriage is worth it, f!ght for your home.
Take care”.
She continued
“Dear single mothers,
I don’t have a manual for these things.
I am neither a pro in this movement.
My biggest teacher has been LOVE.
I just let God do his thing, and his thing is enough for me.
Draw strength from God, most especially keep your family matters private”.
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