Igbos Are Not Jews - DNA Result Reveals

The high expectations of members of the Re­deemed Israel Commu­nity of Nazarene Association (RICON) on a possible ances­tral link between Igbo and Jews have been dashed.

The international President of Jewish Voice Ministries, Rab­bi Jonathan Bernis, announced that the result of saliva samples taken in Nnewi had shown that the Igbo were not Jews.

Igbo Groups Elect Nnamdi Kanu As New Leader

A coalition of pan-Igbo groups, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, on Tuesday, elected the detained Biafra activist, Nnamdi Kanu, as its new ‘leader’. Kanu, who also heads a pro-Biafra group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, is currently in detention at Kuje Prison, Abuja. He is being prosecuted by the Federal Government over alleged offences that border on treasonable felony. Kanu was elected leader of the ECA in absentia at a special session which held in Enugu. Others elected at the event include Rev. Fr. John Odey, publicity secretary; Evang. Elliot Ugochukwu-Ukon, secretary; and Dede Uzor, assistant publicity secretary. Foremost Igbo women leader, Mrs Maria Okwor, is the deputy leader of the group.