And while the celebration lasts a whole day in some communities, it usually takes a week in others. New yam festival: The celebration of thanksgiving. [thebiafraherald] Deeply rooted in ancient Igbo ...

Okwesili noted that the eating of the new yam signalled the end of famine and food shortage each year as hunger reduced. New yam festival N News Agency Of Nigeria Follow An Enugu-based Catholic priest ...

Recall that Anyaso was Vanguard Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 award recipient, and the 2023 deputy governorship candidate of the Young People’s Party, YPP, in Abia State. The business mogul and ...

The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, joined the people of Omor in Ayamelum local government area of the state for their traditional New Yam Festival, a celebration of culture and harvest ...

There is unrest in Ibule Soro community, Ifedore Local Government Area, Ondo State over the celebration of the New Yam festival. More than 50 people have been arrested over the clash arising from the ...

His Royal Highness (HRH), Igwe E.A. Mbanefo, Ozuruoha II of Orsumoghu, has marked this year’s New Yam Festival with an in-house celebration at his residence in Lokogoma, Abuja. Speaking during the ...

The beat of drums carried across a Brandon, Man., ballroom Saturday as Igbo dancers in bright regalia celebrated the New Yam Festival — a ritual that is both a taste of home for Nigerian families and ...

Igwe E.A. Mbanefo, the Ozuruoha II of Orsumoghu, has marked this year’s New Yam Festival with an in-house celebration at his residence in Lokogoma, Abuja. At the event, Igwe Mbanefo emphasised the ...

The New Yam Festival, an age-old tradition heralding the harvest season, took on a new life in Ogidi, Anambra State, as son of the soil, Chief Obiora Okonkwo rallied his people in a colourful ceremony ...

The President of Nzuko Edda Lagos (NEL) branch, Sam Obasi, has appealed to government at all levels to improve the security ...

The Iriji Festival, the Igbo New Yam celebration, is one of Southeast Nigeria’s most treasured cultural traditions, ...