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By Chilee Agunanna I once interviewed Terry G, a Nigerian music artist, in his heydays sometime in 2010, after his song, “Free Madness”, was released or leaked, as he claimed, and he said: “Chilee, how do you think I will just put that kind of nonsense together and ask people …

By Chilee Agunanna At the risk of sounding vulgar, I wish to apply this Igbo proverb here: “Kinsmen are like the hairs around the anus, they can neither be shaved nor pulled.” The Igbos fighting for Biafra are like those hairs, they are going about it the wrong way for …

Houston, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017: The Texas Southern University’s chapter of the African Students Association (ASA) hosted their first Charity Date Auction on Thursday. The purpose of the Auction was to raise as much goods as possible to donate to the Star of Hope Foundation, a charity program. The auction …

February 12, 2017 was a Triple-Threat Saturday in Houston as the Umu Igbo Unite Houston Chapter (UIU Houston) held three excellent events across the city. The first was an Afrobeats dance workout session at Creative Workouts Gym and the afternoon featured an Igbo Language Class. But the highlight of the …

🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 The Houston chapter of the Pan-Igbo youth organisation in the U.S, Umu Igbo Unite Houston chapter is requesting your presence to their Singles Mingle & Date Auction on Saturday, February 11th, at 6PM! Whether you’re single or in a relationship, come out and support. The host is Prince Kalu, …

I wrote this article two years ago after Skiibii faked his death in attempt to “blow” and pointed out that there were some fundamental disfunctionalities at Five Star Music. The current debacle with Harrysong only confirms those facts. I hereby represent the article which was first published on www.thenet.ng. So …

The Houston chapter of the Pan-Igbo youths organisation in the U.S, Umu Igbo Unite held its monthly Happy Hour session at the Skybar and Grill, Westheimer on Friday night. Below are some pictures from the gathering…    

By Chilee Agunanna When The Future Awards launched in 2006, the trio of Chude Jideonwo, Adebola Williams and Emilia Asim-Ita (who later left), had a dream. They dreamt that one day an alumnus of the awards would become the president of the country and that from the pool of its …

A group of US-based young African professionals known as the “Dating The Culture” recently held their first Mixer in Houston on Saturday, Jan.14, 2017 at the Village of Emerald Bay Clubhouse. According to their Facebook page, “Dating the Culture” is a Facebook group dedicated to creating a safe space for African …

The Houston, Texas, chapter of the Umu Igbo Unite (an association of progressive Igbo youths in the U.S.) held their end-of-year potluck in Houston on the night of Saturday, December 3, 2016. Here are some pictures from the event…