The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, today, appointed four professors under its Professorial Endowment Chair initiative to prevent the extinction of the Igbo language. The appointed scholars include Prof. Mercy Nnyigide from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof. Boniface Mbah of University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof. Ngozi Emeka-Nwobi of Ebonyi State ...
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, John Azuta-Mbata, has cautioned that the Igbo language risks extinction if decisive and collective steps are not taken to revitalise it. He gave the warning at the 2026 Igbo Efula Mother Tongue Day celebration held in Enugu, where he described the language as the soul and identity of the [&he...

