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  Aguleri was founded on the banks of the Anambra River, which is a tributary of the great River Niger. Aguleri is the largest town in the Anambra East local government area of Anambra State in Nigeria, bordered by Umueri, Anam, and Nando in the west; Anaku, Omor, Ifite Ogwari, Igbakwu, and Umueje in the east; Iggah, Ojjor, Asaba, and Ogwurugwu communities of Uzo Uwani lga in Enugu state in the south; and in the north, it borders Obele, Odeke, and Eshonwa communities of Ibaji lga in Kogi state. Oral tradition history traces the origin of Aguleri to a man named Eri. Eri settled at the bank of the river where he made an altar of onyx at the confluence of Ezu na Omabala rivers. Due to annual flooding of the place Eri moved upland to Eri-aka near odanduli stream and finally to where he erected Obu Uga (Obu-Gad). Eri had the following children 1. Agulu (Aguleri) 2. Attah 3. Oba 4. Menri 5. Adamgbo (Iguedo the only daughter of Eri). All the children of Eri lived together with their fathe...

  The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, has clarified that Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf resigned from the Kwankwasiyya Movement, not from the NNPP itself. In statements reported by Vanguard and Punch Newspapers on January 24, 2026, Aniebonam emphasized the distinction: while Governor Yusuf and other political officeholders have distanced themselves from the Kwankwasiyya political movement—led by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso—their resignation from the party platform (NNPP) is not formally known to him as the party's national leader. The clarification addresses widespread reports of Yusuf's resignation from the NNPP on January 23, 2026, alongside 21 members of the Kano State House of Assembly and other officials. Yusuf cited internal conflicts and a focus on citizen welfare as reasons for leaving the party, amid speculation of a potential defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aniebonam maintained that the NNPP remains int...