Ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives interfacing with security agencies with a view to reducing banditry, assasination, kidnaping and other criminalities in Abia State, say insecurity is threatening the foundation of the soutg region region’s existence. Chairman of the committee, Hon. Obi Agocha sttated this in Abuja on Thursday, during a meeting with security agencies, noting that the Read More
By Benjamin Samson Abuja The Defence Headquarters Thursday said the current leadership of the Nigerian Armed Forces has activated troops into ‘war mode’ to counter the threats of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and economic sabotage being perpetrated against the people. To that effect, in the last one week, troops neutralised 23 terrorists, bandits and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) militants, rescued Read More
In a bid to combat the illegal imposition of sit-at-home orders on the South East, a prominent global women group called Women Support Women Community Network (WOSCONET) has taken a stand against the unauthorised directive. Joining forces with the Enugu and Anambra state governments, as well as other stakeholders, WOSCONET lamented the adverse economic implications and loss of revenue caused Read More
…82 Mondays, N5.4trn wasted – Expert ‘…Several innocent citizens have lost their lives” ‘…It threatens region’s rating of academic excellence’ …Losses we incur humongous – Biz owners …It amounts to pressing the self-destruct button – Chief Osuji On the back of Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition from Kenya, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ordered a sit-at-home protest on Mondays until Nnamdi Read More
A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, was Thursday, arrested and released after hours of questioning by Police in Finland, according to Helsingin Sanomat (HS), the largest subscription newspaper in Finland. Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of his apartment in Lahti by Finish policemen. He was later released after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime. The Finnish Central Read More
The incessant attacks on government’s facilities in the South-east region of the country are condemnable and if the ugly trend is not stopped there is a high possibility that elections may not hold in the region and even if it holds it will not be peaceful. On July 4, 2022, it was reported that hoodlums attacked the INEC office in Read More
The South East Basketball Association has categorically condemned the suspension of Nigerian basketball from international competitions. The South east which represents all the South East basketball chairmen namely Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo-state. In a press release signed Osondu Ngwude and made available to our correspondent Wednesday, the zone stated that the decision will not augur well for the Read More
Political parties in Nigeria, especially the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) have been charged to choose their presidential candidates among the Southeast extraction for equity, justice and balancing purposes. The group, PDP Coalition, in a statement by Dr. Emeka Kalu, its Coordinator, lamented that since political independence in 1960, none of the southeast originally had ever Read More
A legal activist and solicitor of the Supreme Court, Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika Esq, has stated thatgovernors and members of the National Assembly (NASS) from the South-East are docile, out of touch and completely unconscious of their roles and duties to the region. Ezeobika in a statement on Monday noted that “it is indeed worrisome that elected state governors and members Read More
The frequent killing of Nigerians in South Africa over the years has attracted concerns among Nigerians globally with its nationals seeking an end to the causal slaying of their compatriots.Their concerns stem from the fact that relationship between Nigeria and South Africa, both African economic giants since independence era, has always been cordial and mutually beneficial, raising posers as to Read More
A former Deputy National Vice Chairman (Southwest) of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has called on the southern zone of Nigeria to form an alliance in other to choose a credible candidate for Presidency come 2023. George made the call in Friday during a consultative visit made to him by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Read More
The spate of insecurity in the South-east had always been a subject of discourse. AMARACHUKWU EGWUAGHA examines the scourge. It’s no longer news that the South-east zone has been witnessing pockets of insecurity, just like other parts of the country. For instance, there have been several attacks in states like Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi and other parts of the zone, but the Read More
The South-east needs economic rejuvenation to come out of its present state. CHUKS NWEZE writes on how this can be achieved. Before the recent agitations for self rule took the centre stage, Nigeria had been bedevilled with crisis in the Niger Delta occasioned by outright neglect. Also, insurgents in the North-east have been resisting western-styled education. While Nigeria was trying Read More
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention slated for 30th and 31st October, Chieftains of the party in the South-Eastern part of the country, have rejected what they called the imposition of Senator Sam Daddy Anyanwu as the consensus candidate of the party in the zone for the position of secretary. Recall that the national secretary of the Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to do everything in its power to ensure the credibility of the forthcoming governorship elections in Anambra state, slated for November 6, 2021. The call was made, Sunday, by a frontline civil society organisation, the Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), against the background of smouldering concerns from the political space and security Read More
The pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure organisation, the South East Revival Group (SERG) has warned the Federal Government and the five governors in the eastern states not to take steps that could worsen the security situation in the region, saying that “the cost of reckless utterances and unguarded actions may consume the zone.” The SERG in a statement signed by its President Read More
Ebonyi state is 25years, the state which was one of the six state created by General Sanni Abacha on Oct 1996, from the old Abakaliki division of Enugu and old division of Abia State. Ebonyi State is a state predominantly by agriculture and many lives on farm produce, and it’s fast growing economic hulb among the 36state of the federationEbonyi Read More
The usual glitz and glamour associated with Nigeria’s Independence Day celebrations completely deserted the entire South eastern part of Nigeria on Friday following sit-at-home order by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). In Imo state, the situation was not different. A glimpse of what to expect in a state that has been plagued with enormous crisis in recent times witnessed the Read More
Governor of Benue state, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not following the vision of the nation’s founding fathers which was built on unity and oneness. Ortom said instead of bringing Nigeria together, Buhari has succeeded in dividing the country with intimidation and marginalisation. The governor who said this in Enugu Thursday, in a lecture delivered at Read More
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command has bursted a kidnap and armed robbery syndicate in the state, recovering arms and vehicles from the gang. In a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters Owerri, Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Rabiu Hussaini said the breakthrough followed the kidnapping of one Okechukwu Mbata, 42 years of age, in 2019 and Kelechi Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, the State House has announced. A statement on Sunday issued by Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, said the president gave the order in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum. “This is in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act Read More
A group of youth organisations in the Southeast comprising the National Association of Nigerian Student (NANS), National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ohaneze Ndigbo Youths, on Ftiday pledged their support for the fight against economic and financial crimes in the southeast region. They made the pledge during a visit to the Enugu zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Read More
After a committee meeting of Imo state government representatives and members of the Imo State Independent Petroleum Marketers(IPM) Wednesday, it was resolved that members of the Tanker Drivers Association (TDA) who had embarked on a strike over the face-off between the state government should call off their strike. They are to resume supply of petroleum products in the state and Read More
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state Monday said South-east zone lost over N10 billion each time they sit at home. He said this in a statement issued by the special assistant to the governor on media, Francis Nwaze. Gov Umahi made the statement while receiving the former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai in a state dinner at Government Lodge, Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has described as unfortunate and disappointing comment credited to the state governor David Nweze Umahi wherein he prayed and expressed a wish for God to give Nigeria another President like Muhammadu Buhari as his successor in 2023. The group demanded that the governor should apologise to Nigerians. In a statement Read More
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