The Igbo Youth Vanguard, a civil society organisation, says Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State will protect the interest of the South East if given opportunity to be the country’s next president. The group said this in a communique issued at the end of its delegate assembly held on...
South East
Efforts by the South-East to produce the next president may hit the rock as some of the aspirants from the region have vowed not to step down for one another. This is as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, warned that any presidential aspirant from the South-East who...
Mr Ahmed Nasiru, a political analyst, has described as a set back the inability of Igbo political elites to inspire consensus around a viable candidate ahead of 2023 presidential elections. Nasiru made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. He...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has confirmed the sale of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, in some service outlets in the South-East. The Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot Community, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A group, called Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) has urged the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, not to blackmail presidential aspirants from other zones. The National President of the group, Mr Lawrence Onuzulike, made the call on Thursday at a news conference in Awka. Onuzulike said that...
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi says he will contest in the 2023 presidential election if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), throws it open for all to contest or zones it to the south. Obi, who was PDP’S vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls,...
The airwaves have been inundated with the call for a power shift from the North to the South even though zoning and rotation are not expressly provided for in the 1999 Constitution handed down to us by the Military under Gen Abdulsaalam Abubakar rtd. It is an internal arrangement...
The debate on the interrelatedness of equity, justice; peace and development is among the most presently discussed topics on the surface of the earth. The reason for this unending debate stems from the time-honored belief that without equity and justice, there will be no peace. And without peace, no...
The management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, decried the raising spate of outright energy theft and meter bypass within the South-East. “This development has consistently impacted negatively on the revenue of the company and ultimately impacted its ability to meet up with its obligations to market...
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has said that the Southeast has a right to produce Nigeria’s next president because the people have a better understanding of Nigeria as a whole. Ikpeazu made this assertion today after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu- A notorious leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified as Godwin Nnamdi has been arrested by security operatives in Nkanu East LGA of Enugu State. The Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed the arrest of...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Troops of Exercise GOLDEN DAWN Sector 3 have repelled an attempt by IPOB/ESN members to unleash mayhem on residents of Mgbidi and Awo Mmamma communities in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo state. The Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this...
No fewer than 135 entrepreneurs in Enugu State have received business start-up kits distributed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). The Deputy Director, Enterprise Development and Promotion Department, SMEDAN, Abuja, Mr Gbenga Ogundeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the programme was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – An unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), currently standing trial, runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Receiving a group under the aegis of...
The Chief Whip of the Senate. Sen. Orji Kalu, on Friday in Abuja, said that northern groups were drumming support for him to vie for president in 2023 because they found him worthy to deliver good governance to the nation. Kalu, in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has renewed the call for Igbos to work with President Muhammadu Buhari and appreciate him for the infrastructure in the South-East. Kalu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that supporting Buhari...
Former chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Chief Simon Okeke, has advised Anambra Governor–elect, Prof. Charles Soludo, to avoid greedy politicians if he wants to prove his governance ability and capability. Okeke gave the advice during a press briefing in his country home, Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government...