The leadership of Labour Party has demanded the release of its National Vice Chairman, South-East, Mr Ceekay Igara, arrested by the police allegedly on the order of Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti. The party made this demand in a statement by its Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, on...
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Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, has decried the deteriorating security situation in the South-Eastern part of the country. She made this known at the annual conference of the American Veterans of of Igbo Descent (AVID) on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, made available to newsmen in...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that the power outages being experienced in the South East zone was due to the general national electricity system collapse. The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, made the disclosure in a statement in Enugu on Monday. According to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, destroyed fake, adulterated and unregistered food, drug and cosmetic products worth about N2.7 billion seized in the South-East. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the products were burnt at the Enugu State refuse dumpsite...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obip, has called for the arrest and prosecution of promoters of genocidal threats against Igbos in Lagos. Social media has been awash with a hashtag, asking the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the other South-West...
I should say right away that I am an activist in my own right and have been since I was a student. I’m not against protests taking place under the appropriate circumstances, even though the planned nationwide hunger protest meant to put a stop to hardships may not...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulahi Ganduje, has said the party has initiated moves to de-marginalise Igbos to place them in the limelight of national politics. Ganduje made the assertion on Sunday during the APC South East zonal meeting in Abakaliki, noting that...
Unknown gunmen, on Sunday night, opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilance operatives and a passerby at Umuaka Community in Njaba Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred near the local Afor Umuaka Market and Hilltop...
A Bill to alter the 1999 Constitution as amended to create additional state in the South-East geo-political zone called Etiti, has passed through first reading in the House of Representatives . Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) and four others sponsored the bill which was read by the clerk of...
A former lawmaker, who represented the Abia Central in the 2nd National Assembly, Senator Chris Adighije, has called on the Federal Government to adopt the doctrine of necessity to create additional state in the South East. Adighije made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. According...
Director General (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said the South-East ranks among the regions with the highest human trafficking infractions in the country. Waziri-Azi said this on Monday at the opening of a one-day workshop organised...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said it would begin the metering of its Band A customers across its network in the South-East through its Meter Asset Providers (MAP) initiative. MAP is a metering intervention designed and approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has denied allegation of mass killing in the South Eastern Nigeria, as alleged by Simon Ekpa, a self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday declared Finland-based Simon Ekpa, a self-styled Biafra agitator wanted. Also declared wanted alongside Ekpa was Chika Edoziem, another Biafra agitator, both of them disciples of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. They are among the 21 violent criminals declared...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, disassociated himself from the ongoing killings and violence in the south east. Kanu, who spoke in an interview with newsmen shortly after Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned...
Restiveness and killings in Anambra and the southeast geopolitical zone in general will deny women the opportunity of having spouses. The declaration was made in the report of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC), the Executive Summary of which was made available to the News Agency...
The Federal Government on Monday flagged off “Lights Up Nigeria Project’ in South-East aimed at providing electricity across the country. Flagging of the project in Enugu during the South East Business roundtable, the Vice President Sen. Kashim Shettima, said the project was the reassurance of the federal government...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, on Monday arrived Enugu State for project inauguration. Shettima, who arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu at 9.52a.m. with a Presidential Jet 5N-FGW, was received by Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu Enugu, Hope Uzodimma of Imo, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra and Francis...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has lauded the Supreme Court for releasing the Certified True Copy (CTC) of its Dec. 15, 2023 judgment on the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) In a statement...
The International Human Rights Observatory Africa (IHRO-Africa), has lauded Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, for introducing the Peace In South-East Project (PISE-P) initiative. Kalu’s PISE-P initiative, which is a non-kinetic solution centering on value reorientation and reconciliation, was launched on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023,...