PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of 12 nominees as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC). The President’s request is contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmed…
The All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State has refuted calls on the national leadership of the Party to zone the Office of the Senate President to the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Recall that the Chairman, Aniocha South Local…
All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Osita Izunaso has stated that the sentiments of Igbos regarding “marginalisation” were justified. He spoke on Monday in Abuja while making a case for the zoning of the 10th Senate Presidency to the South-East, News…
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Mr John Amadi, has warned trouble makers and those issuing threats of violence to steer clear of South-East polls, come the March 11 Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections. Amadi, who is the…
Unknown gunmen operating in the South-East struck again on Friday, killing three policemen from the department of Explosive Ordinance Device, (EOD), Delta State Police Command, Asaba. The victims, who were attached to the State Government House, were murdered in Ihiala…
Worried by the low collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, in the South-East, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged the South-East governors to declare public holidays. The call was contained in a statement made available to reporters by…
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday protested in Aba, Abia State over the non-release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. The protesters vowed not to allow the 2023 election hold in the South East…
Fear of ethnic and religious prejudices, inadequate equipment to prosecute assignments and hoarding of vacancies have been blamed for the inability of the South-East geo-political zone to meet its quota in the ongoing recruitment exercise in the Nigerian Army. The…
By Ogaga Ariemu Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), tasked the five governors in the South-East geopolitical zone to join forces to find the right strategy to end the killings, increasing security challenges in the zone. HURIWA’s National Coordinator,…
By FEMI ADESINA Each time I read of killings by gunmen in the South East, I go into the doldrums. I get mortified by the sheer waste of precious lives, the wantonness, malevolence and viciousness of it all. And I…
