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South East: FG to boost power supply in industrial clusters

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The Federal Government on Monday, restated its commitment to boost power supply to industrial clusters in the South East region. Vice-President Kashim Shettima gave the assurance at the inauguration of the Light Up Nigeria, South East Initiative in Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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Buhari administration has over 60 projects in South East – Official

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2021 0

Mr. Gambo Manzo, the Special Assistant to the President on Political Affairs in the office of the Vice president says President Muhammadu Buhari’ administration has over 60 verifiable projects across the five states of the South East. Manzo stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, adding that the projects included completed and ongoing […]

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Biafra: S’East monarchs, Igbo bishops commend IPOB, make demands on Kanu’s trial

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2021 0

CHARLES ONYEKWERE, ABAKALIKI South East Council of Traditional Rulers and the Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have commended the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for allowing the Anambra State governorship election to hold peacefully. The group in a statement signed by His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna, His Majesty, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe,

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We’ll meet FG on Nnamdi Kanu, other issues soon– S’East Govs

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2021 0

*As IPOB cancels sit-at-home order, urges participation in Anambra poll NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA South East Governors, on Thursday, pledged to meet with the Federal Government over the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and other political issues affecting the region. This is even as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), […]

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Ohanaeze to join suit seeking for exit of South East from Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2021 0

By Moses Oyediran, Enugu A factional group within the Ohananeze Ndigbo led by Chidi Ibeh has announced that the apex Igbo social-cultural organisation will join the suit calling on the National Assembly to use legal means to allow the Southeast to exit from Nigeria. Some northern elders had filed a suit at the Federal High […]

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S’East govs move to end IPOB’s sit-at-home order

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2021 0

*Condemn spate of killings in region *Say Ebube Agu, regional security outfit to take root before end of 2021 South East governors rose from a meeting in Enugu on Tuesday and declared that they would do everything to end the “sit-at-home’’ order of proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The declaration is contained in a […]

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Sit-at-home order: IPOB locks down S’East

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2021 0

*Banks, shops, schools shutdown, workers defy govt order, stay at home *4 policemen, 2 IPOB members killed in Anambra By Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki, Nkiru Nwagbo, Awka, Moses Oyediran, Enugu and Val Okara, Owerri The entire South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria was grounded on Monday following the sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People […]

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Wishful thinking can’t make you president, Nwoye tells Igbo politicians

Ihesiulo Grace 18 June 2021 0

*Says those with ambition should declare now Moses Oyediran, Enugu Chairman of Enugu State Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ben Nwoye has urged politicians nursing ambition of contesting 2023 presidential election in the South East to make their intentions known, stating that no one can be president by mere wishful thinking. […]

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FG pushes non-kinetic approach in S’East besides military operations

Ihesiulo Grace 18 June 2021 0

ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA. Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), has led a Federal Government delegation to Enugu State for the “HMOD/CDS Security Meeting with Stakeholders in the South East Geopolitical Zone.” Defence Headquarters said Thursday it was hopeful that the meeting which was held last week Friday would go a long way in […]

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Peter Obi raises alarm as police, IPOB disagree over alleged plot to hit Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2021 0

A former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has raised the alarm over a grand plot currently being hatched to link him to the current spate of killings in the South East and the operations of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The former governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party […]

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Insecurity: IGP deploys new CP to Imo, five others affected

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2021 0

Aruga Joe Omokaro Sequel to the killings and and attacks on police stations in the South East, the Acting Inspector General (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Abutu Yaro, fdc to Imo State as the new Commissioner of Police (CP). In a statement on Tuesday by Force spokesman, CP Frank Mba, […]

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Gov Ugwuanyi emerges new PDP leader in South East

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2021 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday adopted Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State as the new leader in the party in the South East Zone. Mr. Ali Odefa, the Acting Chairman of the PDP in South East made this known to newsmen shortly after its meeting in the state. Ugwuanyi was adopted the leader […]

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South East must play good politics if they want ultimate office –Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2020 0

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, said that South-East must play good politics if they truly want to get the ultimate office in the country, come 2023. Adesina disclosed this in his article titled: ‘Dave Umahi’s heart of Lion’. He said that the likes of Orji Kalus, Hope Uzodimmas, […]

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Orji-Uzor Kalu, Abaribe, Okorocha make IPSC list for 2023 presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2020 0

The Igbo for President Solidarity Congress (IPSC), a political pressure group have listed 11 politicians from the southeast as possible candidates for Igbo presidency in 2023. The group made this known in a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, August 27, saying the agitation for Biafra will be quelled if Nigeria produced a president of […]

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2023: Senator reveals why Nigeria needs South East presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2020 0

The senator representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State and the Nigeria Presidential Project (NPP), Christopher Ekpenyong, has explained why the South East region should produce the next president in 2023. Speaking to the Vanguard on Wednesday, August 19 in Uyo, Ekpeyong said producing the next president of Nigeria to come from the South-East […]

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Covid-19: FG begins input distribution to farmers in South East

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2020 0

The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of inputs to small holders farmers in the South East region. While flagging off the free distribution ceremony over the weekend in Owerri, Imo, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono said that the distribution was made to ensure farmers have access to quality seeds. Daily […]

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Southeast should produce next President- Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Ihesiulo Grace 31 July 2020 0

The youth gentry of the Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo have said that it will be fair and just for the Southeast zone to produce Nigeria’s next president. The Ohanaeze youths made this call on Thursday through their youth leaders who held that for Nigeria to experience peace, Buhari should hand over to a Southeast candidate […]

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Senate considers bill to tackle erosion in S’East

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

…As local content, National Transport Commission, PPPRA Act bills scale second reading …To probe mysterious deaths on Rivers community Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill to address the problem of erosion in the country, with special focus on the South East. The bill which scaled second reading seeks to establish the […]

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Community policing: S’East Governors settle rift with IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

Governors of South-East states, on Wednesday, settled their differences with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, over the modalities for Community Policing planned for the South East. Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, stated this after a virtual meeting of the governors with the IGP. The […]

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We will soon unveil new Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s President-General to replace Nwodo– OYC

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2020 0

…I can’t join issues with children who are not members of our body -Nwodo The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has said that political, traditional and other leaders of the South East will soon unveil the new President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the social political umbrella group of the Igbo nation. OYC in a […]