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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
The Igbo National Council, INC, on Tuesday asked the South East governors to establish a regional security outfit just like the Northern and South–West regions. Speaking after its meeting in Owerri the INC, National President, Chilos Godsent said Igbo National Council (INC) request the governors of the South-East, South-South and North-Central geopolitical zones respectively as […]
A group, the South East Coalition For Good Governance has decried the media trial of the former Governor of Abia state, Senator Theodore Orji and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji on frivolous and laughable allegations. In a press statement on Monday made available to newsmen in Owerri, the Imo state […]
South East governors on Sunday confirmed that the zone was the first form a joint security in the country. Rising from a meeting which lasted close to 6 hours on Sunday in Enugu, the governors said they formed the South East Joint Security on July 28, 2019 and inaugurated the committee on August 31, 2019. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the South-Eastern region that his administration would never relegate the Southeast in the scheme of things. Buhari said this during the commissioning and handing over of the first phase of gully erosion control and rehabilitation of the Agbozu, Umueze Amaba and Methodist Church Compound road projects at Obiohia Uzoakoli in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC), says it has convicted over 90 suspects for various financial crimes this year within the South East geo-political zone. Regional Commander of the EFCC in the zone, Usman Imam made this known during the 16th Anti- corruption Situation Room, organised by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) in […]
A group, South-East for President 2023 Abuja chapter, has urged the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) to support the region’s quest to produce the next President of Nigeria. Rev. Ukechukwu Obiora, National Coordinator of the group, who led the group on a courtesy call to IPAC on Friday in Abuja, said it was the […]
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says plans are underway to partner with state governments from the South-East on environmental conservation and ecotourism. Mr Oladapo Soneye, the Head, Communications, NCF, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Thursday. Soneye said the purpose of the partnership was to see how some […]
Traders under the aegis of the South-East Amalgamated Market Traders Association (SEAMATA) have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow only legitimate goods to leave the country. SEAMATA, which is umbrella union of traders of South-East extraction doing business across states of the federation, said this in an open letter addressed and issued to Buhari […]
Governors of the South East Geo-political zone on Monday held a closed door meeting with some stakeholders and religious leaders in the zone and resolved to meet President Muhammadu Buhari over “the welfare of people of the zone”. Chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi disclosed this on […]
Nneka Nwogwugwu Rivers State National Assembly members have alleged that the administration of the Muhammadu Buhari led government has totally abandoned Rivers State, especially in the area of infrastructural development. The house made this known on Monday, while observing a peaceful protest on the Aleto/Akpajo Bridge along the East-West road in Rivers State to draw […]
A leading Igbo socio-cultural association, Igbo Bu Igbo (IBI), has concluded plans for its inaugural conference billed to hold in Enugu, Enugu State, South-East Nigeria. This was disclosed in statement on Monday signed by Mr. Law Mefor and Mrs. Bibiana Okereafor, Chancellor of the Group and Chairperson of the Planning Committee, respectively. The December 1, […]
…Gets ultimate prize of N3m, luxury apartment, automobile …Chisom Dunu, Ameh Munirah clinch first, second runner up 25-year-old Anambra State-born Chidinma Aaron representing the South-East Zone and a graduate of Business Administration from Leeds City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, has emerged winner of the 42nd Edition of the prestigious Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant held on […]
The Senate has summoned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi over what it described as neglect of the rail project in the South Eastern part of the country. The upper Chamber at plenary on Wednesday directed its committees on Land Transport, Local and Foreign Debts to summon the Minister over exclusion of the zone in […]
The South East Youth Wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in strong voice the alleged assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, describing it as an attempt to silence leaders of the Igbo race. Addressing journalists after an emergency meeting of the States’ PDP Youth Leaders […]
The South-East Governors’ Forum has called for thorough and unbiased investigation on alleged attempted assassination of Deputy Senate President, Dr Ike Ekweremadu. The forum also rejected what it described as “hasty conclusion’’ by the investigating security agency that the attack was a case of burglary. The Director-General of the forum, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, made the […]
In order to strengthen the capacities of President Generals of communities in Abia and the entire south east, a non-governmental organization, Hope Givers Initiative (HOG-I) says, it will scale up Women Aide Collective (WACOL) sensitisation project through Voice to the People (V2P). Speaking in Umuahia during sensitisation with President Generals from the over 770 communities […]