The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Special Reconciliation Committee, chaired by former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Friday, met with Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. Mbah is the leader of the party in the South-East zone. According to Saturday PUNCH, the meeting, which held behind closed doors at the Enugu State Government House, was part of the efforts …

Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has broken the long-standing jinx of marginalisation suffered by the South-East Region in Nigeria’s political and infrastructural landscape. Umahi made the declaration over the weekend during a civic reception organised in his honour by the Okposi Okwu community in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned Southeast youths against joining the British Army’s recruitment drive, describing it as a “deceptive move” to use them as “sacrificial lambs” in future wars. The separatist group warned Southeast youths to shun calls to join the British  Army, saying the previous efforts made by the African youths to fight various wars for Britain …

FORUM of Nigeria Professionals in Politics, FNPP, has commended Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma for using his position as the All Progressives Congress, APC, coordinator in the Southeast to promote and strengthen understanding and cooperation between the zone and the Southwest regions of the country. National Coordinator of the Forum, Chief Okey Ezenwa in a statement in Abuja, applauded Governor …

You might have noticed the renewed zeal and passion at which the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has been pushing the demand for additional states in the South East. It is not for nothing. That is always the case when a unit or component of a system is excluded from the mainstream. Such manifest injustice is usually a recipe …

Restiveness and killings in Anambra State 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 of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, the state capital, yesterday. It noted that restiveness …

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday intercepted an international smuggling syndicate while transporting a truckload of smuggled ammunition to Anambra State. In a statement on Monday, Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said that the troops, acting on a tip-off, made the interception during “a meticulous and rigorous” stop and search operation along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa North Local …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has urged the Federal Government to release pro-Biafran leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to end insecurity in the South-East region. IPoB has also once again dissociated itself from the violent enforcement of the sit-at-home order across the South-East. The proscribed group pointed out that if the Federal Government really wants insecurity to end in …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has raised alarm over the circulation of the low-density grade of automotive gas oil (better known as diesel), in the South East of the country. Chairman of IPMAN’s Enugu depot community in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi, and Enugu States, Chinedu Anyaso, said Awka, Anambra State capital, on Sunday that the association’s leadership …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) will not be a threat to the 2023 national population and housing census scheduled to hold from 3rd to 5th May. Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Enugu State, Ejike Eze, who gave the assurance on Sunday in Enugu, said the group had sufficiently understood the need to allow residents …