Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC) has cautioned the All Progressive Congress, ‘APC’ and People’s Democratic Party, ‘PDP’ against denying the Southeast geopolitical zone presidential tickets. According to the the group, if the zone is denied a ticket, there will be total lockdown in Igbo land on 25th February 2023, which is the day of the Presidential … Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Miyetti Allah of collaborating with security agencies to force vigilante groups across the Southeast to hand over their weapons. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, alleged that the aim of the collaboration is to weaken the Southeast and pave the way for Fulani bandits’ invasion of … Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday accused governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state of being behind killings in Southeast region. The Pro-Biafra group alledged that Uzodimma, in collaboration with some individuals created a fake Eastern Security Network, ESN, who are eliminating his political opponent in the southeast. In a statement signed by Emma … Read more
Aloy Ejimakor, Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Pro-Biafra agitator has asked southeast politicians to jettison their ambition to run for political offices in the 2023 general elections. Ejimakor, in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, explained that if the security situation fails to gain appropriate attention from the leaders, there would be nobody to vote … Read more
Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum, Dave Umahi, has on weekend, said the South East region of Nigeria benefitted more from the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, federal government than from Peoples Democratic Party’s sixteen years of governance. Speaking to Vanguard in Lagos through his Commissioner for Information and State … Read more
Former Abia state governor, Orji Uzor Kalu has said the political future of the Southeastern part of Nigeria remains in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday, the Chief Whip of the Senate urged members of the party in the region to remain put in the … Read more
An Igbo sociopolitical group, Ndigbo United Forum (NUF), has called on the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to resolve the lingering fuel crisis which has led to hike in Fuel Price in the southeast. NUF while expressing dismay over the hike in fuel price following a strike by Independent Petroleum Marketers over the … Read more
Following president Muhammadu Buhari’s threat to deal with those who want his Government to fail, Reno Omokri, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has warned that President Muhammadu Buhari may cause another civil war in Nigeria with the way he is handling the current insecurity across the country. In a tweet, Omokri accused … Read more
Senator representing Nasarawa west, Abdullahi Adamu, has said even though he sympathized with Igbo people, zoning the presidency to any ethnic group is unconstitutional. Ahead of the 2023 general election, there have been calls in political circles that the presidency be zoned to the south-east, since the region has never held the position since 1999. … Read more
Former national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Austin Akobundu has advised the Federal Government to adopt dialogue to ease tension in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday, Akobundu called on all the leaders in the region to put aside their differences and unite to seek lasting solutions to … Read more
Igbo Youths under the aegis of The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, have disclosed they are currently compiling a list of courrupt governors in the region. The youths vowed to ensure that any governor who embezzled public fund is not allowed to occupy any political office in the forthcoming general elections. In a … Read more
Biafra: Southeast Govs Disown IPOB, Set To Engage Members Governors in the Southeast part of Nigeria where citizens have been agitating for secession, has openly condemned activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. In a statement on Saturday, the governors declared the agitators are not speaking for the entire region on the call for … Read more
A Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has advised South East governors particularly Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to learn from the fate of the late Oba of Ilorin, Afonja, who received Fulani migrants in his kingdom against the will of his subjects only to get killed … Read more
Uche Mefor, the former Deputy of Nnamdi Kanu has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of conducting targetted assassinations across the Southeast. Accusing the separatist group of being the perpetrators of the mindless killings in the region, Mefor claimed that IPOB beheaded and tortured their targets across the Southeast. Mefor on his official Facebook … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed he told southeast leaders who demanded for creation of more state in the region to go and look at the map and see how many of the existing states will contribute to the new one. Buhari made this known in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday. According to the … Read more
The five South East governors have been urged to find a lasting solution to insecurity bedeviling the region. The traditional ruler of Obosi community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chidubem Iweka, made the call while speaking during a traditional ceremony in his community, Obiora festival, The monarch said other … Read more