A group in the southeast says it would ensure that Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) secures 99 per cent of votes cast in the geo-political zone in 2023. National Coordinator, Southeast for President 2023 Movement, Rev. Okechukwu Obioha made the declaration on Sunday in...
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The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops have joined the call on the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They made the call in a statement issued in Awka on Tuesday signed by...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has debunked social media report alleging that he faulted the Appeal Court judgment which acquitted the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenious People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The governor debunked the reports in a statement issued by...
The sleeping Eziama Afara-Ukwu Community in Umuahia, the home of Nnamdi Kanu, erupted in jubilation on Thursday, following the news of his acquittal by an Abuja Court of Appeal. Kanu, the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had been standing trial for alleged treasonable felony and...
Some cement dealers in Enugu State have blamed hike in transportation fare, for the increase in the commodity in the state. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday, showed that there was an increase of about 30 per cent in the commodity....
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex Igbo social-cultural organisation, says the body is against violent agitation in any form because the group believes in the continued corporate existence of the country. The group stated this at a news conference on Monday in Abakaliki as part of activities marking the 62 anniversary...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) ,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,on Tuesday said he would actualise Igbo presidency if elected in 2023. Abubakar made the pledge during the PDP South-East Zonal Stakeholders’ Meeting in Enugu on Tuesday. He said his love for Ndigbo was so great that...
The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out a suit seeking to compel the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its nomination of presidential candidate to the South East Geo-political Zone of the country. The court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro, struck out the suit on...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, says the All Progressives Congress (APC), will triumph in the South-East in the 2023 general election, because it is the only party with structures in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country. Uzodimma, also the Chairman of APC Presidential Campaign Council...
The Nigerian Breweries Plc. has expressed its determination to curb youth restiveness with the reintroduction of its Hi-Life Festival. A statement on Monday in Enugu by the Senior Brand Manager of Life Continental Lager Beer, Aishat Anaekwe, said that the competition had a prize tag of N50million. Anaekwe said...
Some stakeholders in the South East have called on the Federal and state governments to treat terrorists and their sponsors as enemies of the state and stop granting them pardon. The stakeholders made the call while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on consequences of granting...
Mr Abdulhamid Mohammad, the All Progressives Congress (APC) North-West Youth Leader, has urged Igbos in Nigeria to vote for the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general elections. Mohammad made the appeal on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, founder, Ogilisi Foundation, an Igbo socio-cultural organisation, on Tuesday advocated for a common date to celebrate New Yam Festival in the Southeast and in all Igbo speaking areas. Ezeonwuka a businessman in the entertainment and hospitality industry stated in Awka that the Igbo should celebrate the...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 general elections. IPOB spokesman, Mr. Emmanuel Powerful, who made their stance known in a statement issued in Wednesday, said the separatist’s group...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-East. President Buhari vowed to undertake all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. He stated this in a statement issued...
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, said accepting to be running mate to any presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of NNPP. Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, who was in Gombe State to inaugurate the state office of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A constitutional lawyer and Human Rights activist, Fidelis Onyebueke has said the popularity of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi across the country is the handiwork of God in action. ‘This is a man who left over 73billion in the coffers of...
Former Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has said there is no justice in having the All Progressives Congress (APC) fail to zone the 2023 presidency to the South East. Onu stated this on Tuesday at the Eagles Square, while pitching his agenda to party delegates just...
The Movement for the Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction has urged South-East residents to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) lying fallow in INEC’s state and local government offices. The National Convener of the group, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the appeal in Enugu on Thursday while speaking...
Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Arewa Group, has vowed to disrupt campaign events of Igbo presidential candidates in the North after a similar threat by a prominent Ndigbo group ahead of the 2023 general polls. President of NYCN, Comrade Isah Abubakar disclosed this to Politics Digest while...