Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for suspected gunmen over the killing of five persons in Idemili and Dunukofia Local Government Areas of the state on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Superintendent of Police (SP), Tochukwu Ikenga, made this known on Monday...
South East
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Gunmen suspected to be IPOB terrorists have killed two soldiers at a checkpoint on Umuahia-Owerri Road in Ekeneobizi Community in Abia State. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force for South East Operation UDO KA of the Nigerian Army, by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unukhalu , confirmed...
The Police command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said a man, identified as Michael Nnaji was found dead at Ngbo-Amaka area in Ngbo Community, Ohaukwu Local Government of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki that...
Some notable Nigerians have described the late President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as a “quintessential statesman” who committed and devoted his life to the pursuit of peace and progress in Nigeria. They paid their tributes during the Service of Songs held in honor of the...
A cross-section of traders in Abia and Imo has said the two-day sit-at-home crippled their businesses and caused them huge financial losses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a middle-aged man had in a viral video about a fortnight ago warned South-East residents to remain indoors on...
The leadership of Labour Party has demanded the release of its National Vice Chairman, South-East, Mr Ceekay Igara, arrested by the police allegedly on the order of Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti. The party made this demand in a statement by its Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, on...
Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, has decried the deteriorating security situation in the South-Eastern part of the country. She made this known at the annual conference of the American Veterans of of Igbo Descent (AVID) on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, made available to newsmen in...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that the power outages being experienced in the South East zone was due to the general national electricity system collapse. The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, made the disclosure in a statement in Enugu on Monday. According to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, destroyed fake, adulterated and unregistered food, drug and cosmetic products worth about N2.7 billion seized in the South-East. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the products were burnt at the Enugu State refuse dumpsite...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obip, has called for the arrest and prosecution of promoters of genocidal threats against Igbos in Lagos. Social media has been awash with a hashtag, asking the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the other South-West...
I should say right away that I am an activist in my own right and have been since I was a student. I’m not against protests taking place under the appropriate circumstances, even though the planned nationwide hunger protest meant to put a stop to hardships may not...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulahi Ganduje, has said the party has initiated moves to de-marginalise Igbos to place them in the limelight of national politics. Ganduje made the assertion on Sunday during the APC South East zonal meeting in Abakaliki, noting that...
Unknown gunmen, on Sunday night, opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilance operatives and a passerby at Umuaka Community in Njaba Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred near the local Afor Umuaka Market and Hilltop...
A Bill to alter the 1999 Constitution as amended to create additional state in the South-East geo-political zone called Etiti, has passed through first reading in the House of Representatives . Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) and four others sponsored the bill which was read by the clerk of...
A former lawmaker, who represented the Abia Central in the 2nd National Assembly, Senator Chris Adighije, has called on the Federal Government to adopt the doctrine of necessity to create additional state in the South East. Adighije made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. According...
Director General (DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, has said the South-East ranks among the regions with the highest human trafficking infractions in the country. Waziri-Azi said this on Monday at the opening of a one-day workshop organised...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said it would begin the metering of its Band A customers across its network in the South-East through its Meter Asset Providers (MAP) initiative. MAP is a metering intervention designed and approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has denied allegation of mass killing in the South Eastern Nigeria, as alleged by Simon Ekpa, a self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday declared Finland-based Simon Ekpa, a self-styled Biafra agitator wanted. Also declared wanted alongside Ekpa was Chika Edoziem, another Biafra agitator, both of them disciples of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. They are among the 21 violent criminals declared...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, disassociated himself from the ongoing killings and violence in the south east. Kanu, who spoke in an interview with newsmen shortly after Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned...