Alphonsus Nweze An Igbo socio-cultural group, Igbo Bu Ofu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the South East Governors to overhaul the entire security architecture in the South East to stem the tide of growing kidnappings and killings in the region. The group in a strongly worded statement on Friday said that consequent upon their communiqué, all the heads of military and Police Command and formations should immediately be transferred out of the zone. Insecurity in the South East has risen to an all-time high and some communities in…
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NOA Task South-East Governors on Building Institutions to eliminate Poverty, Unemployment
Obiorah Anthony The five Governors of the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria have been advised to work towards building functional institutions for the total elimination of poverty, unemployment and hardship that have bedeviled the people of the zone over the years. Barrister Charles Nwoji, Anambra State Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA) made the call at the second edition of the induction and orientation programme organized in Awka by the Mmaigbo Empowerment Foundation on Skills Acquisition and Exhibition for its new beneficiaries in the State and beyond. The NOA boss…
Read MoreRelease of Nnamdi Kanu ‘ll not affect Labour Party, Umeh assures – System on ground doesn’t support rigging
Alphonsus Nweze The Labour Party senatorial candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Chief Victor Umeh, has allayed the fears of many supporters of the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) may derail the presidential ambition of Obi. Umeh who is a member of the Party’s Presidential Campaign Council said the release has nothing to do with Labour Party and its presidential candidate. The Appeal Court had in its judgement weeks ago discharged Kanu but…
Read MoreGroup asks PDP to pick Obi as Presidential Candidate. Insists Presidency should be zoned to South East
Alphonsus Nweze A Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), the Nigerian Consultative Forum (NCF), has asked the main opposition party in the country, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to adopt former Governor of Anambra State as its Presidential Candidate in 2023 presidential election. The group in a communique released to newsmen after their meeting in Abuja last Friday said the call for PDP to adopt Obi was based on his track-record when he was the Governor of Anambra State.In the communique issued by the group after their meeting in Abuja, they said…
Read MoreObieri, Chartered Accountant inaugurated 14th ONICCIMA President
Alphonsus Nweze Chief Kevin Obieri, a Chartered Accountant, has been inaugurated as the 14th President of the Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA). Obieri who holds the traditional title of Akajiegbe, Akokwa in Imo State was inaugurated last Wednesday at Sharon Hall, Onitsha in a well attend ceremony.In his speech shortly before his inauguration, the Chairman of South East Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Humphrey Ngonadi, lamented the rather indifferent disposition of South East Governors on issues of the chamber’s movement.Ngonadi who stood in for the National President of…
Read MoreSorrow, tears, blood in the southeast, IPOB dissociate self
In a press statement issued by the proscribed IPOB through Comrade Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group on September 30, 2021.The group dissociates itself from the mayhem in the southeast and particularly stated that they have not issued any official pronouncement on the forthcoming Anambra election.“We have no hands in the politically motivated killings in southeast,” IPOB declared.The press release here state in full, the true position of the group regarding the unwholesome events and carnage that has recently engulfed the southeast.“We the great family of…
Read MoreOnitsha Wharf: South-East Shippers Condemn Frequent Suspension
When in October 2020, the media went into frenzy, both new and conventional, with the news of Onitsha port coming alive again after 42 years of closure. Pictures went viral and many thought that finally it is uhuru for the southeast who have been deprived of everything meant to support commerce in the region.As information went rife that this administration meant well for the economic wellbeing of the east, considering the importance of such facility in the region, ittle did they know that it was all a smokescreen considering as…
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