Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi and his brother, the former South East Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic party PDP, Deacon Austin Umahi Tuesday, officially registered with the All Progressives Congress APC in the ongoing APC registration and revalidation exercise. The event which took place at their Umunaga Ward in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government
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Ugwuanyi emerges new PDP leader in South East
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu on Monday adopted Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State as the new leader in the South East Zone. Mr Ali Odefa, the Acting Chairman of the PDP in South East made this known to newsmen shortly after its meeting in the state. It was gathered that Ugwuanyi was
Read moreSouth-East governors have banned open grazing, movement of cows ― Umahi
Governor of the Ebonyi State and Chairman South-East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, on Monday, said governors in the zone have banned open grazing and movement of cows by foot into the zone. Umahi made this known during APC stakeholder meeting held at the Christian Ecumenical Centre Abakaliki. He then enjoined leaders to exhibit patriotism in
Read moreAPC will soon take over South-East —Lawmaker
The member representing Isikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives, Hon Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has boasted that her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will soon take over the entire South-East region with the ruling party set to begin its nationwide re-registration drive. Onyejeocha who spoke on Saturday when she hosted a
Read moreSouth-East security outfit to birth soon, uniforms, vehicles ready —Govs Forum
The South-East Governors’ Forum has assured that the South-East security outfit would start operation very soon. The chairman of the forum and Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said they were currently sampling the uniform and operational vehicle for the security outfit. Umahi added that the governors and leaders of the
Read moreLeaders of South-East pledge commitment to an indivisible united Nigeria
Leaders of the South-East geopolitical zone on Saturday at a meeting in Enugu pledged their commitment to an indivisible and united Nigeria built on love, fairness, equity and justice. They announced the resolution through a communique issued at the end of the meeting with a presidential delegation to the region. The leaders made the pledge
Read more2023: All South-East governors should join APC with immediate effect – Ohanaeze youths
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide OYC yesterday said that Igbo Elders has mandated the group to find a way of persuading Southeast Governors of People’s Democratic Party PDP extraction to abandon their political parties to Join the Ruling, the All Progressive Congress, APC, without Further Delay. The group said it was apparent
Read moreIgbo President: “We cannot do without the middle”, South East group seeks Middle Belt’s support
A South East group yesterday hit Makurdi to engage in talks with a North Central group focusing on the South East’s agitation to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. The meeting was held under the auspices of South-East and North-Central Forum. Chairman of the forum, Afam Ezenwafor, who doubles as Chairman, Conference of 2019
Read moreMASSOB, S’East youths back out of IPOB sit-at-home directive
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has opted out of the sit-at-home order handed down by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on October 1 to protest various killings and injustice done to the people of South East. The group Leader, Uchenna Madu, yesterday, in a statement, declared Nigeria as
Read morePetrol May Cost More In South-East Unless FG Fixes Enugu depot — IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Enugu depot, has warned that petrol may cost more in the South-East, should the Federal Government fail to reactivate the Emene depot. The Chairman of Enugu depot of the association, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Friday. Anyaso said that
Read more2023: S’East Can’t Produce President – Senator Ibrahim
Against the recent statement by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam El- Rufai that the South should produce the next president of the country come 2023, the Chairman of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima, has said the governor is on his own. This came just as Senator Abu Ibrahim said that the South-East has
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