Tag: south east
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Obiozor and the challenge of diplomacy in the Igbo wars 4 – Chido Nwakanma
By Chido Nwakanma Diplomacy is the foremost challenge before the diplomat who assumed office on 9 January as helmsman of the Igbo ship called Ohanaeze. It is fortuitous that Prof George Obiozor is a diplomat by training, vocation, and experience. He would need all the skills of that profession to navigate the many fights and…
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2023: Negotiate for power if you want it, Zulum tells South-South, South-East politicians
The Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum on Friday advised politicians across the South South and South East region of the country to negotiate for power if they so desire as no other region will willingly hand it to them. The governor also said for the sake of fairness, power should return to the…
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2023 presidency: Rep urges South-East politicians to join APC
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Uju-Chima (APC-Imo), has urged politicians of South East extraction to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to enhance their reckoning in zoning the 2023 presidency to the region. Uju-Chima, who made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, said that by joining…
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Nigerian Army set to launch ‘Exercise Crocodile Smile’ in South East, Cross River
The Nigerian Army says it has concluded plans for an inter-agency training workshop as part of its preparations for the launch of ‘Exercise Crocodile Smile VI’. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, the Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Enugu, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu. “In line with Nigerian Army Training…
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2023: We are rebuilding APC in South East — Onu
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Minister of Science and Technology, has said that leaders of the party in the South-East are doing their best to rebuild the party in the zone. He said this after a closed-door meeting of the party’s leaders from the zone which lasted for…
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2023: Three South-East governors will lead our defection from PDP, if party fails to honour zoning – Ohanaeze
Apex Igbo youth socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, worldwide has claimed that three governors in the South East will lead a mass defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP if the party fails to be open to zoning for the 2023 presidency. OYC said this in a statement signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro,…
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Lai Mohammed reveals outcome of meeting with South-East leaders
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has described as “extremely fruitful“ the meeting which a presidential team had with leaders and stakeholders of the South-East. “The meeting of the presidential delegation with South-East leaders was very useful,” Mohammed said on Sunday in Enugu. The delegation, led by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff…
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Igbo already projecting for actualisation of Igbo presidency in 2023 — Ezeife
Dr Chukwuemeke Ezeife, a former Governor of old Anambra, has said that the people of the eastern region were already projecting some persons for the actualisation of an Igbo president in 2023. He said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja while speaking on the need to have an Igbo president in 2023…
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What Buhari will do in South East before 2023 will shock Nigerians – Presidency
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, says President Muhammadu Buhari will complete ongoing legacy projects in the South-East before the end of 2023. Adesina gave the assurance when he received the Editorial management of Orient Daily Newspaper, led by veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief, Stanley Egbochuku, at the State House,…