Tag: south east
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Elections: Ohanaeze denies plots to sabotage Buhari’s campaign in South East
Apex Igbo socio-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo has dispelled insinuations that it intentionally fixed its Ime Obi meeting for January 24 to clash with President Muhammad Buhari’s visit to the Southeast. The organisation said its attention was drawn to “a mendacious news item that Ohanaeze Ndigbo deliberately fixed their January 24 Ime Obi meeting to sabotage…
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2019: MASSOB dares IPOB, insists elections will hold in South-East
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has disagreed with the Indigenous People of Biafra over whether elections should hold this year in the South-East and other parts of the defunct Republic of Biafra. The outlawed IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu, has been insisting that the elections will not hold in…
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PDP speaks on Ekweremadu, South-East govs allegedly working for Buhari’s reelection
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the statement attributed to the Buhari Media Organisation that the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and South-East governors were working for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection. A statement by the party after its meeting with party leaders in the zone accused the All Progressives Congress of inciting the people…
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No division in South-East PDP, says Obi
Mr Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there is no division in the party in the South-East geo-political zone. Obi said this on Sunday in Awka, while addressing party faithful at an interdenominational church service and reception organised in his honour by the Anambra state chapter of the…
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Senate passes South East Development Commission Bill
The Senate at plenary on Wednesday, passed the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2018. The proposed commission aims at enhancing the infrastructural development of the South East zone, which is grappling with huge ecological challenges. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it also seeks to act as a catalyst for the development…
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South East leaders endorse Atiku/Obi ticket
Igbo leaders from the five South East states, under the auspices of Mkpoko Igbo, have endorsed the joint presidential ticket of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi for 2019 general elections. They lamented the precarious situation the Igbo have found themselves in the country, in the face of their obvious exclusion from the centre in recent…
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Ekweremadu: South-East govs demand full investigations into alleged assassination attempt
The South-East Governors’ Forum has called for a thorough and unbiased investigation into the alleged assassination attempt on Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu. The forum also rejected what it described as “hasty conclusion’’ by the investigating security agency that the attack was a case of burglary. Director-General of the forum, Prof. Simon…
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2019: Why South East leaders opposed Obi’s nomination as Atiku’s running mate – Gov Umahi
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State on Tuesday shed some light on why leaders from the South East are protesting the nomination of former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi as running mate to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Umahi spoke after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations…
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2019: Why South-east PDP leaders must accept Peter Obi as Atiku’s running mate – Jonathan
A former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has appealed to the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-east zone to support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in his choice of Peter Obi as his running mate, to ensure victory for PDP in next year’s general elections. The former president’s appeal follows a statement…
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2019: Peter Obi divides PDP in South East
The choice of Mr Peter Obi as the running mate to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election has divided the party in the South East. Leadership of the party in the zone had, after the announcement of Obi, summoned an emergency meeting in Enugu. Obi, a former Governor…