Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, has set up a committee to unravel the true cause of the armed struggle in the southeast, which has led to insecurity. The committee, to be headed by Prof Chidi Odinkalu, with Amb. Bianca Ojukwu as secretary is termed – Truth, Justice and Peace Committee. Secretary to the State […]
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Dangote Group has invested over N63bn in the South East with the purchase of over 3,500 units of locally assembled Shacman trucks at the production plant of Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMMCO), Enugu. The order was delivered over a period of five years after Dangote Group signed an agreement with Transit Support Services (TSS), a […]
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The chairman of the south-east governors forum, governor David Umahi, says the region has formed its regional security outfit to protect lives and properties. This is coming less than a month after governors in the south-west launched Amotekun, a regional security outfit. Speaking while hosting Lasisi Adegboye, general officer commanding 82 division of the Nigerian […]
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A new document by NEITI has revealed that the total revenue received by Lagos state in 2018 was higher than what was received by the entire south-east region. The south-east region consists of five states namely: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. The state’s 2018 revenue was also higher than that of the northeast and […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has pleaded with south-east leaders to accept the decision of Atiku Abubakar to choose Peter Obi as his running mate for the 2019 election. The VP pick of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate has elicited a protest from south-east leaders who say they were not consulted. PDP […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has released a list of 69 ongoing projects in the south-east. The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the list was published in response to criticism by the South East Governors’ Forum. It was alleged by the forum that there was poor and sectional implementation of capital projects in […]
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NIGERIA – Governors of the south-east states have said they are not going to provide any land in the region for establishment of cattle ranches. The governors made this decision in a meeting which held in Enugu state during the weekend. In attendance were Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of Enugu, Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, while […]
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The Director of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South East Zonal office, Mr Walson Ibarakumo has warned of impending flood risk in specific areas of Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi States. He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. Iberakumo said his warning was based on the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a two-day official visit to Ebonyi and Anambra in the South East region of Nigeria. The president’s visit to the South-east was the first since the inception of the All Progressives Congress-led federal government in 2015. Mr. Buhari, who commenced the visit on November 14 with a […]
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Speaking at the presidential villa in Abuja when he hosted stakeholders from the South-East, President Muhammadu Buhari said while four south-easterners are heads of ministries, seven northerners were made junior ministers. “I gave south-east four substantive ministers — the ministries of foreign affairs, trade and investment, science and technology and labour,” he said. “Seven states […]
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