•Orji Kalu and Peter Obi Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted that he remains the most important politician from the South-East region, not the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi. Speaking on Channels Television last night, Kalu downplayed Obi’s political relevance in the region. He insisted ...
Amnesty International says it possesses concrete evidence including names and addresses of individuals allegedly killed extrajudicially by the Nigerian military in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country. “We have our evidence and we are very glad to present those evidence. We are always in touch with families of victims and believe th...
•Ejiofor A human rights lawyer and lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has called on the Ndigbo to rise against killings and erosion of values in the South-East region. In a statement he released on Monday, in Awka, Anambra State, Ejiofor appealed to Ndigbo to rise and cleanse their lands, adding […]
•Soldiers Brigadier-General Chima Ekeator, leader of the Nigerian Army Force Headquarters Recruitment Sensitisation Team in Anambra, has expressed concern over the low turnout of applicants from the South-East in the ongoing Army recruitment exercise. Speaking during a sensitisation session with youth leaders and President-Generals (P-Gs) of v...
•Nigerian Bar Association President Afam Osigwe President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), has expressed worry over the deteriorating security situation in the South-East, highlighting rampant illegal detentions, extrajudicial killings, and human rights abuses. In an interview with our correspondent in Enugu, Osigwe condemne...
•Truck drivers in Jos protesting against killing and destruction of their trucks in south east on Sunday The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday expressed concern over the attacks on drivers of trucks conveying goods from the North to the South-East by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The ACF warned that the [&...
•Some of the attacked trucks Drivers and owners of trucks conveying goods from the North to the South East have protested against incessant killing of their members by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They staged the protest yesterday in Jos, Plateau State capital, decrying that many of their members had been [&hell...
•IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra has kicked against the proposed creation of additional states, adding that the South-East is only interested in referendum to determine their exit from Nigeria and not additional states. In a press statement today, the spokesman for the pro-Biafran group, Emma Powerful, said the group is against the creati...
•Tinubu and el-Rufai The Southeast All Progressives Congress (APC) Renewal Movement (SARM) has sounded the alarm over a looming threat to President Bola Tinubu’s political fortunes in the South-East, accusing Minister of Works David Umahi of jeopardising key infrastructure projects in the region. National Coordinator of SARM, Mr Osita Okechukw...
•Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure Ahead of 2027 elections, the Labour Party (LP) has said it would not zone its presidential or any of its positions to any geographical zone or individual. The party said this while denying the claim that it has zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South-East, reports Daily Independent. [&helli...

