In Kano, tussle for Igbo leadership gets messy

The Kano High Court in Gaya, a town some 70 kilometres South of Kano city, was full of life on Wednesday, June 16. The court was hosting a cream of Igbo personalities, including associates and aides and counsel of two Kano-crowned, Igbo monarchs, Nze John Chiejina Nnaji and Chief Boniface Ibekwe, both locked in a […]

S’East govs, Ohanaeze, demand new revenue sharing formula

THE governors of the five South-East states as well as political leaders of note across the region met yesterday in Enugu where they joined in the clamour for the review of revenue sharing formula as basis for the payment of the new minimum wage. At the meeting held in Government House, Enugu were Secretary to […]

Short changing the Ndigbo: Victims and Perpetrators – By Anthony A. Kila

By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – May 29, 2011 – The ongoing clamor for the post of speaker of the house of representative by leaders of many Ndigbo sociopolitical and partisan groups has brought back the themes of political marginalization, exclusion and even shortchanging of the Ndigbo back to the forefront of the national […]

Southeast and the new PDP zoning – By Mahammad Ajah

By Muhammad Ajah, ABuja, Nigeria, May 28, 2011 – Why is the zoning formula coming up again while it was killed and buried when President Goodluck Jonathan indicated interest to run for the 2011 presidency? Lo, as a doctrine in the Christendom asserts, the dead can resurrect. Or this issue is purely a party and […]

SGF: Maduekwe’s name missing

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Nd’Igbo, at the weekend submitted the names of four persons to President Goodluck Jonathan for consideration as the next Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Those in list included former Senate President, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, season academics, Profs. Uzodinma Nwala and Ben Obumselu and the current […]

Zoning: S’East PDP rejects SGF slot

The South-East zonal working committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared that the zone would not be comfortable with only the slot of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, zoned to it by the Peoples Democratic Party expanded national caucus. Addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja, zonal secretary of the party, Chief Vincent Opalaeke […]

‘Igbo believe in Jonathan’

ENUGU – Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, said Tuesday, that despite the resentment from the people of the South-East geo-political zone over the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, the confidence of Ndigbo in the ability of President Goodluck Jonathan to adequately protect the interest of the zone  remains unshaken. President of […]

Robbers kill 2 policemen in Abakaliki bank raid

Abakaliki -Two policemen were shot dead by bandits, yesterday, during a raid at a new generation bank in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Reliable sources told newsmen that the bank, located near the new Central Bank Cash Office, came under intense gunfire for several hours, leading to the death of the two police corporals. The sources said […]

S-South, S-East Police officers petition Jonathan over pensions

Retired police officers from the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of the country have appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to look into the lingering issue of non-payment of pensions to those who were not yet 10 years in service when the war ended in 1970. The appeal was contained in a letter captioned, Non-payment of […]

S’East govs, Ekwueme, others meet over zoning

THE issue of zoning of political offices in the next dispensation in the country featured prominently yesterday evening as governors of the South-East geo-political zone met in Enugu. Although the governors refused to disclose in details their discussion in the meeting which also involved former Vice President Alex Ekwueme and National Vice Chairman of the […]

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