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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The South-east governors met with former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme in Enugu yesterday to discuss the vexed issue of zoning and sharing of political positions at the federal level, which appears not to be in favour of the zone. Also in attendance at the meeting, which held for about two hours at the Enugu […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked the people of the South East for massively voting for him during the just concluded Presidential election.Jonathan, at a one-day rally in Owerri on Friday, however, said the support and votes for him as President cannot be complete if the governors of the zone are not carried along in the […]
There were strong indications that the South-East has lost out in its bid to produce the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the zone has recently be making a strong bid for the position, owing its impressive performance in the just-concluded election. After the South-South, the South-East […]
AS part of his ongoing consultations on the formation of the next administration in line with the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday invited the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, to the Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State, venue of his seven-day retreat. Sources in Abuja […]
Sharing of the spoils of ‘war’ by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is threatening the harmony and cohesion amongst the disparate geo-political zones in the country. In the South-east, a battle of sorts is raging within the PDP in the zone and in the apex-socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze. At the root of the disagreement is […]
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