South East
3 Mar
An entrepreneur, Salisu Danjuma, from the Difa community in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, says he earns over N2.5 million annually from tomato cultivation during the season. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Difa, Danjuma described tomato farming as one of the most profitable…
1 Mar
Mr Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, a former Attorney-General (A-G) and Commissioner for Justice of Imo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ume, who called for political solution in the matter, urged President Tinubu to use his good office…
29 Jan
After several years of alleged abandonment by the Federal Government, some residents of the South-East were exhilarated by President Bola Tinubu’s promise to complete the Eastern Rail Line from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri and reposition the Anambra Basin
28 Dec
Five hundred Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs (SMEs) from the South East have been empowered by President Tinubu's support group, Renewed Hope Agenda. The businessmen and women got cash ranging from N200,000 and N50,000 respectively while another twenty got grinding and sowing machines at the event held in Owerri, on Friday. The National Coordinator of…
24 Dec
Some Commuters have groaned over gridlocks on various expressways caused by multiple checkpoints and roadblocks by security agencies and tax agents within the South East geopolitical zone. The commuters, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews, blamed the high cost of transportation to the roadblocks and the extortions by the…
23 Dec
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), yesterday, painted a graphic, chilling and shocking picture of the killing of innocent persons in the South East in the hands of armed state actors and non-state actors.
9 Dec
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release Sunday and Calista Ifedi, a South-East couple in detention over alleged membership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to Amnesty, the couple, who were arrested in their home in Enugu State on November 23, 2021, have been in detention for…
26 Nov
A non-governmental Organisation, Golden Organisation for Accountability in Leadership and Development (GOLD), focused on national development with Anambra State, has commenced the process of establishing skill-based universities in the South East. The Convener of the group, Ralphs Okey Nwosu, who spoke at the unveiling of the plan, yesterday, said the initiative is to drive socio-economic…
26 Nov
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the South East geo-political zone accounts for no fewer than 268,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) due to ecological disaster. Speaking at a Roundtable Discussion with International Non-Governmental organisations (INGOs) in a programme titled, ‘Through Their Eyes: A Call To Action, Addressing Humanitarian Challenges In…
9 Nov
National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, has boldly declared that the South East has "produced a president" in His Excellency Peter Obi, as he addressed a large crowd at the Obidient Movement symposium held at All Saints' Cathedral in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday Tanko reflected on the historic significance of the…
29 Oct
A fresh worry is overwhelming the Southeast as the region gradually returns to its dark days. The recovery it made in her economy with
28 Oct
The Senator representing Abia Central District under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Austin Akobundu, has chided President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allegedly excluding the South-East geopolitical zone in his recent cabinet reshuffle.
Latest
NOW
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has criticised the persistent underfunding of the ocean economy, revealing that only $30 billion has been disbursed since 2010, making it one of the least-funded Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2 mins ago
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has partnered with the Dubai World Trade Center to host the world’s largest technology fair, GITEX, for the first time in Nigeria.
5 mins ago
At virtually all levels, many developmental initiatives have turned ‘white elephant projects’ or totally abandoned due to the crashing purchasing power of annual budgetary provisions year-in-year-out.
6 mins ago
The rules-based orthodoxy which has sustained the global order since the end of World War II in 1945, concurrently anchored on liberal democracy in progressive climes, is witnessing, like never before, a systematic deconstruction.
7 mins ago
Nigeria’s Amaju Melvin Pinnick is highly favoured to retain his seat as a member of the 37-person FIFA Council – the supreme governing organ for world football – when elections are conducted at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, today.
10 mins ago
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Ondo State, kidnapping nine surveyors in the process.
10 mins ago
I am writing to share key reflections from the Women in Corrections Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, convened by the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA), a global network dedicated to advancing ethical and effective correctional practices through knowledge-sharing, capacity-building, and policy development, of which several senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service are part of.
12 mins ago
The Senate has formally directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct by-elections to fill the vacant seats for Anambra-South and Edo-Central Senatorial Districts.
13 mins ago
As women continue to rise in leadership positions, both in business and politics, the barriers we face often go beyond what is visible to the public eye.
14 mins ago
To revolutionise crisis management in Nigeria’s business landscape, CMC Connect LLP has unveiled Crisis X, a framework designed to help businesses proactively prepare for, manage and recover from the crisis.