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Nov

2023

South East: Traditional Ruler Found Dead, Body Mutilated

Crime, News Flash, South East, South West

Traditional Ruler Found Dead, Mutilated The traditional ruler of Otulu Amumara autonomous community in Ezinihitte Mbaise local government area of Imo State, Eze Joe-Benz Ochulor, has been found dead with one of his legs severed off his body. An indigene of the area, Frank Nwaete, told LEADERSHIP that the late monarch was discovered along the Chokoneze-Mbutu Road in Aboh Mbaise local government area of the State but with one of his legs chopped off by unknown assailants. Eze Ochulo, who until his death was the Olu 1 of Otulu-Amumara, was whisked away from his palace by gunmen on Saturday, November…

Nov

2023

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges Tinubu To Grant Nnamdi Kanu’s Release As Christmas Gift To The South East

News Flash, South East

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges Tinubu to Grant Nnamdi Kanu’s Release as a Christmas Gift to the Southeast Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, in reaction to CDS General Musa’s comments over the Southeast insecurity challenges, believes that the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained IPOB leader, would be the best Christmas gift that President Bola Tinubu could give to the Southeast ahead of December and January festivals. This act of clemency would not only make the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, work easier, but it would also render Simon Ekpa inconsequential and irrelevant. Furthermore, it would bring an…

Nov

2023

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Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra

Crime, News Flash, Security, South East

Women Protest Naked Against Alleged Killings, Corruption In Anambra Over 1000 indigenes of 20 villages in Awka community, Awka south local government area of Anambra state on Wednesday, November 22, protested naked. They said their anger stemmed from mindless killings of their kinsmen. The protesters, marched around the capital city with placards, accusing some senior officers in the police command of aiding and abetting bribery and corruption in the area. They also carried a mock coffin signifying the burial of the accused officers, issuing concerned authorities a 7-day ultimatum to remove the indicted personnel. “Cultists are killing our people”, “Remove…

Nov

2023

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Soludo Presents 2024 Budget Proposal Of N410 Billion To Anambra State House Of Assembly (Full Details)

Economy, House Of Assembly, News Flash, South East

Full details as Soludo Presents 2024 Budget Proposal Of N410 Billion To Anambra State House Of Assembly The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, yesterday afternoon at the Anambra State House of Assembly, presented the 2024 budget proposal ofFour Hundred and Ten Billion, one hundred and thirty-two million, two hundred and twenty-four thousand, two hundred and seventy-two naira. According to the State Number One Citizen, Ninety-six billion, two hundred and one million, nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and forty-six naira (₦96, 201, 936, 746) that is 23% of the budget is targeted at recurrent expenditure;…

Nov

2023

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LP, PDP Call For Cancellation Of Imo Governorship Election As INEC Declares Uzodimma Winner

News Flash, Politics, South East

LP, PDP Call For Cancellation Of Imo Gov Election As INEC Declares Uzodinma Winner Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called for an outright cancellation of the Imo State governorship election held on Saturday, November 11. The Deputy Governorship candidate of the LP, Tony Nwulu, in a press conference on Saturday night, said that the security agents allegedly provided security to the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the members of the All Progressives Congress to subvert the will of the people of the state. Nwulu said: “As I speak to you all the…

Nov

2023

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Emulate IGP, And Remove Imo REC To Avoid Crisis – PDP Tells INEC Chairman

News Flash, Politics, South East

Emulate IGP, remove Imo REC to avert crisis – PDP tells INEC chair Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday charged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately redeploy the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. PDP said Yakubu should redeploy Agu for allegedly having been compromised to manipulate the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Imo State in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The opposition party urged the INEC chairman to take a cue from the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, who redeployed…

Nov

2023

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Just-In: Thunderstorm Kills Three Secondary School Students

Mishap, News Flash, South East

Tragedy As Thunderstorm Kills Three Secondary School Students Lightning killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday. A witness told journalists that the lightning struck nine male students playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. “The coach had ended the training session before the rain started, but some of the students stayed behind to continue playing football. “Lightning, accompanied by claps of thunderstorms, suddenly enveloped the area, and the boys were struck in the process,” the witness said. According to the witness, a teacher ran to the field…

Nov

2023

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Celebrating 100 Years Of Faithful Service: Being A Speech Delivered By Dr. Alex C. Otti, OFR At The centenary Celebration Of Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Abia State, Religion, South East

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE Being A Speech Delivered By the Governor Of Abia State, DR. Alex C. Otti, OFR, on the Occasion of the Centenary Celebration of The Seventh-day Adventist Church In Eastern Nigeria on November 4, 2023, at the Enyimba Sports Stadium, Aba. Protocols, It is with great sense of humility, profound gratitude and joyful fulfilment that I welcome everyone to this historic, once-in-a-lifetime event; the climax of series of soul lifting activities to celebrate the 100 years anniversary of the official establishment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Eastern region of Nigeria, comprising many of…

Nov

2023

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“Joe Ajaero, A Labour Party Chieftain From IMO State, Went Home To Mobilize Support For His Political Party, Not NLC Protest”- By Lauretta Onorchie

News Flash, Politics, South East

We are genuinely glad that our Police was on hand to rescue him. We only criticise when the Police is high handed but fail to commend when they do well. Let me spell it out for you: Imo State off season gubernatorial election is coming up on the 11th of November. Joe Ajaero, A Labour Party Chieftain from Imo State, went home to mobilise support for his political party. Instead of calling it a Labour Party campaign, he foolishly called it a protest. But when some workers arrived for the protest, they realised it was a Labour Party Rally. Those…

Oct

2023

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South-East Development Commission Bill: Presidential Aide On Community Engagement Lauds Senator Ifeanyi Ubah

National Assembly, South East

SOUTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BILL: PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LAUDS SEN. IFEANYI UBAH Hon. Barr. Chioma Nweze, The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) on Community Engagement (South East) has showered encomium on Senator Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, The senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District for reintroducing the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023 (SB.129) which has passed the First Reading in the Nigerian Senate. Baring her mind on the relevance of the bill, Barr. Chioma Nweze stated that the re-introduction of the bill was timely at a time the South East zone is yearning for more…