South East breaking News

  ABUJA – Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2019 Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to accept responsibility for the spate of killings going on in some parts of the country. The PDP chieftain in a statement signed by his media adviser, …

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has warned new lawmakers to choose leadership answerable to them and their constituents, and not to godfathers who live only for themselves. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at a conference organized by the #NotTooYoungToRun movement, for new lawmakers, Dogara charged them to shun the arrogance of power. He said the …

  An Abuja magistrate’s court has granted bail to Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun state governorship election. The court granted him N2 million bail after his arraignment on Tuesday. Adeleke, who currently represents Osun west senatorial district, was charged to court for alleged certificate forgery. The police had said they have fresh evidence …

  President Muhammadu Buhari says the assistance of the UN and the international community will be invaluable in reversing the devastation visited on Nigeria by the Boko Haram insurgency. A statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, said Buhari stated this when he received the visiting President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Ms …

  The Nigerian Army says it legally acquired its landed property in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and advised indigenes protesting alleged land grab to channel their complaints to the appropriate quarters. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai stated this on Tuesday in reaction to protest by some indigenes, who barricaded the Air Port road, alleging …

  The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has disclosed that a total of 9.3 million pupils are savouring the benefits of the home grown school feeding programme of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government across the country. Osinbajo said the programme apart from shoring up school enrollments, had also been of tremendous help in job creation and poverty reduction among Nigerians. …

By Steve Unegbu A delegation from the government of sierra Leone has paid an official visit to Innoson vehicles manufacturing company limited Nnewi ,Anambra state with a promised to patronise Innoson vehicles for the vehicles which they need for operational services. In a statement made available to the newsmen by the  head  Corporation communication Innoson Group ,Cornel Osigwe , pointed …

Imo state gubernatorial candidate of ANRP ,professor Alphonsus Ekwurike ,has declared that  the health care delivery system in Imo State is in a very poor state despite having very good doctors and other healthcare practitioners ,adding that our hospitals are mere buildings, no diagnostic equipments, no quality drugs in stock and no good remunerations to healthcare workers.  The medical expert …

By Steve Unegbu The Abia state chapter chairman of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria ( PASAN) ,Comrade Okezie Chijioke ,has urged the government to live up to expectations of Abia workers and come to their plight. Speaking at the venue of this 2019 ,May Day celebration held at Ibeku high school,Umuahia ,comrade Okezie ,disclosed that the Nigerian Labour Congress Abia …

By Steve Unegbu The Abia state Chairman of Nigerian Association of Nurses and midwives and NLC Abia state chapter Treasurer ,comrade Ugochi Akoma has called on the state government to work out means of ensuring that Abia workers and especially Abia state pensioners are rightly treated. Speaking to Newsmen in Ibeku High school,during this 2019 May Day celebration, she attributed …