Tag: south east
Opinion: Ndi Igbo and the need for new leadership
by Chinyere Akataobi The 1914 Amalgamation of the northern and Southern protectorate can be likened to a forced marriage consummated between ...
Opinion: Anambra Central’s long-delayed rerun poll
by Michael Jegede At the end of the Anambra Central Senatorial poll held during the 2015 general elections, Mrs. Uche ...
Opinion: Nigerian Army and the Macabre Dance of Pythons in Igboland
by Jude Ndukwe Recently, the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of what it deviously termed Exercise Python Dance in the ...
Cheta Nwanze: Pythons don’t dance, they kill
by Cheta Nwanze When you travel towards the South East from Lagos, there’s a distinct pattern to the stops that ...
Progress is here! Life Continental Beer rewards businesses with N7.5 million in Abia
Entrepreneurs in Abia state were rewarded with a total of N7.5 million by Life Continental Lager Beer during the Progress ...
Opinion: Not every cough from pro-Buhari is a sign of ailment
by Izuchukwu Aniagu Aguani Our country is deeply polarized, we know. And it is common to meet people who hate ...
Roundup: All the ways Biafra agitators have ramped up in the past week
by Roqeebah Olaoniye While the rest of the country might have been focused on other things, a lot has been going ...
Akin Osuntokun: Let’s talk about the unity of Nigeria
Beyond polemics, the fact is that the unity of Nigeria started being negotiated and renegotiated right from its amalgamation in ...
‘Niger Delta should own 65% of oil wells’ – Lawmakers
South-South and South-East lawmakers, over the weekend, called on the Federal Government to reconsider the ownership structure of oil wells ...
Opinion: Dear President, Nigeria’s unity is negotiable
by Chido Onumah Since the public presentation of the book We Are All Biafrans and the intervention of a former ...
Opinion: Why Nigerians must agree to disagree on the ‘Nigerian question’
By Ayodele Adio Just recently, former vice president Atiku Abubakar made bold proclamations on restructuring the Nigeria’s socio-political land scape. This ...
Balarabe just described everything wrong with Buhari’s government
President Muhammadu Buhari’s military background and approach to matters is affecting his performance, says Balarabe Musa, the former Governor of ...
Nigerian Army rejects Amnesty report, denies ‘killing 17 pro-Biafran protesters’
Nigerian Army, on Friday, denied a report by Amnesty international that it was culpable in the killing of several pro-Biafra ...
Finally, Ohanaeze Ndigbo reacts to Biafra Day killings (READ)
The pan-Igbo cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said the killing of members of MASSOB and IPOB must never again, occur ...
MASSOB warns, threatens South East, South South lawmakers over…
Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Solomon Chukwu has warned South-East and South-South ...
Fayose turns champion of pro-Biafrans (READ)
Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, lambasted the federal government and security agencies over the violent clash that resulted ...
What exactly Biafra protesters said about Buhari yesterday
Over 5,000 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, May 10 took to the streets of Aba ...
Ezeife says President Buhari is using the DSS to oppress Igbo people
A former governor of Anambra state has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of using the Department of State Services (DSS) to ...
‘South East governors traded Ndigbo for crumbs’ – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused South East governors and politicians of betraying Ndigbo for ‘crumbs’ from the ...
YNaija Editorial: The dangers of ignoring pro-Biafra protests
For the past few months, the airwaves and many inches of newspaper column space has been occupied with details of ...
‘We won’t let pro-Biafra protests, violence spread to the North’ – NGF
The coalition of 19 Northern Governors under the Northern Governors Forum, have expressed worry over the pro-Biafra attacks of Wednesday, ...
Northern, Southern elders take mutual stand on Biafra agitation
In a recent meeting held in Abuja, the Nigerian Leaders of Thought, a group which comprises prominent elders from the ...
‘Igbo leaders have shown their inferiority complex’ | MASSOB, IPOB reject dialogue
Movement for Actualization for Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have rejected the South ...
‘Nobody cares about the South East’ – Eze Ndigbo of Lagos
The Eze Ndigbo of Lagos state, Eze Nwabueze Ohazulike, says the South East zone of Nigeria has been disenfranchised since time ...
Pro-Biafra protests will hurt South East – Femi Adesina
Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, has said that the South East region would be ...
South East governors took a decision on Pro-Biafran protests today
Governors of the South East region held a meeting on Tuesday, to discuss the growing spate of pro-Biafran protests by the ...
APC to Pro-Biafrans: “Stop beating war drums, you’ll have the Presidency in 2023”
The All Progressives Congress in the South-East has cautioned the Biafra agitators to stop protesting and wait patiently to have ...
Father Mbaka blasts Biafra protesters, says Buhari is fair to South-East
Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, has described the recent Pro-Biafra protests as ‘evil’. Mbaka condemned the agitators for the Biafran state in ...
This South East stakeholder believes his region didn’t get ‘juicy’ portfolios
Not every one is pleased with President Muhammadu Buhari ministers’ selection. A prominent stakeholder in Ebonyi state, Abia Onyike, has ...
‘No sensible Igbo man would say Ndigbo is marginalized’
Alhaji Bashir Tofa, businessman and politician, says he doesn’t believe that the South-East region is marginalized by the administration of President ...
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy