Tag Archives: Ebonyi State

NIGERIA: SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS AND THE AUCTIONING OF THE IGBO PRESIDENCY PROJECT

It is obvious that all is not well  within the fold of the South East Governors Forum over the issue of Igbo presidency project  2015. In Anambra State,Governor Peter Obi is at loggerheads with  Governor Rochas Okorocha over who controls  … read more »

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We are creating wealth for Nigerians, Says President Goodluck Jonathan

By President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan The determination of this administration to create wealth in Nigeria and for Nigerians has led us to focus our investment drive towards attracting Foreign Direct Investments in manufacturing and the service sector to ensure that … read more »

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Nigeria: Ohaneze Crisis and the Auctioning of the Igbo Presidency (part 2)

Ohaneze Crisis and the Auctioning of the Igbo Presidency (part 2) Ohaneze Ndigbo , the apex Igbo socio political organisation has been on the news again especially over the controversial new four year tenure for elected officers  and controversial election … read more »

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Nigeria: The Jonathan They Don’t Know – Abati

“THEY” in this piece refers to all the cynics, the pestle-wielding critics, the unrelenting, self-appointed activists, the idle and idling, twittering, collective children of anger, the distracted crowd of Facebook addicts, the BBM-pinging soap opera gossips of Nigeria, who seem … read more »

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Nigeria: The Tyranny of the Majority

opinion Abuja — Since the return to civil rule in 1999, ethnic and religious conflicts across the Nigerian federation have claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. These conflicts have not just been inter-ethnic or inter-religious; they have also been intra-ethnic and … read more »

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50 die in clashes over land in Nigeria

Lagos – More than 50 people were killed on Saturday following clashes between two neighbouring communities in Nigeria’s south-eastern Ebonyi state, a government spokesperson said. “An upward of 50 people were killed when a group of people from Ezza community … read more »

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