South-south
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Defence
Ajaokuta probe: Urhobo group warns against protecting culprits
Urhobo Progressive and Development Union (UPDU), a South-South group, has condemned the petition to the Senate by some traditional rulers in Kogi seeking to stop the probe of Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASCL) bordering on allegations of corruption. The leader of the group, Ogheneruno Oghenetega, in a statement on Monday, described the petition as despicable. Oghenetega said that just as every…
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Election
We didn’t remove Igbo, South-south names from election duties—INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it did not remove the names of Igbo and South South people from the list of ad hoc staff for Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that rumours making the rounds on social media has it that the electoral umpire in Lagos…
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News
Air Peace begins new flight routes to North and South South
National flight carrier, Air Peace has announced the commencement of flight operations on Port Harcourt-Kano-Port Harcourt and the resumption of Kano-Asaba-Kano routes. The airline’s Media Executive, Mr Stanley Olisa, announced this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, saying that the airline had introduced a set of new connections to offer the Nigerian flying public more network options and satisfy…
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News
South-east, South-south Groups Demand Self-determination
Some groups from the South-east and South-south regions of the country have called for self-rule and self-determination for the regions. The groups, in a programme in Port Harcourt on Monday tagged: “A Solemn Assembly of the Peoples of the Lower Niger”, said they were not satisfied with the present constitution of the country, insisting that the country was designed to…
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South-East/ South-South Railways: Ohanaeze youths, others demand sack of railway MD
A coalition of Igbo groups, Igbo National Congress(INC) and Ohanaeze Youth Congress(OYC) have demanded the sack of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC), Mr Adeseyi Sijuade for what they described as deliberate and gross neglect of the Eastern District(South-east and South-south) of the NRC. The coalition also called for the immediate termination of a contract between NRC and…
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News
Jonathan Or Not, N’Delta Will Resume Militancy This Year – Briggs
A Niger Delta activist and the national convener of the Niger Delta Self-Determination Movement (NDSDM), Ms. Annkio Briggs, has vowed that whether President Goodluck Jonathan get re-elected or not, the people of the Niger Delta have resolved to embark on agitation for the ownership of oil resources this year. Speaking in an interview with journalists in Abuja yesterday, Briggs revealed…
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Ex-militants pass vote of confidence on President Jonathan
Leaders of the third batch ex-militants under the Federal Government amnesty programme in Edo State have passed a vote of confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan and called on all Nigerians to re-elect him on February 14 2015. Campaign Telete, Coordinator of the third phase of Amnesty Group, Edwin Ojujoh, his Adviser and Edah Akikoromor who is secretary of ex-militants in…
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