According to the statement, the leaders further called for greater local autonomy for the component ethnicities, fiscal federalism that ensures greater percentage of funds at least 50 per cent to oil producing states/homelands and enforcement of law and order for peace to reign in the region.

By Anayo Okoli Aba—MEMBERS of the Abia state vigilante group, said they have arrested six suspected kidnappers in  parts of Aba, the commercial city of Abia state, in the last one week. Three of the suspects were said to have been arrested in their hideout in a village in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Council, […]

“If you take time to check the Benin Airport schedule, most of the trips the governor has made within the country are of paramount importance. Such trips either have to do with the economy of the state or its security. As usual, state governors attend series of meetings and he cannot be exempted.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE All Progressives  Grand Alliance (APGA) said yesterday that the amnesty granted militants in the Niger Delta region by the Federal Government may not be the solution to the crisis, adding that the people of the area should be allowed to freely elect leaders, who will represent them at all levels of […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—No fewer than 48 doctors have left the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), even as the Chairman, Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital,  Dr. Umoke, yesterday, confirmed that the doctors are still on strike, though other workers of the teaching hospital had suspended theirs. Umoke said discussions are still on-going […]