The Imo state Police Command under the watch of the Commissioner of Police,CP Rabiu Ladodo,was on Thursday, November 21th 2019,at State Headquarters Owerri,paraded a total number of 38 persons suspected to be involved in various crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism,unlawful possession of fire arms,assault/attempted murder, burglary/stealing,child trafficking and others related crimes. According to the release,signed by the CP,he said the successes so far recorded was courtesy of the “Operation Iron Gate”,which was formed as an approach targeted at nipping crime in the state. The arrest of human traffickers,suspects…
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I’ll continue to promote peace in Enugu –Ugwuanyi
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has reassured the people of the state that his administration will continue to promote peace in the state in order to enhance good governance and rapid development. The governor reiterated that his administration will not take the existing peace in the state for granted, stressing that he would do whatever is necessary to sustain the existing peace throughout his tenure. Speaking during an official visit to Aninri Local Government Area on Monday, to inaugurate some development projects executed by the council chairman, Hon. Ezekiel…
Read MoreIhedioha’s only opposition in Imo is bad roads – Mayor Eze “It’s time to act statesmanly” …Tells AA, APC, APGA to sheath swords
The Special Assistant to Imo State Governor on Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Hon. Mayor Chukwudi Eze has explained that the only threatening opposition visible in the state presently are the litany of bad roads sprawling across the nooks and crannies of the state. In a chat with newsmen in Owerri Thursday, Hon. Eze said very soon, such opposition will be conquered as government is determined to reconstruct all failed road projects in the state within the shortest possible time. “The LGAs will soon embark on massive rural road maintenance…
Read MoreThe arcana of statecraft
Disambiguating the above title, it simply means the secrets of running a government. You can also interpret it to mean the little things that matter the most in the art of governance; the essential, basic ingredients. Governance is an art of course as well as science and great leaders across history understand it is the small intangibles that add up to become the foundations for great monuments and beacons for lasting legacies. Paying attention to such fine details as the number of blocks to be derived from a bag of…
Read MoreNgor Okpala TC boss warns health workers, don’t pocket revenue
Hon Charles Abara, chairman of the Interim Management Committee, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, has warned health workers manning primary health centres in the council against pocketing revenue accruing to government from the facilities, saying government is no longer prepared to fold its arms and watch its legitimate accruals diverted to private pockets. The chairman, who, spoke at the local government headquarters, Umuneke during a meeting with health workers in the council, added that the council management having decided to embark on rehabilitation and upgrade of health centres across the…
Read MoreU.S philanthropist commissions water project to Imo community …Bags traditional title
There was unprecedented excitement in Uba Agwa autonomous community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, over the weekend as the community rolled out the drums to receive Mrs Atiba Frederick Buckman, from United States of America and her team in Uba community to commission a borehole water project which she built for the community through her Non-Governmental Organization, NGO. Early on that day, the traditional ruler of the community Eze (Hon) Herbert Chima Azubuike, the Ohanyere 1 of Uba Agwa autonomous community, had invited other traditional rulers from…
Read More10 Fedpoly students get scholarship from Imo community in USA
The Imo community of Tampa Bay USA have awarded scholarship to ten students of the polytechnic Nekede Owerri. Speaking on the occasion at the office of the Rector Federal Polytechnic Nekede on Tuesday. The vice chairman of the association Mr. Emeka Eziakonwa who represented the chairman Dr. Duke Maduagwu thanked the rector for giving them such opportunity adding that he wants to make it an annual event. He said that they started from Federal Polytechnic Nekede because it is a premier school. He informed that he belonged to a group…
Read MoreIMSUBEB to build 700m Model schools in Ngor Okpala
Imo State Universal Basic Education Board, IMSUBEB, is to commence the construction of a seven hundred million (N700M), model primary school in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of the state. The primary school according to the Executive Secretary of IMSUBEB, Barr Kingsley Nzemeche is among the schools mapped out in the pilot scheme to test run Federal/States governments plan to return boarding school system to the primary schools in the country. Barr Nzemeche who spoke in his office in Owerri during a visit to him by journalists from Ngor Okpala…
Read MoreGangsters, impostors invade Ogun NUJ
The news of the take over and composition of a Caretaker Committee for the Federated Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council by a small fraction of its membership is laughable and barbaric with a resemblance of a soap opera by the dramatists or comedians. This was contained in a statement released today in Abeokuta, Ogun state by the Comrade Adeniyi Adeloye led Executive of the Federated Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council. The release described the purported take over as fallacious on the grounds that…
Read MoreYuletide: Ihedioha seeks more FRSC assistance …Approves More Licensing Centers
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha CON, has advocated for more presence of men of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, especially at strategic locations, in this yuletide. The governor also assured that his administration would continue to support the activities of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state. He stated this while receiving the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi and his team, who paid him a courtesy visit in his Office at the Government House in Owerri on Thursday. Governor Ihedioha noted that Imo…
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