Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has revealed that the State-owned security outfit code-named ‘Operation Doo Akpo’ is to be reactivated and strengthened with state-of-the-art facilities. He said this was part of the government’s strategic security effort to sustain the peace and security in the State. Diri disclosed this on Thursday, March 25th when he received the South-South zone chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Israel Ege and his entourage in Government House, Yenagoa. Reacting to the security situation in the country, the governor said the South-South…
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Bishop Uzoma to IGP, sack corrupt Police officers
The Prelate of Christ Victorious Alive Revival Mission and Rector, Alive Theological Seminary of Nigeria owerri, Bishop Uzoma Emmanuel Afamefuna has expressed worry on the number of police check points in the South East and South South which duty he alleges is to collect money from motorists. The cleric condemned a situation where “police toll gates” will be found in every one hundred metres. These police men according to his Lordship never have the masses’ interest at heart but are selfish and solely engage in the business of collecting money…
Read MoreOrdination of Prophet/Prophetess Etim holds, Mar. 28
The official ordination service of Pastor Prophet and Prophetess Victor Etim will hold on Sunday, March 28, at the House of Victory, Christian Faith, Umuakalelu Old Aba Road, Naze, behind Empire Energy Petrol station. Time of the service remains 9am prompt. While Senior Pastor E. E. Ebenezer is billed to preside over the ordination service. Other reputable men of God who will speak at the 4-day power parked crusade with the theme: “A New Dawn”, include Rev Dan Onuoha, Pastor Clinton Duru, Rev Emmanson Ibenga, Apostle Aniakan, Pastor Obasi Akpan,…
Read MoreInsecurity: There may be no election in 2023, Akeredolu warns
Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday warned the federal government over country’s worsening insecurity, noting that the 2023 general election is under threat. EyewitnessMedia gathered that Akeredolu made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. Akeredolu said, “I listened to Governor Ortom when he spoke and I sympathise with him that a governor will become a target for this attack and I thank God for his life and I think he is right, definitely we cannot conduct an…
Read MoreBad Governance: Samdaddy Decries State Of Bad Roads In South East …Calls For Urgent Intervention
The ex-Senator for Owerri Zone, Imo State, Sen. Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Samdady) has lamented over the deplorable condition of roads in the South East geo-political zone, calling on the Federal Government to expedite action towards rescuing the situation before the rainy season. Sen. Anyanwu, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the state expressed annoyance how the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government deliberately abandoned the zone in all its programmes, and appealed to relevant stakeholders to intervene. According to him, contractors handling the only awarded roads, Enugu-Awka-Onitsha and Enugu-Okigwe-Umuahia-Aba axis…
Read MoreImo Information Commissioner -Emelumba’s son weds, April 6
All roads will lead to Maria Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, on April 6, as Nnamdi Finnian, son of Imo State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Declan Emelumba walks down the aisle with his heartthrob, Chinonye Valerie by 12 noon. A release from Commissioner Emelumba indicates that reception will follow immediately at the Art Nouveau Event Centre along Port Harcourt Road by Concord Junction Owerri. The release also indicates that His Grace, Most Revd Anthony Obinna, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese will preside over the solemnization mass.
Read MoreNigeria Passport should not be Produced Abroad –Reps
The House of Representatives has said that it was abnormal to produce Nigerian passports outside the country in view of its security features. Rep Timehin Adelegbe, Vice Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said this at the public hearing on incessant malpractices associated with diplomatic postings and deliberate draining of resources on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the security features contained in the Nigerian passport should be guarded, adding that printing of Nigerian passports by a private firm outside the country was abnormal. He said that most Nigerians were…
Read MoreCharles and Charles Multilinks Services not my company, Okorocha warns GM Imo ENTRACO, others
Chief Gerald Okorocha has warned the General Manager Imo ENTRACO Mr. MacDonald Ebere and the Chairman of Imo State Hoteliers Association Mr. Chima Chukwunyere that Charles and Charles Multilinks Services Limited do not belong to him as alleged. Chief Okorocha who spoke in Owerri during a press interview, advised that the ENTRACO GM and the Chairman of Imo State Hoteliers Association Mr. Chima Chukwunyere should legally approach the Court on any issues they have with Charles and Charles Multilinks Services Ltd. and stop dragging his name into matters that he…
Read MoreI was deliberately misquoted by Trumpeta, says Iwuanyanwu
A chieftain of the People Democratic party, PDP, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (Ahaejiagamba) has accused an Owerri based tabloid, Trumpeta newspaper of deliberately trying to malign him in the eyes of Imo citizens by quoting him out of context in a story it published recently. Chief Iwuanyanwu a member of the Board of Trustee, BoT, of the PDP, made the accusation while reacting to the publication in which he was quoted as saying that he regretted voting for Owerri Zone candidate in 2019 Imo governorship election. According to him, the said…
Read MoreUmahi And Judicious Allocation Of Resources
By Ignatius Soroibe David Easton defines politics as a struggle by men to acquire political power to enable them to authoritatively allocate values. From the above definition, He who welds power in politics is powerful leading to in some cases the abuse of power since power in its self corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Executive Governor of Ebonyi State have shown the world that he has the interest of his people at heart and as such in a hurry to develop the state with visible projects scattered over…
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