Last week, in the wake of two seeming unexpected events in the government of Gov Hope Uzodinma, rumour mills in Imo State were agog with claims of the existence of a powerful cabal in the government. The events were the sudden redeployment of Barr Enyinna Onuegbu, one of acclaimed performers in the Gov Uzodinma adminstration from the Ministry of Lands to the obscure Power Ministry, as well as the demolition of a building belonging to Mr Chinasa Nwaneri, Special Adviser Special Duties to the governor. The proponents of the existence…
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Need For Peace In Imo NUJ
It may baffle some members of the Public when I say that I am a full member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Imo State chapter. This was facilitated by Fidel Onyeneke and concretised by the strenuous effort of the Innocent Igwe Leadership. However, ever since I came back from the United States in 1979, I had always identified with NUJ Imo State. Although I am not a trained Journalist, NUJ council approves the admission of anybody who is a creative writer and one who has established him/herself as a…
Read MoreSouth East Governors and Alleged Herdsmen Massacre in Ebonyi, Enugu
It was long foretold that someday the insecurity that had held Northern Nigeria hostage would make a disastrous landfall in the South East Zone. Security intelligence had pointed to that inevitable scenario while warning of disaster if proactive steps were not taken to nip it in the bud. Individuals and groups yelled and shouted in similar manner but, the governors of the region who are constitutionally empowered to secure life and property of their citizens looked the other way. Sadly, that prediction has come to fulfilment today as shown by…
Read MoreIgbo Leadership Intercessors call for prayers …Holds meeting, Apr. 11
Against the backdrop of present Igbo race predicament in the Nigeria Federation which has unleashed terrible hostilities against the people at every created opportunity, the only way forward for the realization of Igbo leadership potentials via her due recognition and acceptance as well as the maximization of the potentials of the Igbos for developmental purposes of any place they are is a call for fervent prayers. With respect to this exclusive preserve of intercessors, Evangelist Samuel Ezeji has raised a lamentation calling on intercessors in Igbo land to urgently enlist…
Read MoreEaster celebration, period for repentance –Bishop Uzoma
The presiding Bishop of Christ Victorious Alive Revival Mission, in Owerri Imo State Bishop Uzoma Emmanuel has called on Nigeria leaders to see the Easter celebration as a call to repentance and sober reflection. He made this call while delivering Easter message to his church members to mark this year Easter celebration. Preaching on the topic, meaning of resurrection the man of God maintained that Jesus Christ has conquered death and satan as he triumphantly rose from the grave after he was humiliated and subjected to a shameful death by…
Read MoreBuhari mourns Odumakin, says he was patriotic
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, mourned the late spokesman of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, describing him as dutiful and a man of conviction. Buhari’s position on Odumakin, who served as his spokesman when he contested the 2011 presidential election on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change, was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The statement titled, ‘President Buhari mourns Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’, read, “President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the family, friends and acquaintances of Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of Yoruba socio-political group,…
Read MoreIkpeazu congratulates Umuahia FMC Director on his professorship
The Medical Director of the Federal Medical Center Umuahia, Dr. Azubuike Kanario Onyebuchi is now a full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This award came from Alex Ekwueme University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State. In his congratulatory message to. Prof. Onyebuchi, the Abia State Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu said “this elevation is a clear testimony of the hardwork, professionalism and commitment to excellence in learning and practice by the Medical Director”. According to Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor in a press release, Ikpeazu noted that under the watch…
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