The people of Urualla clan in Ideato North Council Area of Imo State has cried out to the state government to urgently intervene in tackling the erosion menace which according to them has for decades threatened their lives and existence. The people who visited the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Paul Emeziem in Owerri yesterday over their plight, expressed worry that if something is not done urgently to tackle the menace, their community is under serious threat of being wiped out by erosion. Speaking, Hon. Barr. Innocent…
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South East Governors’ Ebubeagu Security Outfit: Another Empty Rhetoric?
Last Sunday, April 11,South East Governors, working under the aegis of South East Governors Forum, publicly announced the formation of Ebubeagu Joint Security Outfit. The announcement came with so much fanfare and ceremony, and that initially seemed to have made people excited by the news. However, the early morning celebration seemed to have evaporated after the Governors Forum official communique from the meeting/ security summit hit the public space. Majority of those who reacted after reading first hand the document were of the opinion that the whole exercise was merely…
Read MoreImo Mayhem: Uzodinma Could Be Right On Allegation
By Ifeanyi Maduako When the rest of the world was still basking in the euphoria of Easter celebration which is a yearly commemoration of the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, Imo State, particularly Owerri residents were rudely aroused from their deep sleep as gunshots and explosives boomed and rented the air in the early hours of Monday, April 5, 2021. There was virtually no part of Owerri metropolis that didn’t notice the unusual staccato of noise from small arms and light weapons deployed by gunmen yet to…
Read MorePDP appoints Samdady Secretary S/West Zonal congress committee
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu(Samdady) Secretary of the South West Zonal congress committee. The committee also has Governor of Benue State, Emmanuel Ortom as Chairman, while Senators Sandy Onor, Ogun Ofome Anthony, and Ireruke Edward Otemabore serve as members. The South West zonal Congress billed for Monday, April 12, at the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation Events Center, Osogbo City, Osun State is expected to produce formidable executive that would pilot the affairs of the party in the zone. Speaking with newsmen in…
Read MoreTonyblack donates office to APC, sues for unity
Clan Chief Tonyblack Nduka, former Mayor of Okigwe Zone has donated a befitting office to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Obollo Ward in Isiala Mbano Council Area of Imo State. Announcing this in a meeting of the party’s LGA Executive led by Hon. U. C. Iwuagwu with stakeholders and members of the party in Obollo ward held at his country home, on Sunday, Tonyblack who is also a two time former Isiala Mbano LGA boss said the gesture was to aide the general activities of the party in the…
Read MoreISCAF: Group Expresses Worry Over Rising Insecurity In South East
A group operating under the aegis of Ibo Senior Citizens Affair Foundation (ISCAF) says it is concerned over what it described as “ever-rising level of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria as a nation”. A release from ISCAF signed by its President, Rt. Rev. Maglorious Enyioha lamented the loss of lives and property resulting from the activities of faceless gunmen, herdsmen and other armed groups shedding innocent blood at will. The group recalled that few years ago, herdsmen reportedly invaded Uzouwani Community in Enugu State by night, “killing and maiming scores of Ndigbo.…
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