Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma (left) with Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Joe Ajaero at the traditional marriage of Ajaero’s daughter, Akunnaya, at his country home, Emii, Owerri North LGA… weekend
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PRESS RELEASE Catholic Bishop enjoins govt appointees to be good shepherds, selfless servants….As Uzodimma cautions against abuse of office
…GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Catholic Bishop enjoins govt appointees to be good shepherds, selfless servants, As Uzodimma cautions against abuse of office The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, Sunday, admonished appointees of government and other elected office holders to refrain from greed and abuse of their offices in their dealings, especially with government property. Senator Uzodimma spoke on a day the Catholic Bishop of Okigwe Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Solomon Amatu urged Christian faithful, and particularly government appointees, to be good Shepherds and…
Read MoreIt’s Painful I Couldn’t Settle Down With My Wife At Old Age – Bongos Ikwue
Eighty-three-year-old legendary songwriter and composer, Bongos Ikwue, speaks about his songs, family, and other sundry issues in this exclusive interview with Channels Television. You’re going to be 83 next month, on June 6. How are you doing, sir? I guess I’m doing very well. I’m doing okay. I’m happy to be here. I’m happy to be with you, too. One of the songs we know you for is Still Searching, and after a beautiful journey, your wife passed on, and then you did the song. I know this is one…
Read MoreWike storms PDP Governors’ meeting as Saraki, Makinde, others scramble to save PDP
In a surprise move that sent ripples through the ranks of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, made an unexpected appearance at a high-lWike storms PDP Governors’ meeting as Saraki, Makinde, others scramble to save PDPevel PDP Governors’ Forum meeting in Abuja on Sunday night. The development, described by insiders as both dramatic and potentially pivotal, marks Wike’s first formal participation in a PDP gathering in several months, coming at a time when the opposition party is…
Read MoreBreaking: ASUU gets new president
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has elected a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Prof. Chris Piwuna, as its next president. He succeeds Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Soil Science from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Piwuna’s election was confirmed during ASUU’s 23rd National Delegates Congress held on Sunday in Benin City, Edo State. He won against Prof. Adamu Babayo of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. The new president will lead ASUU for the next four years.
Read MoreCJREN To Tinubu, Release IPOB Leader, Terrorists Group, Sponsor Operates Freely In Nigeria – DG
Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria (CJREN), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the leader of IPOB Nnamdi Kanu, alleging that members of terrorists group and their sponsors are operating freely in Nigeria, The Director General of the Centre Rev. Dikwa made assertion in an open letter he addressed to President Bola Tinubu tagged: “Release Nnamdi Kanu”. The Kanuri Borno born Rights Activist lamented that despite killing thousands of innocent Nigerians across states, the governments have not taken any decisive action against the terror…
Read MoreMike Ejiogu: Imo needs wealth creators like him
By Chidiebube Okeoma One of the major problems that have bedevilled Imo State since the return of democratic rule in 1999, is the inability of the state to produce astute wealth creators as governors. I mean persons who are experts in creation of wealth, and who have track record of exceeding exploits in the private sector; people who have built empires independently by managing people and resources. Being governor of Imo State is not about collecting monthly federal allocations from Abuja and waiting on the Internal Revenue Board to present…
Read MoreAre They Dead? – Peter Obi Calls Out Those Who Protested Against Jonathan
The Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has questioned the silence of those who protested against the administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Naijaonpoint recalls that when Jonathan increased fuel from ₦87 to ₦120, the move sparked mass protests, known as ‘Occupy Nigeria’, across major cities of the country. Jonathan also faced severe backlash from leaders of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), who are now mostly in the All Progressives Congress (APC), including Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Pastor Enoch Adeboye. While delivering a speech at…
Read MoreRivers Still Burns In Our Minds: What Happened To The Sense Of Shame—Or Is This Just An Attempt To Treat Nigerians As Nothing?
By John Egbeazien Oshodi When Legitimacy Is Ignored, the People Respond with Psychological Rebellion On Thursday, May 2nd, 2025, something deeper than a protest occurred at the EUI Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was not merely a political rejection or a civil show of disapproval. It was a collective rupture—an emotional outburst from women who could no longer watch their dignity be paraded, manipulated, and substituted. Videos shared widely on X by Port Harcourt Socials captured the moment with striking clarity: rows of seated women suddenly rising, turning…
Read MoreABURE’S SHAME: A PATHETIC CLOWN’S LAST STAND.
By Ebere Uzoukwa The purported suspension of Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, the Executive Governor of Abia State, by a Barr. Julius Abure-led group impersonating the national leadership of the Labour Party, did not come as a surprise. This action was planned following Governor Otti and other leaders’ roles in retrieving the Labour Party from Abure and his fellow political merchants. The shenanigans surrounding the suspension of Governor Otti, the only Governor produced by the Labour Party, and other distinguished leaders, are a desperate, laughable, and pathetic attempt to cling…
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