The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has dismissed growing concerns that Nigeria’s ruling party is working to turn the country into a one-party state. Speaking on Arise Television’s The Morning Show on Thursday, Morka insisted that the increasing number of defections from opposition parties into the APC is not a deliberate strategy to eliminate political pluralism in the country. He said: “There’s nothing wrong with PDP and Labour Party members defecting to the APC if they desire to identify with the ruling party’s processes.…
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SOLUDO: PROFESSORS SANS COMMONSENSE
By Steve OsuJi Nigerian Professors are giving a bad name to the academia. We grew up to revere people who wear the tag ‘professor’ as very special kinds. And as we went through the university, the power and aura of professors on our campuses didn’t wane. Indeed, we cherished being under their tutelage. I encountered a few in my journey through those rarefied corridors of learning. Who would forget in a hurry, Professors Alfred Opubor, Ebun Clark, Alaba Ogunsanwo, Onuora Nwuneli, among others, in the University of Lagos of…
Read MoreKaduru Builds State of the Art Health Centre for Obiangwu Community.
…Eye’s Owerri Zone Senate Seat A globally renown and respected public health expert, Dr Chijioke Kaduru, has disclosed that the building of a state of the art primary healthcare centre for his community, Obiangwu Autonomous Community, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State, by him was in furtherance of his abiding vision and passion to make quality and affordable healthcare accessible to the public. He stressed that it was in a bid to leverage this vision and passion to touch more local communities in the nine local government areas of…
Read MoreEzinihitte: Nwachukwu,LG Chairman, Inaugurates Community Development, Mobilization Committee.
By Nkechi Ojukwu The Executive Chairman of Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area, Hon Ambrose Nwachukwu, has inaugurated a Community Development and Mobilization Committee in line with the directive by the Executive Governor of Imo State. This is to foster community development,enhance the quality of life for residents the area and encourage community participation and engagement in development initiatives. The inauguration ceremony brought together political appointees; federal and state representatives, traditional leaders, the Chairman of Ezinihitte Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Ositadinma Nwokocha, representative of all Present Generals, Dr. Charles…
Read MoreLet’s Not Make Glitches Become A National Crisis – Peter Obi To JAMB
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has reacted to the controversy rocking the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Naijaonpoint reported that JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede admitted errors in the just-concluded UTME affecting 206,610 candidates in 65 centres in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri zone, comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East. He said,“What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede admitted. “We set all machineries in order; regardless, there were still…
Read MoreImo Govt Bulldozing Of EEDC Office Raises Uproar In Orlu
Tension erupted on Wednesday in Imo State when government officials, accompanied by security operatives, demolished the Orlu District office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) without prior notice or explanation. The incident occurred around 8:30 am, sparking chaos as EEDC staff members, reportedly manhandled by security personnel, were unable to salvage company or personal property from the site. Witnesses allege that the Chairman of Orlu Local Government Area, Hon. Chris Mbaeri, was present during the demolition. According to Mr. Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications at EEDC, the government…
Read MoreNnamdi Kanu: Monday sit-at-home had nothing to do with death of Jonathan’s ex-aide, Gulak – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has insisted that its members were not responsible for the death of former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful said its sit-at-home was enforced on Monday May 31, 2021 while Gulak was killed a day before the order. Powerful insisted that the presentation of Gulak’s death certificate during the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has no “evidentiary value” to the ongoing proceedings. In a statement he signed, Powerful insisted that the prosecution’s case against Kanu has collapsed. Charging…
Read MoreEnvironmental Hazard: Mounting Refuse Dump Epidemic Looms As Umuerim Nekede Community ,FedpolyNek Residents Cry Out To Uzodinma
…Flay Owerri West LG over alleged inaction. Residents of Umuerim Nekede; community and students of Federal Polytechnic Nekede have cried out to the Imo State Government to help evacuate the mounting refuse along Nekede-Ihiagwa Road in order to save the community from likely outbreak of deadly diseases. The huge refuse dump which has been mounting along Nekede-Ihiagwa Road between polytechnic gate and the secondary school, is not only an eyesore, but equally constitute serious environmental, health hazard to people around the area including students. There are speculations that the situation…
Read More2027: Group Makes Case For Okigwe Zone, Woos Ihekwueme For Governor.
…Says: Imo needs courageous, compassionate leader …Likens former commissioner as Mandela of our time A socio-political pressure group, Okigwe Solidarity Movement,OSM has called on Dr Fabain Ihekweme, a former Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Imo State to join the governorship race in 2027. The group promised to mobilize political, moral and financial support for him to ensure that he emerges victorious. The National President of the group, Chief Leo Nwachukwu stated this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, shortly after an emergency meeting on Tuesday. He noted that Ihekweme, who was…
Read MoreAlleged fraud: Ganduje to face prosecution as court rejects APC chair’s bid to stop trial
A Kano State High Court has assumed jurisdiction against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, after rejecting his application for the dismissal of multi-billion naira fraud charges filed against him by the Kano State government. The court dismissed the application filed by the Ganduje and seven others challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the case The Kano State government had instituted an 11-count charge bordering on bribery, conspiracy, misappropriation and diversion of public funds running into billions of naira against Ganduje and his wife, Hafsat…
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