The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Wednesday said that the case between the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and the Federal government has been brought forward to 13th September 2022 from the earlier date of 11th October 2022 at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. He attributed the change of date to the continuous prayers by the members of IPOB.According to IPOB’s lawyer, “Our Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CR/ 625/2022; between Nnamdi Kanu vs federal republic of Nigeria, earlier scheduled for Hearing on the 11th Day…
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Owerri Zone Patriotic Front: Owerri Zone Stands By Emeka Ihedioha
…Calls for unity, drums support It has come to our attention that some disgruntled politicians and their allies have commenced the orchestrated campaign of calumny against former governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha, CON. The perpetrators of this indecent and unguided media and political missiles are mostly moles within the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and their ruthless associates from the All Progressives Congress, APC. From all available records, these wolves in sheep clothing plotting against Ihedioha are mostly those who failed to pick nomination forms or…
Read MoreOnyewuchi: Burden Of Opposition Lawmaker (1)
By Chinedu Opara Being an elected legislator has its natural drawbacks. Prominent among those drawbacks is the problem of lacking executing or budgetary powers. There is no legal or constitutional provision that places funds which you can use to carry out capital or signature projects, that can serve as your sustainable legacies after leaving power. All you are entitled to is paltry “intervention fund” At state level some governors have illegally and unilaterally abrogated that constitutional enablement . At national level it is still there but, these days it is…
Read MoreOwerri Senate: Media Reports On IMSU TETFUND Contracts Mere Hogwash
…Says: I’ve built over 5km of roads with personal funds …Hails Uzodinma on Roads The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Owerri zone in the scheduled 2023 general elections, Prince Alex Mbata, urged the people to find out what each candidate has done for his before supporting anyone of them in next year’s polls. Prince Mbata who stated this Wednesday, during a chat with newsmen in Owerri, disclosed that he has demonstrated rare patriotism by deploying his personal resources to build roads with streetlights ,both in Owerri…
Read MoreEmmanuel Iwuanyanwu: The Story Continues
By Jerry Chukwueke The week-long series of events that marked the landmark 80th birthday anniversary of the living legend, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has all the trapping of a festival. From far away in the United States of America, I monitored all the events and I kept clapping. Nigerians, not just Ndigbo, showered encomiums on a man who employed his personal resources and attributes to see to the welfare of individual Nigerians but also to the collective interest of Nigeria as a whole. What we saw couldn’t be anything less. For a…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu Assisted Us To Improve Our Talents -Ex- footballers
By Williams Odunze The Association of Ex- Footballers, Imo State, has expressed gratitude to a great statesman and super entrepreneur, Chief Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, for helping them to develop and use their football talents to become popular and useful in life. The ex- international players hinted that the rich impact Ahaejiagamba of Igbo Nation made in the lives of youths across board was quite enormous and wonderful, adding that he practically and fatherly taught them that football is part of life and that one can beat poverty, vulnerability and hatred…
Read MorePeter Obi Does Not Need Fake News To Be Accepted By Nigerians
By Onwuasoanya FCC Jones In an apparent display of frustration and helplessness at Peter Obi’s rising acceptability across all tribes and strata of the Nigerian society, promoters of the two opposition candidates; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have resorted to planting fake news across social media platforms, with the aim to pass such fake news as coming from Peter Obi’s team. This is after they have dug everywhere and sniffed everything and found that Peter Obi is absolutely free of any blemish, throughout his eight years as governor…
Read MoreIgbo Town Unions Reject IPOB order to bury dead ones in 3 days
The Association of Igbo Town Unions, otherwise known as ASETU, has reacted to the statement credited to Indigenous People of Biafra , IPOB, that the Igbos should bury their dead 3 days after death occurred. In a statement monitored in national dailies and other news platforms, the spokes person of the agitation group, Emma Powerful, warns that people of the South East must bury their dead within three days, stating that it may shut down morgues that flout the directive. Powerful said that the group has viewed spiritually and discovered…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu-Philanthropic, Human Builder, Says Samdaddy
…Hails him at 80, urges others to emulate him Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Samdaddy) felicitates with a foremost nationalist, industrialist, and elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu on the occasion of his 80th birthday anniversary, calling on other leaders in Nigeria to emulate him. Anyanwu, who is the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the successes recorded by Chief Iwuanyanwu (Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo) in business, social and political arena as exemplary. In a congratulatory message personally signed by him, Senator Anyanwu noted that “Chief Iwuanyanwu’s contributions towards upliftment of …
Read MoreImo NUJ appoints Ori Martins, IIJ Coordinator
The Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has appointed Comrade Ori Martins acting Coordinator of the International Institute of Journalism Owerri located at the NUJ secretariat along Port Harcourt road Owerri. His appointment was conveyed in a letter dated August 28, 2022, signed by the secretary Imo NUJ, Comrade Austin Okoro. The appointment followed the death and subsequent burial of Chief (Dr) Ndudi Nnadi who until his demise few months ago was the substantive Co-ordinator of the institute. The union before this time had said that…
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