A human rights activist and author, Comrade Paul Ikechukwu Njoku, has disagreed with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria for coming out en masse on March 29, 2019, to congratulate the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, for his reelection in office on February 23, 2019. “I highly disagree with the Christian Association of Nigeria for congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari, who was declared the winner of the 2019 Presidential elections few weeks ago by the compromised INEC. It is a travesty of truthfulness and an abuse of due gratitude for the…
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Imo D-Gov’s aide escapes death by whiskers
While there has been harvest of deaths in Imo State occasioned by cult clashes that have left 13 persons dead, yesterday Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere’s aide on lands and a town Planner, Mr. Alban Opara, escaped abduction from suspected assassins. Mr. Opara was said to have been attacked by the suspected assassins around Orji round about along Okigwe Road at about 7:30 pm but escaped by the whiskers. According to an eye witness who introduced himself as Martin Oforegbu, Opara’s assailants were hanging around in wait…
Read MoreAPGA Chieftain hails Ihedioha’s victory
…calls for probe on pensioneers’ welfare All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA chieftain in Imo state, Sir Peter Unagha has congratulated the governor-elect of the state, Rt.Hon.Emeka Ihedioha on his victory at the 2019 governorship election. Speaking in an interview with newsmen at his country-home, Umuanuo-Ifakala in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state,last week, Unagha said that, he is particularly pleased with the victory of chief Ihedioha at the polls, which he described as ‘victory for all, especially, the people of Owerri zone’, even as he beckoned on the in-coming…
Read MoreCourt sacks Enugu traditional ruler
An Enugu High court presided over by Justice Nwobodo has sacked Chief Meniru Victor as the traditional ruler of Egwu Achi community in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State. The court in its judgment declared the process that brought Meniru to the throne as fraudulent and therefore null and void. The judgment is coming about 10 years after majority rejected his emergence which they alleged was manipulated against the popular wish of the people. The court in dethroning the Monarch granted a perpetual injunction restraining him from parading himself…
Read MoreDeath in Enugu APC guber candidate’s home: Police say one killed to save many lives
The police in Enugu has confirmed the arrest of the suspect who shot and killed a local election observer inside the country home of the Enugu APC guber candidate Senator Ayogu Eze. Although the police did not disclose the identify of the person arrested it is believed that the shooting was done by a security personnel who was inside the compound at the time of the incident Enugu State Commissioner of Police Mr Sulaiman Balarabe who addressed a press conference at the state police headquarters reassured that investigation is intensified.…
Read MoreOkigwe Senate Re-Run: AA candidate- Ndubuisi raises alarm over alleged electoral Fraud
…Set to petition INEC, others. Following the apparent delay in announcing results of the Saturday, March, 9,2019 re-run senatorial election in Okigwe zone(Imo North) by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,the Action Alliance, AA Candidate, Engr. Emenike Ndubuisi(Ototonwa),has called for the release of overall number of votes-cast for the candidates who participated in the election, so as determine the winner of the Okigwe senatorial seat. In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Owerri, Engr. Ndubuisi, noted with dissatisfaction, that the manner in which the INEC and a…
Read MoreOkorocha and the proverbial housefly
Our forefathers may not have had the opportunity of embracing the Western style of education, but they had a lot of wisdom! Please, take time and ruminate over the Igbo saying that “a recalcitrant house fly is often buried with the corpse “, or “if the ear refuses to hear, when the head is cut off, it goes with the head”. All of them depict wisdom. They remain true and relevant today as they were, when the words of wisdom were coined centuries ago! Governor Rochas Okorocha, no doubt, came…
Read MoreESOCS Owerri province holds one-day prayer for admin officers
Members of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim ESOCS church Owerri Province will on Saturday March 30, 2019 hold a one-day Provincial Wilderness prayer for their administrative officers. A release from the organizers indicates that the theme of the Administrative Officers Prayer (AOP) is “Divine Protection” and members are expected to arrive from all branches to the central wilderness before the commencement of environmental sanitation on the scheduled date. The essence of the prayer, according to the statement is to avert incessant death in the province, while the…
Read MorePDP trade words with Imo govt over sale of vehicles
The state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Imo state government are trading words over alleged sell of 71 new government vehicles as scraps. The PDP said that the vehicles the governor was allegedly auctioning as scraps were new cars and heavy duty vehicles. At press conference in Owerri, the state capital, the PDP’s secretary in the state, Ray Emeana,said that the governor was auctioning the 71 from a government auctioneer, M.U Osakwe for N609,000,000. The PDP scribe said that the auctioning of the vehicles which he said…
Read MoreIhedioha is only interested in Imo treasury -Rochas
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has accused the governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, of being interested only in the state treasury, even as he said that his successor has no constitutional powers to issue directives to banks when he has not yet been sworn in as governor. Okorocha, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary on Friday in Owerri, said the governor-elect was “behaving like a typical member of the Peoples Democratic Party;” and that he is “only interested in the state treasury.” Okorocha asked Ihedioha to exercise patience…
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