A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, granted bail in the sum of N2 million to the an Imo based Newspaper Publisher. Ejike Ogbonna. The bail conditions include providing a surety who must show proof of ownership of landed property within the court’s jurisdiction, as well as endorsement of the bail bond by a traditional ruler. Presiding Magistrate C.J. Uzoechi, who granted the bail application, noted that the matter was bailable. The case was adjourned to October 3, 2025, for hearing Ejike Ogbonna, publisher,…
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Freedom of Expression; Dying In Imo , Nonsonkwa Alleges ,Fingers Commissioner of Information As Response.
“The fundamental human rights of Imo citizens to freely express themselves about how they are being governed is being threatened by the current administration of Sen Hope Uzodinma”. The allegation was contained in a Press Release by the International President of Nchekwa Ndi Ogbenye Foundation ( Protect The Weak International Foundation) under the leadership of a front line Activist in the state, Mazi Chinonso Uba popularly known as Nonsonkwa. The Mbaitoli-born Media executive and Activist made the assertion while responding to the recent invitation to Barr Chinedu Agu, former Secretary…
Read MoreHold Chima Amadi Responsible If we and Our Immediate Family Members Are Harmed -Gii
By: Sam. Onwuemeodo. Imo State Honourable Commissioner for lnformation and Strategy, Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, a highly respected and experienced media guru and the entire Media crew of the 3R Government in the State had, on their own, chosen to make Mr. Matthew Chima Amadi, an Ngor Okpala man, the guber aspirant to watch for the 2027 governorship contest. They had made the guy a very serious aspirant to behold. A front seat contender. The aspirant to beat. And they had done all these, perhaps, unconsciously. Unknown to them. And now,…
Read MoreOrlu Community Rejects Hand Over Of Old Imo Poly Premises To Catholic Church .
…Insists: Church has taken enough of their lands. The indigenes of Orlu Community, at a well attended meeting held on monday,September 8 at the Orlu Community Civic Center, expressed displeasure over what they described as the primitive and questionable acquisition of their ancestral land by the Catholic Church. Majority of those who came from the different branches of ODTU, while speaking at the meeting presided over by Mr Augustine Nwadike, as President, narrated how the community embraced the Church with open arms and consequently donated their lands…
Read MoreNnamdi Kanu Threatens To Approach IBA Over Judicial Infractions
The Global Defence Consortium of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has issued a stern warning to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the National Judicial Council (NJC), and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), cautioning that their continued silence over alleged judicial misconduct in Kanu’s trial will trigger international escalation. In a statement signed by Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi, the consortium said the petition presented at the NBA Annual Conference in Enugu called for “an immediate halt to the unlawful persecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu” and demanded “a transparent investigation of Justice Binta Nyako,…
Read MorePROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: Sack Anumobi Now As Commissioner,Group Tells Uzodinma.
….Accuses him of dropping Gov’s name to do wrong In Markets. A group known as the ‘Property Owners Association’ at the Imo State International Modern Market Egbeada/Ubommiri is demanding for the immediate removal of Barr Rex Anunobi,as Commissioner of Commerce,Trade and in Investment. In a strong worded petition to the Governor of Imo state Sen.Hope Uzodinma signed by the group’s Chairman and Secretary,chief chibuike Amama and Ibe Esther C and made available to newsmen in Owerri, they alleged,said Commissioner is using the name of Gov Uzodinma to commit lots of…
Read MoreIn Face Of High Poverty: Tinubu Uses Bomb Jammer Mercedes Benz, Same Type Trump Uses — Melaye
Dr. Bolaji Akinyemi, a democrat, human rights activist, and social crusader, in an interview with The Punch correspondent, addressed a range of issues including the hurdles facing the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its coalition partners, the controversy around the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, and President Bola Tinubu’s performance in office. When Dr. Bolaji Akinyemi was asked about the statement by the Minister of Works, Mr. David Umahi, that those pushing for a coalition against President Bola Tinubu were faceless and lacked credibility, he disagreed strongly. He argued that what truly…
Read MoreYou Can’t Resume In Senate Yet, NAS Tells Suspended Kogi Senator Natasha
The National Assembly Management has formally declined Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s request to resume legislative duties after serving her six-month suspension over alleged misconduct. The National Assembly bureaucracy stated that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension remained in force, pending the outcome of the matter currently before the Court of Appeal. LEADERSHIP reports that following the adjudication of the case by the Federal High Court in Abuja in favour of the Senate, dissatisfied Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan approached the appellate court for remedy. In a letter signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly…
Read MoreVacation: Tinubu Needs To Rest,Says Europe Trip Undermines Re-Election Prospects.
Former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Sam Amadi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Europe, describing it as a “working vacation” that highlights the President’s limited stamina for the demands of office. The Presidency announced that Tinubu departed Abuja on September 4 for a 10-day working vacation across France and the United Kingdom as part of his 2025 annual leave. In a post on X on Thursday, Amadi argued that the President and his team were undermining his re-election prospects. “The president and his team…
Read MoreWAAPAC: Speaker Abbas Flays Nigeria’s Debt,Says It Reached Critical Point Tajudeen
Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, on Monday, September 8, raised alarm over Nigeria’s rising debt profile. As reported by Daily Trust, Abbas warned that it has crossed the country’s statutory threshold and now threatens fiscal sustainability Speaking at the opening of the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC), Abbas said Nigeria’s debt had reached “a critical point” and called for urgent reforms in borrowing practic es and oversight…
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