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ABUJA -Grand Patron of One Nation for Asiwaju Support Group, Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to settle the issue of Biafran nation agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators, out of court through a formidable national committee of arbitration. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Ndarani, was optimistic that the move will lead to peace, and unity in diversity. “President Bola Tinubu should consider Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms like arbitration, conciliation and mediation in some of these cases concerning these agitators. “High profile cases…

By Williams Odunze  Inorder to lessen financial burden and create self reliance opportunities for his Constituents, the Lawmaker representing Owerri North in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon.Kelechi Offurum  has embarked on empowerment programme across the 12 wards of his Constituency. As he empowered 64 of his constituents with PoS Machines, backing it up with financial assistance. According to the Lawmaker, the gesture is to empower his people in the little way he can by assisting them to have something doing in order to cope with the present economic…

–  Calls For Support, Partnership The Nigeria Union of Journalists Imo State Council will soon set up a work station for the use of registered journalists in the state. The Chairman Comrade Precious Nwadike, stated this during an interview with newsmen in Abuja,recently. He said the workstation has become very important because the union’s secretariat located along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, is currently under utilized as members hardly come there to file their stories because of the unavailability of necessary facilities. Hence, the union has decided to equip the place with…

IPOB said the British government’s decision to back Morocco’s 2007 proposal as the “most credible, viable and pragmatic” solution exposes its “brazen hypocrisy, selective morality, and enduring colonial double standards.” The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a pro-Biafra secessionist group, has accused the United Kingdom of hypocrisy, colonial bias, and deliberately stifling the self-determination efforts of the proposed breakaway state, following Britain’s endorsement of Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara.    

A man, Emeka Ihekwugba, accused of having carnal knowledge of a 14 year-old girl ( name withheld) has been granted N500,000 bail by a Magistrate Court  in Imo State. Ihekwugba, who is said to have recently returned from overseas was arraigned by the police in the state before a magistrate, Adaora Ariche on two count charges. The count charges preferred against him by Samson Obodo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, legal department of the command read in part,” that you, Emeka Ihekwugba male on the 24th of April 2025, at…

…Ibejiako: It’s to protect the environment, public safety. Imo state Government has prohibited and banned all mining activities including excavation of laterite and River white sand mining within the state capital. This is to preserve and protect the environment, ensure public safety and align mining operations with globally acceptable environmental standard. Henceforth,all mining operations must be conducted outside the state capital territory, strictly in accordance with Imo State Environmental laws and regulations. Any individual intending to engage in mining activities within Imo State must present a valid Environmental Impact Assessment…

…Says : Workshop’ll Enhance Development By Onyinyechi Nwankwo Imo State President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Comr. Charles Okey Okere, has praised Governor Hope Uzodinma for organizing a sustainable procurement training for local government area executive chairmen and principal officers through the State Bureau of Public Procurement and Price Intelligence (BPPPI). The State NULGE President, during an interview with journalists at the end of the 3 days workshop held at Rockview Hotel Owerri, appreciated the governor for being thoughtful in putting up the workshop. Okere noted that…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of  Edo State and winner of the election held on September 21, 2024.In a judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court unanimously held that the appeal by Asue Ighodalo, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election and his party was unmeritorious and dismissed it.The court held that the appellants failed to show that the election tribunal erred in its decision…