Category: FEATURES

…Osigwe:We’ll surpass enrollment target. The Executive Chairman of Owerri West LGA, Hon Victor Osigwe, has formally flagged off  the Imo Health Insurance Scheme (IHIS). Speaking at the flagging off ceremony, Hon Osigwe described the  scheme as a well-thought out Health Insurance Scheme of the Governor Hope Uzodinma’s administration. The LGA Executive Chairman, now easily known as “the Swift Messenger of the  SHARED PROSPERITY government”, was optimistic that the people of Owerri West would surpass the enrollment target given the boisterous and unprecedented turnout at the Umuguma Health Center and its…

Tensions ran high on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja as the long-running trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, resumed with a sharp rebuke from the presiding judge to the Federal Government, POLITICS NIGERIA has reliably gathered. Frustrated by the prosecution’s sluggish pace and lack of preparedness, the judge did not mince words in warning the government’s legal team that the court would no longer tolerate unnecessary delays. “You must pick six days within two weeks and present all your witnesses. If…

A Nigerian youth corps member who studied Mass Communication has taken to social media to express her frustration after being posted to a bakery for her NYSC  The young lady, identified as @Aridunu_jones on X (formerly Twitter), shared her experience online, questioning the relevance of her posting to her field of study. In her words:“God will help me and judge NYSC. When I studied Mass Communication, you guys now posted me to a BAKERY. BAKERY OOOO!!!” She called on God for help and expressed confusion over the decision, sparking reactions online. As her post gained traction, concerned…

Reports reaching Trumpeta say a set of rampaging herders were shooting while retreating from Amakohia-Ubi borders in Owerri West after having it rough with the vigilante there. According to the report, the rampaging herders shot sporadically as they tried to escape through Obeakuma Agwa  axis. The invasion which took the Agwa Community by surprise saw the locals scampering for safety but a pregnant woman, yet to be identified, was unlucky as bullets hit her several places. Unluckily before medical assistantce could come her way, she gave up. Unfortunately by the…

According to a report by Leadership, she made this claim while speaking on The PAP Show, which is hosted by Hadiza Malumfashi in Abuja. Naja’atu, who currently chairs the Northern Star Foundation—a non-governmental organisation dedicated to empowering youth in Northern Nigeria—was said to have explained that she accepted her role in the campaign not out of genuine political conviction, but due to repeated pleas that were made to her. Naja’atu Mohammed was reported to have alleged that President Tinubu’s approach to governance at the federal level closely resembled the way…

By Williams Odunze  The Imo State House of Assembly has urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to direct the State Investment Promotion Agency to embark on identifying and having a database of mineral resources and raw materials available in the State. The House also emphasized on the need for the agency to create awareness on the major raw materials and mineral resources to attract investors that will harness on their economic potentials  for industrial purposes. The resolution was made following the adoption of the motion moved by the member representing Ikeduru State…

Following reports of criminal vandalism of government assets in different parts of Imo State, the authorities have directed the immediate clampdown of the suspected vandals. Thus, all the 27 Local Government Chairmen in Imo State,  the Councillors, the Supervisory Councillors, the Town Union leadership and other critical Stakeholders, have been directed to put machinery in motion aimed at fishing out the criminal vandals of government assets in their environment. At a meeting the Local Government officials had with Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday night, the issue of destruction/ stealing of…

… CP Giwa Reaffirms Commitment to a Safer and More Secure Enugu State As part of sustained efforts to rid Enugu State of unrepentant violent criminals, operatives of the State Police Command, under the directive of Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, psc, have successfully rescued twenty-eight kidnapped victims, arrested ten male suspects, and recovered firearms, ammunition, cash, vehicles, motorcycles, and other exhibits in multiple coordinated operations. On May 18, 2025, at about 6:30 p.m., operatives attached to Umumba Police Division, working with the Neighbourhood Watch, Forest Guards, and…