The Department of State Services (DSS) has confiscated the international passport of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, newsmen report. Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, a day after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, the embattled apex bank boss secured the order of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which directed the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, to allow him access to his lawyers and family members. He is currently undergoing interrogation at the secret police’s headquarters in…
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First Time Lawmaker Emerges Speaker, Imo Assembly
A first time lawmaker, Chike Olemgbe, has emerged the Speaker of the 10th Imo State House of Assembly. Olemgbe represents Ihitte Uboma State Constituency. Amara Iwuanyanwu retained his position as Deputy Speaker of the House They emerged after the Clerk of the Assembly, Chinelo Emeghara, had declared the House open for nominations after the proclamation reading from the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.
Read MoreAfrica Action Congress: Awulonu Decries Poor Support, Promotion Of Indigineous Investors, Job Creation
“Innoson Coy’s Debt A Reference Case “ The AAC governorship candidate in the forthcoming November election in Imo state, Barr. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Awulonu has emphasized the vital need for the encouragement, support, and promotion of indigenous companies, manufacturers, farmers, and employers from our state and South East States as a whole. He cited the current situation of Igbos in other states, especially in Lagos, where they are treated as second-class citizens, and their means of livelihood and businesses are targeted and burned at will. He insisted that poor support, insecurity,…
Read MoreImo Laud Uzodinma On Plans To Set Up Government, Labour Gratuity C’ttee
…Thank him for paying unverified workers Workers of Imo State have lauded Governor Hope Uzodinma’s plan to constitute government/labour joint committee for the implementation of the payment of pension gratituities. They also lauded him for paying salary of unverified workers in the state, saying the act is clear pointer to his godliness and humaneness. These were some of the highpoints of the workers address on the occasion of the 2023 Workers May Day Celebration held in Owerri the Imo State capital. Reading the address Comrade Basil Iwu, Chairman Joint Public…
Read MoreImo Guber: Labour Party Candidate’s Detractors Should Go And Sleep -Youths
Worried about incesant media publications and public awareness by mischief makers of the Labour Party, different groups;the Peter Obi unified Movement, Concerned Imo Youths, (Home and Abroad) and Devine Mandate Solution have, enjoined detractors to stop parading themselves as candidates of the party in Imo State. Speaking with newsmen in Owerri, recently, the convener of Peter Obi Unified Movement, Peter Obi Foundation movement, the Coordinator, Imo Solution as well as the coordinator Concerned Labour Party Youths, Home and Abroad, Comrade Modestus Iheme stated, that His Excellency, Ikechukwu Joseph Ukegbu (Ikenga),…
Read MoreIsu LGA PDP Ward Chairmen Celebrate Osakwe’s Assembly Victory, Receipt Of CoR
The victory of Hon. Modestus Osakwe of the PDP In the just concluded Isu state constituency House of Assembly election and subsequent issuance of certificate of return (CoR) to him by the INEC has been celebrated by the 11 ward chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the LGA. The ward chairmen, speaking on Sunday, April 30, through the Isu LGA PDP ward chairman of chairmen, Mr. Mathew Onwenu (idiagbon) described Osakwe’s victory as a special gift to the entire people of Isu state constituency by God who had…
Read MoreNobody Will Force Me To Leave Nigeria -Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi has said that nobody can force him to leave the country because he is fighting for a change. He stated that his party is committed to creating a new Nigeria, adding that there are too many “thieves” who are inflicting suffering on the masses, and vowed that his party is committed to purging the country’s political system of such people. He said he will not give up until such people are shown the way out of political offices…
Read MoreSenator Douye Diri has emerged as the Flag bearer of PDP
From Elizabeth Vincent,Yenegoa The gubernatorial primary of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP which took place at the Dr. Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State saw the incumbent Governor emerge on Wednesday, April 12 with a total of 305 votes as sole aspirant of the party. The total votes cast was 313 during the primaries, with 8 voids. The chairman and Chief Returning Officer of the PDP Electoral Panel and Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, while addressing the delegates and party stakeholders, said Gov. Diri having satisfied the…
Read MoreAlleged Land Grabbing: 53 Year-Old Nwaokobia Cries out To Delta Govt, Police Over Brutality, Demolition Of His House By Ajudua
…Fears Over Family Safety Following Threats What many had seen as an outright victimization and infringement on human rights was recorded on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Ibusa community, Asaba in Delta State, following the rough-handling and demolition of a residential house belonging to Mr. Martin Nwaokobia, by an alleged notorious land grabber, Fred Ajudua and his cohorts. The 53-year old house owner, Martin Nwaokobia is currently not only in pains but also homeless following the destruction of the building he laboured in his life time to erect was…
Read MoreBob Njemanze hails Sam Daddy, Onyewuchi on their victories
…Gives nod to Uzodinma’s re-election Senator Samuel Anyanwu (Sam Daddy) and Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi have both received a congratulatory message of an Elder statesman, Prince Bob Kay Njemanze on their election victories. While Senator Anyanwu received the kudos of the fiery social crusader, Prince Bob Njemanze on his emergence as the flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP at the recently conducted governorship primaries in Owerri, and Senator Onyewuchi of the Labour Party, LP, who is also the current Senator representing Imo East at the Red Chamber, got a…
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