The Imo State Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha used the occasion of his swearing-in of two commissioners and two transition committee chairmen of local government councils to reveal his new position on the much orchestrated issue of his desire to ensure that his Chief of Staff, Ugwumba Ucha Nwosu succeeds him in 2019. Speaking after administering oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on two commissioners, namely, Barrister Chibuzo Daniel Iwuorie for youths and sports and Professor Edna Chioma Mathews-Njoku as commissioner for Agriculture, in…
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S/Court orders GT Bank to pay N12 bn to Innoson
The Supreme Court has struck out GTBank’s motion for stay of execution of the Enugu Court of Appeal Division’s order that GTBank pays over N6 Billion into an interest yielding account at the Court of Appeal. Cornel Osigwe, Head Corporate Communications, Innoson Group in a statement said Innoson’s legal team which was led by Prof McCarthy Mbadugha ESQ told the Supreme Court that the Judgment debt which arose from excess and unlawful charges which GTB took from Innoson’s account now stood at over N14billion. His Statement reads “The Supreme Court…
Read MoreBoundary dispute: Enugu, Anambra sue for peace …Call for NBC’s Intervention
The Deputy Governors of Enugu and Anambra States, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo and Dr. Nkem Okeke have called on border communities of Ibite Olo in Ezeagu local government area (Enugu) and Awba Ofemmili in Awka North local government area (Anambra) to sheathe their swords and allow peace reign in their areas. The deputy governors, who gave the advice when they visited the two neighboring communities over the lingering boundary crisis, noted the imperative of peace in the areas for the enhancement of development and other dividends of democracy. They said that…
Read MoreOhaji/Egbema lawmaker -Orie, slaps journalist
The Imo State House of Assembly member representing Ohaji/Egbema state constituency, Hon Emma Orie, yesterday assaulted a journalist at the All Progressives Congress, APC State Secretariat at Okigwe Road. The incident happened right inside the office of the APC Secretary. The journalist Destiny Tsinwa, staff of Daily Nigerian Horn who hails from the same Constituency with the legislator narrated that on sighting the law maker he walked up to greet him as his representative in the legislature as a mark of respect.. The law maker instantly charged at him saying,…
Read MoreFG scraps Polytechnic, equates HND with first degree
Nigerian Government has scrapped Award of HND Certificates by Polytechnics. The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday where the approval of a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system was made. In effect, the award of HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes. Also, all the programmes currently being run by polytechnics, which are not technology-based, and which are about 70 per cent, will be scrapped. Under the new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities…
Read MoreWickedness: Man kills 22 year-old cousin over missing Laptop in Imo
There was bedlam in Umudagu Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state on Wednesday after one Ifeanyi Ibeawuchi allegedly kidnapped and murdered his 22-year-old cousin ,Ifeanyi Ogu over a missing laptop. The killing of the 22-year -old made youths of the community to take laws into their hands by setting ablaze the family house of the suspect on Wednesday morning. Other buildings around were equally affected by the ragging fire as a combined detachment of police operatives from the state police command in Owerri and Mbieri division…
Read MoreThat Okorocha’s Channels Television Interview
After watching Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Chief Rochas Okorocha, in an interview with the popular Lagos-based Channels Television on Monday, May 28 from my place in London, I felt I should share some thoughts with people back home. But alas, of the six people I called, including politicians and my colleagues in the pen trade, only one acknowledged to have watched the program. The excuse ranged from “no light “to the normal “I have been very busy”. One fellow responded that he has since stopped listening to Governor Okorocha.…
Read MoreNo faction in Imo APC, says BOT member, Azuatalam …There is no allocation of LGAs to stakeholders
Board of Trustee Member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon. Jasper Azuatalam has described the party as an entity that cannot be factionalized in Imo State, adding that the constitution of the party does not guarantee the position of acting Chairmanship. According to Hon Azuatalam, the emergence of Coalition otherwise known as “Allied Forces” made up of stakeholders in the state was as a result of the anti-people policies of Governor Rochas Okorocha, which has thrown the entire state into abject poverty. Hon. Azuatalam while condemning the attitude…
Read MoreReps: I’ll sponsor quality bills -Akwara
An Ngor-Okpala born legal practitioner, Sir Patrice Eberechukwu Akwara, says, his interest in vying for the Aboh Mbaise/Ngor-Okpala federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives, was borne out of his desire to contribute in making legislation that will add value to the lives of his constituents, and Nigerians in general. Sir, Akwara, an astute public administrator and security strategist, who is aspiring for the position on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, POP, in an interview with a section of the press, yesterday, in Owerri, said, apart from…
Read MoreNUJ chairmanship candidate Ojukwu, visits chapels in Imo …Promise improved welfare for journalists
The Imo State council of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) will soon wear a new look and boast of rebranded journalists to shore up the corporate image of the union in order to serve the society, well. This formed the highpoint of Elder Lambert Ojukwu one of the candidates vying for NUJ chairmanship is on familiarization tour of all the chapels in the state. Elder Ojukwu, the Editor-in-chief of Newspoint in one of his recent visit to the information chapel in Owerri, stated that his purpose of seeking to emerge…
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