Chief Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, has decried the surge in issues of insecurity in the country, regretting that kidnapping and killing have become a norm in the country under the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government. Wike said the APC-controlled FG has dragged Nigeria 50 years backward due to its poor performance, maintaining that APC has mismanaged the opportunity Nigerians gave them to make a difference in 2015. The governor disclosed this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, after the Vice…
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WHEN BRETHREN FIGHT BRETHREN
By Chuks Osuji Understandably, those who have read church history ( the Emergence and existence of the church) can remember that history of the church is punctuated with so many conflicts and murder of different types particularly among and within those referred to as, “Non-believers, infidel, anti-christs, non-conformists” etc. As a Christian myself by the ordinance of my parents, I have always wondered why Christians should fight themselves and among themselves. More troubling is the fact that the founder of Christian faith is known as, “Prince of Peace” Yet, those who…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu –Icon of Nation Building -Group
Nigerian women have been called upon to participate actively in the socio –economic development and emancipation of Nigeria nation from its present political insecurity and economic quagmire. An elder Statesman and foremost philanthropist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu made the call when the leadership of the advocacy for the Empowerment of Nigerian women initiative paid him a visit in Abuja to honour him with their 2021 integrity/peace award Chief Iwuanyanwu described the nation’s present insecurity situation as grossly worrisome and believed that Nigerian women have a great role to play in stabilizing…
Read MoreAgain, Nonso Nkwa raises alarm, there is alleged plot to arrest him
Popular On Air Personality, OAP, in Imo State, Mr Chinonso Uba, alias Nonsonkwa has again raised the alarm over alleged plot to arrest him. According to him in a statement a copy of which was availed Nigeria Newspoint the alleged plot is due to his insistence that innocent people should not be arrested or victimized or killed simply on allegations of being IPOB members. Mr Uba stressed that his stand on the matter was informed by his belief that every person have a right to justice and justice, pointing out that…
Read MoreRivers: Neighborhood Watch Agency Seek Journalists’ Support To Tackle Insecurity
From Joe Ezuma, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Neighborhood Watch Safety Corps Agency, has solicited for the support of journalists practicing in the state in it’s bid to tackle crime and insecurity through intelligence-gathering. To this end, the management of the agency yesterday paid a visited to the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as well as the Correspondents’ Chapel of the NUJ in Port Harcourt. Speaking during the visit to the Correspondents’ Chapel, director-general of the agency, Dr. Uche Mike Chukwuma, urged journalists to key into any security programme or project aimed…
Read MoreMarginalization: Host communities protest FUTO’s refusal to sign FG backed MOU
Moved by the refusal of the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) under the leadership of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Francis Eze, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU) recently brokered by the Federal Government between the host communities and the institution as regards the Ochie-Ara(new town) land space which the university is currently holding on to, scores of the youths of the host communities have staged a peaceful protest with the aim of drawing the attention of both the State and Federal Governments and the general…
Read MoreWe’ve banished politics, admission fraud in IMSU -Acting VC …Decries low computer literacy in institution
The acting Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, Prof Peter Akah has disclosed that he has within his short time in office eradicated politics in the process leading to the emergence of principal officers, deans of faculties and departmental heads in the institution, as well as plugged all loopholes that encourage irregularities in the admission of students into the school. Prof Akah who opened up on his efforts at sanitizing the citadel of learning since assumption of office further stressed that he is also focused on regaining lost …
Read MoreN10 Billion Loan: Imo can Do with improved IGR Instead
Last week, Hon Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, Imo State Commissioner for Information / Strategy announced that the government is seeking to borrow fresh N10bn Loan. The commissioner who, spoke to newsmen at the end of the weekly State Executive Council, SEC, meeting at the Imo State Government House, Owerri, further clarified that the said Loan would be used in the construction of ongoing road projects in the state. We have had cause on several occasions in the past to say that, borrowing by government or, organizations or, even individuals, is never…
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