Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (right) and Governor of Adamawa State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (left) at the Government House, Yola on Friday. Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State, has said stakeholders in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will at the right time collectively decide the party’s presidential candidate. He said with the successful conduct of the PDP national convention, the party is now poised to takeover the reign of power in 2023. Governor Wike stated this when he paid a courtesy visit on the Governor of…
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PolyNek Rector , Arimanwa lists achievements in office
Dr Michael Arimanwa, Rector Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri has made a positive progress in both academic and non academic activities, says eminent personalities that gathered in their numbers to honour the academia as he celebrated three years in office . The anniversary party held at the school premises was graced by academics from various institutions within and outside the state, traditional rulers, political office holders, clergies and other professionals from other sectors. In his opening remarks, the chairman of the occasion, Prof Godfrey Nwandikom noted that Dr Arimanwa has recorded…
Read MoreOPEN CHEQUE FOR IMO GUBER ,2023: Owerri, Okigwe Groups cede Imo Governorship Till 2028
Political leaders and some traditional rulers from Orlu, Okigwe and Owerri zones have thrown their weight behind Sen. Hope Odidika Uzodinma to continue as governor of Imo state till 2028. The leaders addressed newsmen in Owerri, weekend, under the aegis of Orlu Political Consultative Assembly,OPOCA, Owerri Political Leaders Forum,OZOPOLF and Okigwe Political Assembly,OPA including the leadership of Imo Traditional institution and town unions in the three Senatorial zones of the state. The leaders who were reacting to statements credited to former Imo State Governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha at the…
Read MorePolitical Tsunami: Over 2000 APC, APGA Members Defect To PDP In Imo
No fewer than 2, 000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, and All Progressives Grand Alliance ,APGA, have defected to the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party,PDP in Amaimo Ward, Ikeduru local government area of Imo State. Nigeria Newspoint gathered that the event which took place,weekend observed that the defectors were made up of members of the political structures of APC bigwigs in Ikeduru LGA allegedly led by the Deputy Governor, Prof Placid Njoku, an indigene of Amaimo community. According to him, the defection tsunami was unconnected with…
Read MoreImo: The Wedding that United two opposition Families
Marriage is about the oldest institution in the world. The bible says’ and God created man, Adam’. After creating Adam, God saw that he Adam needed a helper. So God created woman, Eve by taking out one of the ribs of Adam and used it to create Eve. After that, God saw that everything was beautiful and so was the institution of marriage was canonized in the Garden of Eden. This is the biblical story of the origin of marriage in the world. There has been no other efficacious story…
Read MoreBIAFRA – Perfect Illustration
We kill ourselves to protest what others are doing against us. In 1967 good Igbo leaders begged Ojukwu not to declare Biafra, to avoid war, he declared Biafra and we lost 3 million people and all our wealth, including our leadership position in Nigeria. Our youths, our girls, our culture and heritage. All were lost because of that war, which started as a result of declaration of Biafra. Ojukwu went into exile. Igbos were defeated, humiliated and made second class citizens. Their properties seized as abandoned. All their money were…
Read MoreCOMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE IMO CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY HUMAN RIGHTS DESK ON MONDAY 15TH NOVEMBER AFTER AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON THE WORSENING CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND BRUTALIZATION OF INNOCENT CITIZENS BY THE SECURITY AGENCIES IN THE STATE.
Owing to alarming reports on the disturbing increase on cases of brutality against civilians, intimidation and extortion of young people, arson, vandalization and looting of properties and many other unprofessional conducts of security agencies in Imo state, especially on the part of the military and the Police, an emergency meeting of all the civil society groups and pro democracy elements in Imo state was convened. The aim of the meetings is to afford the Civil Society Community the opportunity to formally receive complaints from the victims of these atrocious crimes,…
Read MoreSouth African Last Apartheid President F.W De Clerk Dies at 85
Mr F.W De Clerk, last South African Apartheid President, has died at the age of 85 years! F.W De Clerk joined Politics in 1987 and came to power in 1989, played a crucial role in ending Apartheid. Mr F.W De Clerk ordered the release of Mr Nelson Mandela from prison and lifted the ban on the African National Congress (ANC) party in 1990. It was in his 2nd February, 1990 address to South African parliament that F.W De Clerk announced Mr Nelson Mandela, who had Spent 27years in prison will…
Read MoreIhedioha: Is the Labourer’s task done?
It is not by human power but by the grace of God Almighty that over two decades of the current Democratic dispensation, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has become a puzzle that power brokers in the nation’s political firmament have found a hard row to hoe. Omenkeahuruanya, former governor of Imo State, and former Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives, has remained an enigma, that keeps waxing stronger and escaping, in the process, the unceasing traps of his ever mounting socio-political traducers. Talk of a cat with nine lives.…
Read MoreThat Seeming Rogue Invasion of Justice Odili’s House: Impunity Taken Too Far
Five years ago, in October 2016, the Department of State Services under Lawal Daura, had in a fashion reminiscent of armed robbery attack invaded the homes of some Nigerian Judges at night in Abuja. Nigerian woke up the next morning to hear and read shocking stories of the midnight invasion of two Supreme Court Justices, Sylvanus Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro and four Federal High Court Judges namely, Muazu Pindiga, Ademola Adeniyi, Abdullahi Liman and Nnamdi Dimgba private residences. It was obviously a strange phenomenon as such had never been witnessed…
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