By Onwuasoanya Jones I do not think that Nigeria as a country owns any single cow anywhere in the country, and if they do, it could just be just on paper and nowhere else. It is therefore disgusting that everyday, the President of our country and his aides would harangue us with tales about how cattle business must be protected, as if the Federation owns a better stake in cattle business than in any other tax paying private venture. It is even possible that cattle farmers don’t pay any tax…
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Rivers pledges continued support to Nigeria police
From Joe Ezuma, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government says it would continue to support the Nigeria Police Force to enable the Police achieve all set goals and mission for the protection of people leaving and doing business in Rivers State legitimately. Governor Wike stated this during the Flag Off, of Operation Restore Peace in the South- South Zone, by the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, at the Sharks Sports Stadium on Wednesday, 19th May, 2021. Represented by his Deputy, Dr. Mrs. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, Governor Wike said Rivers State…
Read MoreImo Roads Revolution: Opara Commends Uzodinma
Former National President General of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), Engr. Bede Opara has commended Governor Hope Uzodinma on what he described as ” ongoing roads revolution’ in the state with many roads having high multiplier effects on the state’s economic wellbeing and in other areas of life of the people. Speaking to our reporter on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Owerri, Engr Opara who is the immediate past Chairman of APC in Ahiazu LGA, observed that Governor Uzodinma had touched the lives of Imolites by…
Read MoreNigeria’s Socio-Political Upheaval Capable of Causing Another World War …Bishop Ndigbo Alerts UN
The prelate of Obiekpere Ndigbo and presiding Bishop, Friends of Jesus Global Mission, Owerri, His Lordship, Rt. Rev Dr. Maglorious Enyioha has called on the United States Organization (UNO) to urgently intervene in the prevailing state of insecurity manifesting in the forms of unbridled insurgence, civil disturbances, inter-tribal clashes, religious intolerance and unwarranted killings by security operatives and unknown gun men ravaging all parts of Nigeria and general frustration among the people. According to Bishop Enyioha, the highly dreaded state of insecurity which has placed the country into a hypertensive…
Read MoreProtest: Host Communities To FUTO, Stop Cutting Corners, Leave Our Ancestral Land Alone
Host Communities to the Federal University of Technology ,FUTO, Owerri ,Tuesday May 18,sent a warning to the institution to steer clear of their Federal Government excised land or face the wrath of the communities. They issued this order during their massive peaceful protest against FUTO on the excised expanse of land which the University had before now laid claim to, though there was no compensation on the land by the institution. Speaking to newsmen during the protest at the excised Land which has been mapped out for a well built…
Read MoreEx-Imo First Lady- Udenwa Lauds LAOF St Mulumba Nigeria
A former First Lady, Prof (Dame) Theresa Agbonma Udenwa, has commended the Ladies of St. Mulumba Nigeria, Owerri Metropolitan Council, on their Think Thank Project Speaking last Sunday at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church Parish Mbato,Isu LGA Imo State, on the Conferment of the “Charity Partners(Ome Ogo Award on her by the Ladies of St. Mulumba Nigeria Owerri Metropolitan Council. The event coincided with the Official handover of the Key Ceremony to their third house, built and donated to Mrs Maria Ajoko of Umuezeofor Umudibi Ekwe, Isu LGA, Orlu Diocese.…
Read MoreTension In Owerri-Onyewuchi Calls For Restraint
The Senator representing Imo East Senatorial district, Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi has expressed dismay at the spate of violence in Owerri amid recent reports of harassment, extortion and maltreatment of the civilian populace by Security Agents. He has also noted with deep concern the sporadic shootings in some parts of Owerri. He observed that this has further exacerbated the tension, fear and apprehension among residents. He therefore urged Security agencies who are duty bound to maintain peace and order to adhere strictly to the rules of engagement and show due regard…
Read MoreAnglican Priest Sells Land to Build House For Widow
…Uchehara: It’s joy fulfilled It was all jubilation in the sleeping Umuezeala village in Eziobodo in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state, as the Anglican Church commissioned a six bedroom bungalow for an indigent widow, Mrs Patience Eke. The house was built by an Anglican priest, Rev Uchenna Uchehara. Rev,Uchehara, an indigene of Eziobodo autonomous Community, Owerri West LGA, is serving as the Assistant Chaplain to His Grace, Most Rev Isaac Chijioke Nwaobia,the Archbishop of Aba Province and Bishop of Isiala Ngwa South Diocese in Abia state. The…
Read MoreImportance Of Peace To Person And Nation
By Chuks Osuji It has been established that the greatest possession of a man or a nation is peace. It has also been confirmed by statements by some great world leaders that peace and tranquility are two important components of national pleasure, comfort and happiness. For example, it has been said by Winston Churchill, Second World War prime minister of England that,”It is better that we jaw-jaw instead of War-war.” The importance of peace as a universal componanet of tranquility in development cannot be overstressed. It has been said that…
Read MoreImo Command Arrests 4 Suspects For Burning Okigwe Police Station.
Imo state police command, weekend, disclosed that it had arrested four suspects in connection with the razing of Okigwe south area police command headquarters. It will be recalled that some armed hoodlums,on April 26,invaded and attacked Okigwe South Police Area Command headquarters where Five Policemen were gruesomely killed while others sustained injuries. Imo state new Commissioner of Police,Mr. Abutu Yaro said last Friday that when the armed hoodlums left the station, some “unscrupulous youths of the community stormed the Area command building and looted the station arms and ammunition and…
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