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…
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Imo: 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…
Read MoreThe APC’s Voyage In South East
The ruling All Progressive Congress APC,APC made its entry into the Southeast political hemisphere through the spontaneous defection of the former Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha,ORO of Imo State .And, recently the decamping of yet another ailing Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from the PDP to the APC was another tentacle of the ruling party extended to the region of the Southeast. Of a subtle, but somewhat politically significant is the carpet crossing of Governor Prof. Ben. Ayade of the Cross River State from the PDP to the APC. Also,…
Read MoreVerified federal retirees lament over 10 years’ unpaid pensions
Despite series of verification exercises by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, many federal retirees have continued to complain of prolonged unpaid pensions, NIKE POPOOLA reports Many retirees have complained of non-payment of their pensions and gratuities more than 10 years after leaving the services of the Federal Government despite participating in verification exercises conducted by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate. Some of the affected retirees, who decried that many of their members had died without collecting their entitlements called on the Federal Government to pay their entitlements. PTAD, the government…
Read MoreImo Traders Cup: Ezeanochie assures on future of outstanding footballers
Imo State Amalgamated Market and Traders Association ( ISAMATA) has organised football tournament for traders in the state to create sprit of teamwork and good relationship among traders. Organisers of the tournament noted that the exercise tagged : “2021 Imo 3R ISAMATA Football Tournament” is scheduled to hold between 14th November to 12th of December at Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri, adding that all the market teams in Imo will participate and display their talents. The opening ceremony of the tournament last Sunday had in attendance sports lovers , heartland football…
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