No few than one hundred people are feared to have been roasted to death, weekend ( last Friday night) after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi Forrest, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area, Imo state. six vehicles were also burnt during the incident which has thrown the community into deep mourning. Journalists who visited the scene of the incident on Saturday reported seeing hundreds of people who visited the place to have a glimpse of the unfortunate incident. Report say not fewer than 100 roasted bodies were seen at the scene of…
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Imo Speaker Condoles Onyirimba Family on Death Of Ex-Majority Leader.
The Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kennedy Chidozie Ibeh, weekend, April,21 paid last respect to the body of Late Rt. Hon Standford Onyirimba who was committed to mother earth in his Ehime Mbano country home. The Speaker who was heavy with emotion, consoled the wife of the deceased and was briefed by Sir Charles Onyirimba, the brother of the deceased on circumstances surrounding his demise. Rt. Hon. Ibeh described the late former House member as an outstanding and fearless lawmaker who left behind a worthy legacy in…
Read MoreBook Presentation: Ahamba urges N’assembly to exercise constitutional powers effectively
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo A legal practitioner and politician, Chief Mike Ikenna Ahamba, SAN (Ugo Lorji), has urged the Nigeria National Assembly to endeavour to carry out its constitutional powers effectively, in correcting some anomalies witnessed in the country. Ahamba who spoke to journalists at the occasion of book presentation of his latest book titled “Getting it right in Nigeria” at Immaculate Hotel Portharcourt Road Owerri, last week, expressed disappointment in the National Assembly, a body he affirmed is saddled with the power and responsibility to make laws, for the peace,…
Read MoreHouse of Assembly Seat: female aspirant bemoans underdevelopment in Ihitte-Uboma
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo. Displeased with the level of infrastructural deterioration in Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, a vibrant female aspirant for Ihitte-Uboma State Constituency, Comrade Blessing Ngozi Onwumere, has promised to bring development and prosperity down to her people if elected as their representative at the State House of Assembly come 2023. Speaking to journalists on Thursday at the PDP Secretariat, Owerri, Onwumere decried the underdevelopment of Ihitte-Uboma owing to bad roads, electricity blackout, among other unpleasant conditions experienced by the people of the constituency, saying her people…
Read MoreN.7m Hotel Bill: Hotel Management Locks Out Heartland Players Out Of Rooms.
The Players of Heartland Football Club of Owerri, Imo state, were at the weekend locked out of their hotel rooms in Owerri, the state capital. It was gathered that the management of the hotel insisted that the players would not leave for Kaduna ahead of their Sunday (yesterday’s) encounter with Wikki Tourist FC until they had settled the said bill of over seven hundred thousand Naira, (N700, 000). The name of the hotel was given as Down Town Hotel, located at MCC- Uratta Road in Owerri. The manager of the…
Read MorePollitcal Parties High Nomination Fees: Plot To Shut Out Visionary Poor Nigerians From Seeking Offices.
Nigerians justifiably have been outraged by the exorbitant charges slammed on Nomination fees for various elective positions for the 2023 general elections. Recently, as part of the process for next years polls the two major political parties in the country, the ruling APC and opposition PDP, released list of fees payable for contestable elective positions. From what we gleaned from multiple sources the APC pegged Nomination fees for President at N100m, Governorship, N50m, Senate 20m, House of Representatives N10m and State Assembly, N2m. For the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP the forms…
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