A group known as Nwangele South for Equity has insisted that the next House of Assembly member for Nwangele State Constituency must surely be from Nwangele South block. Speaking during their meeting that was held in the country home of Action Alliance (AA) State chairman, Hon. Anthony Uchendu Ahaneku, the leader of the group, Barrister Jude Uzoukwu said that time has gone when they would be staying as strengers in Nwangele Local Government Area, adding that many elected positions have been taking by Amaigbo block for many decades. He insisted…
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Ritualists exhume newly-buried corpse, harvest organs
The people of Idi-Arere community in Ibadan, Oyo State, were in shock on Saturday when they discovered the corpse of a resident, Alhaji Kolawole Waheed, with vital organs of his body missing. Waheed died last Thursday and was buried on Friday according to Islamic rites. The deceased’s brother, Taofeek Adebayo, said the 68-year-old was hit by a car while inside a tricycle, adding that he was later taken to a hospital where he died three days after. “On Saturday morning, an older brother called my wife’s phone. He told me…
Read MoreNkwerre/Isu/Nwangele/Njaba Reps: Onwudiwe Drops Aspiration, Backs Harrison
By Williams Odunze The member for Njaba state constituency in the Imo House of Assembly ,Hon Uju Onwudiwe has withdrawned her ambition to represent Nkwere, Isu, Nwangele and Njaba Federal Constituency in upcoming 2023 National Assembly Elections to support Chief Harrison Nwdike. The Njaba Lawmaker and APC member made her position known while briefing journalists at her office, yesterday in Owerri. Hon.Onwudiwe explained that her decision to withdraw from the race is strictly based on the love she has for the party,All Progressives Congress,APC in the state. “I am here…
Read MoreBlasphemy Against ASUU And Nigeria
By Farooq A. Kperogi I am intentionally appropriating, and extending the semantic boundaries of, the term “blasphemy” for this piece because it seems to be the only term that inflames enough passions to get Nigerians to talk, listen, or act. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, has “blasphemed” the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigeria, and even decency with his stratospheric pillaging of the nation’s resources. One of the consequences of his theft is the closure of our public universities. He should be “beaten,” “stoned,”…
Read MoreRector Of Federal Polytechnic Nekede Bags Engineering Fellowship Award
The award-winning Rector of the foremost Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Engr. Dr. Michael Arimanwa, has bagged a prestigious award as Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (FNICE). The event which took place last Thursday at the Executive Hall of the International Conference Centre, Abuja, attracted the who-is-who in the engineering profession in Nigeria. The Rector, who is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, earned the award based on his enviable track record of excellence in the engineering profession, having earned both his M.SC and Ph.D in Structural…
Read MoreIndustrial Court Stops Illegal NUJ Election In Imo, Demands Verification List Of Membership
The lingering leadership tussle in the Imo state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists is gradually coming to an end as the National Industrial Court sitting in Owerri, yesterday, barred the Nigeria Union of Journalists from conducting election in the state, pending the determination of the matter instituted with suit number OW/NICN/01/2019 in respect of the inconclusive 2018 election. The court also ordered for a membership verification exercise, aimed at sanitizing the system and separating the wheat from the chaff. The verification exercise as ordered by the court entails that,…
Read MoreNANS Wades Into Lingering ASUU Strike, Proposes Peaceful Protest
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has proposed a nationwide peaceful protest in support of the lingering strike action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the refusal of the federal government to implement the agreement it reached with the union, two years ago. The agreement borders on payment of staff salaries and emoluments as well as adequate funding of the universities. In a statement issued in Owerri on Wednesday May 25 signed by the deputy zonal co-coordinator of NANS South East zone, Comrade Ejike…
Read MoreTETFUND: IMSU White Paper: We’ll Go To Court If Mbata Secures APC Ticket For Owerri Senate
…Petitions Party’s screening committee …Insists on implementation of White Paper The controversy elicited by the ambition of Prince Alex Mbata, the Ngwoma, Obube born C.E.O of ABM Global and former Pro-chancellor of Imo State University during Rochas Okorocha’s tenure as governorr of Imo state, to secure the Owerri zone senatorial ticket on the platform of the All Progressive Congress APC, has assumed a different dimension, as a human rights group known as Every Child Education Advancement Foundation, ECEA, has threatened to seek redress in court, if Prince Alex Mbata under …
Read MoreEFCC Trying To Stop My Presidential Ambition -Okorocha
He Jumped Bail, Ignored Several Invitations From Us – EFCC Imo state ex-Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has cried out that officials of Nigeria’s foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are holding him hostage in his house in Maitaima, Abuja, just as he was getting set to depart to Transcorp Hilton, venue for the governing Party’s Presidential screening exercise. Okorocha, who governed Imo for eight years and is currently the Senator representing Imo West District in the National Assembly has been at loggerheads with the Anti-graft agency…
Read MorePDP Primaries: Gov. Ugwuanyi Wins Enugu North Senatorial District Ticket Amid Jubilation
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has won the Enugu North Senatorial District Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gov. Ugwuanyi was declared winner of the peaceful and transparent senatorial primary election amid jubilation by the Chairman of the five-man Electoral Panel from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, Prince Vin Yandev Amabei. Prince Amabei disclosed that Gov. Ugwuanyi scored 299 valid votes cast to defeat three other aspirants in the ballot paper, namely Mr. Okanya Celestine, Chief Eze Godwin…
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