By Unegbu Victor-Wallace It was Winston Churchill who said, “You have enemies? Good.That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” The recent attempt by a nameless and faceless group parading as concerned imolites to smear the towering image of the General Manager of OCDA, Hon Frank Nzewodo is nothing but baseless, and an fruitless attempt to use falsehood to soil the enviable image of Hon. Frank Nzewodo. The baseless and unfounded allegation from these nameless group published in the front page of a local tabloid alluding that Hon.…
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SGI: Iwu Bags Erudite/Pragmatic Award
The Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Chief Cosmos Iwu, has been honoured with an award of Erudite and Pragmatic Secretary to the Government of Imo State by Kegites Club of Senator Benjamin Uwajimogu College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo State. Receiving the award in his office, the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, on behalf of himself , His Excellency, Dist. Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor and the people of the state thanked the Organization for the honour done him. Chief lwu who described Kegites Club…
Read MoreMike Azoroh Remains Our President General -Obazu Mbieri People
The people of Obazu autonomous community in Mbaitoli Local Government of Imo state have insisted that Barr. Mike Azoroh remains their duly appointed and accepted President General. According to them, Azoroh was installed as Interim President General of the autonomous Community on 14th July 2023 by the Sole Administrator of Mbaitoli LGA, Chief Hon. Hamilton Chinasa Opara JP. They disclosed this on Wednesday when they stormed the Imo State House of Assembly to protest against the purported plans of their representative Hon. Innocent Ikpamezie to impose their former President…
Read MoreEjiogu: Desirability Of Leadership With Clear Vision
By Ebenezer Ojor Development, peace and progress do not come by sheer happenstance. They are usually products of deliberate policies and painstakingly designed approaches, if you like, strategies. And these cannot materialise without committed and knowledgeable leadership. The unprecedented economic turnaround and rapid industrialization witnessed in China and parts of Southeast Asia, especially, the Asian Tigers -Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore -during the last century, are attributable to conscious efforts by the leaders of the region. In China, Mao Zedong or “Chairman Mao” is widely seen as one…
Read MoreEx-Minister Arrested After Housekeepers Stole Over N800m in Ghana
A former Ghanaian Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who resigned over the weekend after her houseworkers allegedly stole more than $1 million(N800,000,000 million in Nigeria currency) in cash from her home, has been arrested for suspected corruption, a special prosecutor said on Monday. Dapaah has denied any crimes, but the case drew criticism from Ghana’s opposition, which questioned why a minister had such large amounts of cash in her house. Special prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng said Dapaah was placed under arrest on Monday “in respect of suspected corruption and corruption-related offences…
Read MoreUmuejechi Nekede Cry Out over Intimidation, Detention By Imo Govt’s Agents
Umuejechi Nekede community, Owerri West local government area of Imo State, have cried out over what they described as “the growing degree of intimidation, harassment and illegal detention of our people, by supposed agents of the state government, in collaboration with the police”. The Chairman of Umuejechi Central Assembly, UCA, Sir Sam Achogbuo, who raised the alarm while addressing the Press in Owerri, yesterday, also lamented that “these ugly things are happening to us, despite the subsisting Court of Appeal judgment in our favour, over our ancestral land.” His words:…
Read MoreMBAIKE Tribunal: A South East Senator Allegedly splashes N50m on Uche Ogbuagu to settle witnesses
By Chukwudi Ihenacho The immediate past Imo House of Assembly member for Ikeduru Local Government and candidate of Labour Party in the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru House of Representatives elections, Mr. Uche Ogbuagu, has reportedly received a massive financial boost of fifty million Naira in his quest to unseat the winner of the election and All Progressive Congress, APC candidate, Hon. Engr Akarachi Amadi. Report has it that the comedian turned politician has allegedly secured a whopping fifty million Naira from a Senator from an opposition party in the South East who instructed…
Read MoreFIGHTING OURSELVES AS IGBOS
Why are we always good in fighting within ourselves? Is there any spell cast upon this tribe called Igbo? Go to Abidjan they are going to court, dragging the position of Eze Ndigbo. Go to Angola the same is happening. We are competing against ourselves while our our enemies are competing every day to be our superiors. Go to Guinea Igbo Associations there are fighting for the position of Eze Ndigbo. Go to Sierra Leone they are fighting because of which state will produce the Igbo Chairman. Go to main…
Read MoreDangote The Industrial Monopolist, Murderous Cabals And Frustrated Nigerians In Nation’s Economy
By Ben Osuagwu Recently, a Section of the media in the country carried the story that Dangote Refinery will soon start production. Prior to the exit of the immediate past administration, the head of that Government hurriedly commissioned the Refinery and Nigerians thought that with its inauguration, the price of Petroleum Products will come down,but all to no avail. Well that is a good development for an individual to build a Refinery. But Nigerians expect that the news that would have appealled to all is that the nation’s Refineries have…
Read MoreReasons for Corruption in Nigeria {Part 3}
By Nathan Uzoma Workers Welfare Induced Corruption: For, Seymour Lipset and Salman Lenz (2000:112-117), cultures that stress economic success as an important goal but nevertheless strongly restricts access to opportunities will have higher levels of corruption. For instance, it is a common life pattern in Nigeria to see civil servants work for months without getting paid (This Day: Sunday, July 7, 2002; Daily Trust: July 9, 2002), yet, the society expects them to be honest and productive. Many of those civil servants working without pay are parents, who are expected…
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