Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied receiving any correspondence from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu requesting Senate approval of funds for presidential jet. Akpabio spoke after a closed-door meeting of senators at the chambers which lasted for over an hour. The senators had cut short their recess which was to elapse on July 2, 2024, and returned for an emergency session to consider a bill for an act to amend the 2023 supplementary appropriation act to further extend its implementation to December 31, 2024, as requested by President Tinubu. There were…
Read MoreDay: June 28, 2024
Time For Africans And Nigerians To Stand Up For True Independence And Unfettered Democratic Freedom
By Vitalis Unachukwu Unforeseen, unimaginable and uncontrollable events unfolding and going on are the moment , are stronger indications, that something is happening in the Spiritual and biospheric firmament, that’s above human consciousness, imagination and comprehension . Whatever we cannot help , we’re bound to endure . We cannot battle or struggle for anything that’s beyond the power of our will . On the records, French Speaking Burkina Faso , Mali, Niger Republic, now under Military Rule, and Senegal, with a new set of forthright young military or political leadership,…
Read MoreEastern Waste Management Company launches crack team against illegal refuse dumping
The Managing Director of Eastern Waste Management Company (EWMC). Mr Cyril Uche Njoku, has inaugurated a task force comprising over 40 members, charged with the responsibility of combating environmental pollution and to improve waste management services in the state. The task force which made up of environmental officers, sanitation workers, and security personnel, was launched during a ceremony held Wednesday, at the Imo State Government House, Owerri. The EMWC managing director who inaugurated the task force, emphasized the importance of effective waste management in maintaining a clean and healthy environment.…
Read MoreOhaji/Egbema Communities Hail Uzodinma For Appointing Visionary Solad, Inaugurate New Pgs, Town Union Excos
People from the Autonomous Communities that make up Ohaji/Egbema LGA Gov of Imo State trooped out in their numbers to the Government House Owerri on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024, to thank the Imo State Governor His Excellency Senator Hope Odidika Uzodimma for appointing a new Sole Administrator (SALAD) for the Local Government Council, Hon. Princewill Onyejioke, whom they described as visionary and down to earth. They were received, on behalf of the Governor, by the Chief of Staff Government House Chief Barr. Nnamdi Anyaehie. After reeling out their reasons for…
Read MoreImo 2027: Prominent Owerri leader canvasses power shift to Okigwe Zone for Ohakim
In this interview with newsmen in Owerri, a front-line politician in Imo State and former Commissioner, Dr. Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe, a prominent son of Owerri zone stated that for peace and stability to reign in the State, Okigwe Zone must produce the next governor in the person of former Governor Ikedi Ohakim after the tenure of Governor Hope Uzodimma. Excerpts: Q: You are among those who are arguing for power to return to Okigwe zone, rather than Owerri zone where you come from. Why are you not standing with your…
Read MoreOhanaeze Says Three South-East Governors Working Against Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has accused three South-East governors and some members of the National Assembly from the region of sabotaging the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a statement issued by Secretary General Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze Ndigbo alleged that these governors and political leaders are obstructing the out-of-court settlement between the Nigerian government and Kanu due to personal interests. Ohanaeze Ndigbo warned those obstructing Kanu’s release to consider the repercussions of their actions. The statement noted that the…
Read MoreAlleged Incompetence: Imo Assembly Speaker- OLemgbe Risks Impeachment, As Plot Thickens
Indications are rife that a plot by lawmakers to impeach the Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Hon Chike Olemgbe for alleged incompetence and reducing the Assembly to the status of mere ‘chorus singers’, may be thickening. A source hinted Nigeria Newspoint that the impeachment may not be unconnected to what seems to be a feeling on the part of most of the lawmakers that they may have been reduced to the level where they are now seen as ‘Rubber Stamp’ for the Executive which they are constitutionally supposed…
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