Enugu moves to end land grabbing, open grazing, signs 4 bills into law

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has signed four bills into law, saying they were part of his administration’s effort to make the state the number one in Ease of Doing Business and preferred destination for investment, business, tourism, and living. “The Enugu State Properties Protection Law is in line with our promise to enhance the ease of doing business in Enugu State. People, who come to Enugu State to invest in property, must do so in sure knowledge that the title document that is issued to them is…

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One Year Scorecard: I Moved Motions For Orlu State, Also Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Says  Izunaso

…Offers 2000 scholarships, 1000  Orlu students for AI training Ahead of his scheduled celebration of one year in office as Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District (Orlu Zone) in the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Osita Bonaventure Izunaso says he moved the  motion  for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as well as another motion for the creation of  proposed  Orlu State In Southeast. This is even as he disclosed the award of scholarships to 2000 Orlu indigenes, including…

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Kings and Imams in Yorubaland

By Lasisi Olagunju Beyond its outer casing of spirituality, the post of Imam in Yorubaland potentially guarantees prestige, power and prosperity. That is why people fight to be Imam as grisly as princes fight to be king. But when siblings fight to the death, they lose their chest to outsiders. The Yoruba Muslim community is almost always at war with itself. The League of Imams and Alfas of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta in April this year scrambled to douse a fire over who should be their mufti. The mufti is…

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WHY IMO SPEAKER MOVED AGAINST FOUR LAWMAKERS, SUSPENDED THEM INDEFINITELY

By Samuelson Ikenna Onuoha The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly,  Rt Hon Chike Olemgbe, has moved against some members of the House who are plotting to impeach him. To this end, four members of the House who were identified as the arrow heads of the plot  have been suspended with immediate effect. They are  : Hon Samuel Chidiebere Ogbunikpa, Representing Okigwe State Constituency. Hon Dominic Ezerioha, Representing Oru-west State Constituency. Hon Samuel Nkem Otuibe, Representing Ahiazu Mbaise State Constituency. Hon Henry Agabasonu, Representing Ezinihitte Mbaise State Constituency.…

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Time For CBN To Do Away With Dirty Naira Notes

A country’s currency is  part of her image. The United States’ currency, the dollar, remains the pride of that country. Ditto for the British and their pounds sterling. Other nations like Germany, France, Switzerland, China, South Africa, Japan, Russia, among others, guide their currencies jealously. A remarkable thing about the currencies of these countries, is their usual clean, crisp quality. This is aside the fact that the many of the said currencies show high quality in terms of their minting. The seeming prevalence of dirty naira notes in circulation, is…

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Restructuring Nigerian Federalism,Strength to Functional Union Part 2

By Nathan Uzorma A perfect example of this is the lopsided nature of the federalism of the First Republic. It has a heavy structural imbalance, in terms of geographical and numeric size of the regions, which electorally and politically favoured the northern region. Ever since then, the shifts to political systems, innumerable economic policies and transition programmes subsequently show that previous institutionalisation patterns, which are adopted, were mere ‘systemic failures.’ This is heightened by the fact that in 1979, Nigeria was imposed another institutional pattern: The American presidential democracy, which…

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Okewulonu: Imo SSG’s  Daughter Graduates In Medicine Abroad

The Daughter of former Secretary to the Government of Imo State ,. Barr. Chris Okewulonu has graduated as a Medical Doctor from a foreign University. Dr Onyinyechi V Okewulonu M.D. who is the second Daughter of  Barr Chris and Chinyere Okewulonu is among the graduates of University of Debrecen, Hungary during their last graduation ceremony held on Friday June 21, at the main building of  University  of Debrecen, Hungary. The ex- Chief of Staff to Imo State Governor,Chief Barr Chris Okewulonu was in Hungary for the graduation Ceremony to celebrate…

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Imo  LGA Polls: LP, PDP, APGA others collapse structures for  Onuoha’s APC

…As Declares for Aboh Mbaise Council chairmanship In what looks like a dramatic turn of events, the chairmanship aspiration of Hon. Dr. Vitalis Onuoha has gotten a boost following the reported collapse of structures of major political parties in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area. The development is said to have sent shockwaves across the political landscape in the area, as key members of the Labour Party, People’s Democratic Party, among others, have allegedly pitched tent with Onuoha’s camp. Speaking with newsmen at his Okeuvuru, Aboh Mbaise country home shortly…

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Chuck Sets Steering Committee For Imo NG-CARES, urges It To  Implement  Report

Ahead of the monitoring visit of the National Coordinator NG-CARES Mr. Abdulkarim Obaje and his team to Imo State, the Hon. Commissioner for Finance and Coordinating Economy Mr Chuck Chuckemeka has charged members of the State Steering Committee to be ready and prepared with the status of implementation of Programme Action Plan report of the state. The Commissioner who gave the charge in a meeting with members of the committee drawn from Imo State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), FADAMA and Cash Transfer Unit advised them to articulate their…

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Baptist Conference: Men’s Missionary Union Holds 2024 Annual Congress In Imo

…Tells  Christians, shine  as examples in homes, society Men’s Missionary Union (MMU) of First  Baptist  Church has held its Imo Baptist Conference 2024 Annual Congress with the theme: “Wonders  without Numbers” The ceremony which took place at First Baptist Church, Imerienwe   in Ngor-Okpala LGA of Imo State offered the Union  an opportunity  to honour some people who have  contributed towards the growth of the church. Speaking during the event , the Conference President, Rev Uzoma Uzoeshi  urged men to use their position to promote peace and unity in Nigeria. Rev…

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