The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, said a total of N15,606,138,376 has been disbursed to 5,225 family members and next of kin of slain police officers between 2023 and 2024. According to him, a total of N9,851,847,889.88 was paid to 3,077 families and next of kin on six different occasions between July 2023 and June 2024. Presenting cheques to the families and next of kin of the deceased in Abuja, Egbetokun noted that the disbursement covered balance payments for insurance policies for the years 2018-2019, 2021-2022, 2022-2023,…
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Press Statement Purported Nkwerre LG Polls ,Day Light Robbery ISIEC has proven to be a rogue commission, fails to deliver electoral materials to polling units
The purported local government elections in Nkwerre LGA and of course all over Imo state today, September 21, 2024, have been nothing but a show of shame, an organized fraud, and an unprecedented rape of democracy castrated by ISEC and it’s APC allies . As of 4 pm on a supposed election day, Nkwerre people and the entire Imolites witnessed with grief the absence of sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials at virtually all the polling units across the entire State, even as electoral officers were not sighted anywhere near 95%…
Read MoreNigerian Lecturer Killed By Sibling At Aunts Burial
Some irate youths of Solo Street, Iyekhei Heritage Zone of Auchi town in Edo State have reportedly lynched a young man simply identified as Omoh for allegedly killing his elder brother, Rasheed Braimah. Braimah was, before his tragic death last Friday, a lecturer at the Department of Accounting, Auchi Polytechnic. Omoh allegedly attacked and killed his brother days after returning to Nigeria from Libya. The duo were said to be members of the Osigwe family of Iyekhei Heritage. However, witnesses gave different accounts of how the siblings died and what…
Read MoreUmuchima Gully Erosion: Ogbako Ideato Sends Urgent SOS Message To Federal, Imo Govts.
By Ndubizu Ugoji A passionate appeal has been made to the Federal and Imo State governments to intervene urgently to check the devastating gully erosion and land slide at Umuchima on the Orlu-Ideato road. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by the National Secretary of Ogbako Ideato, Chief Ndubizu Ugoji, at the end of the organization’s general assembly in Owerri, Imo State. Ogbako Ideato (the Apex Social Cultural organization of Ideato North and Ideato South Local Government Areas) noted that the cut off of the Orlu-Ideato road at…
Read MorePublic Enlightenment: Imo Assembly calls for Revival Of State Orientation Agency .
By Williams Odunze The Imo State House of Assembly has called for the revival of the State Orientation Agency for proper information to the people about Government policies and safeguarding moral values. The call became necessary sequel to the motion moved by the member representing Onuimo Constituency,Hon.Uba James Esile at the floor of the house where he enjoined his colleagues to lend their support for the revival of the Agency. He observed that achievements recorded by the present administration of governor Hope Uzodinma are not getting proper and adequate publication…
Read MoreIgbokwe Becomes 9th Substantive Rector of Federal Polytechnic Nekede.
…Inauguration held in Style Dr Basillia Igbokwe has been successfully inaugurated as the 9th Substantive Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State. In her address at a well attended inauguration ceremony held at the institution, Tuesday, Dr Igbokwe expressed deep appreciation to the overwhelming support she has so far received from the staff, students, the entire polytechnic community, the leadership of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, and the Federal Ministry of Education, The new Rector who also expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for the opportunity given…
Read MoreAhead Of Rivers LG Polls: Fubara’s Men Dump PDP For APP To Contest Positions.
Some Caretaker Committee Chairmen loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Action People’s Party (APP). This development comes ahead of the October 5, 2024, local government elections. The defection follows the alleged hijack of the state PDP structure by Governor Fubara’s predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. It is understood that the lingering misunderstanding between Fubara and Wike has led to a political crisis in the state. Council chairmen and their supporters loyal to Governor Fubara have…
Read MoreEmenalo Emerges Senate President Of National Association Of Nigerian Student Nurses And Midwives .
…Dedicates victory to God. …Vows to deliver . In a resounding show of democratic fervor and fervent dedication to service, Comr. Emenalo Sopuruchukwu emerged as the newly anointed Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students Nurses and Midwives. The stage was set at the association’s National Convention held in the picturesque setting of Ama achara in Abia state, Nigeria, where Comr. Emenalo’s meteoric rise to the helm of leadership unfolded. Despite being a newcomer to the association, he fearlessly contested against two formidable opponents and secured a landslide…
Read MoreISIEC Issues Certificates of Return to 27 LG Chairmen, Vice Chairmen-elect .
…2 female Chairmen,14 female Vice Chairmen emerged. The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission ,ISIEC has presented Certificates of Return to the winners of last Saturday’s Local Government election in the state. Correspondent reports states that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the state won the elections for all the 27 Chairmanship and 305 Councillorship positions in the state. Presenting the Certificates, ISIEC Chairman, Charles Ejiogu, said the presentation of Certificates was in line with the provisions of the law. According to him, Certificates of return for the Vice chairmen…
Read MoreBiafra: IPOB LEADER , KANU ASKS NYAKO TO DROPCASE FOR REFUSAL TO OBEY SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT
…As Justice Nyako Recuse self, returns file to CJ. IPOB leader, Kanu, in court again, shouts down his lawyer, forces Justice Nyako to drop case The embattled leader of proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed his delight with the decision of Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to recuse herself from his trial. Justice Nyako who took the decision at the resumed trial of the IPOB leader on Tuesday, said she was handing off from presiding over the…
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