The Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukuwma Soludo, has explained why he is yet to fulfil his campaign promise of making the state ‘Dubai-Taiwan of Nigeria.’ Naijaonpoint reports that Soludo, while speaking at a recent event, said some people feel making Anambra ‘Dubai-Taiwan’ is being able to see skyscrapers spring up everywhere overnight. However, Souldo said that is not the case, as he cannot do that with an ‘illiterate population.’ Soludo emphasized that education is needed to bring his campaign promise to reality. In other news, the ongoing crisis between Anambra…
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Oru East LG Boss Swears in Councillors.
By Joseph Nwachukwu The new Executive Chairman of Oru East LGA, Imo state, Chief Nnamdi Okwaraigwe last Tuesday, October 15, swears in the ten newly elected Councillors of the ten wards in Oru East. Performing the ceremony,Hon Nnamdi Okwaraigwe thanked the executive Governor of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma for conducting the Local Government election that ushered them in. He assured the people of Oru East of adequate dividends of democracy as he urged the new Councillors to make good bye laws that would improve the economy, social and political…
Read MoreAfter 5 Months In Maternity: Imo Journalist, Takes Twin Babies Homes, Donates Cash, Food Stuff To Family.
An Activist journalist and a Human Rights defender, Chidiebube Okeoma, has helped a set of twin boys to go home after their delivery since May 4, but were unable to go home because their parents’ inability to pay the hospital bill. Okeoma, in a statement in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Saturday, said that the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, should be commended for his professional and fatherly intervention which ensured that the twin boys who were delivered over five months ago went home despite the doctor’s insistence…
Read MoreTrigger –Happy Policeman Kills Popular Ogene Musician, Igbo Jah In Enugu
Tension has escalated in Enugu, the Coal City capital, after a police officer from the Anti-Cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command allegedly shot and killed popular Ogene musician Igbo Jah. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that angry youths are staging protests by setting bonfires in the Obiagu and Asata areas of the city. Reports indicate that the incident occurred Friday night when the musician, who had attended an event at the Anti-Cult Unit office, was shot by a police officer as he was leaving. Igbo Jah was rushed…
Read MoreBIAFRA: Kanu’s Reps Member- Aguocha Meets Him, Resolves DSS Restriction On Lawyers.
…Kanu has now received private medicare,lawyers now see him” The House of Representatives member from Ikwuano, Umuahia North and South Federal constituency, Obi Aguocha,in response to the blockade imposed by the Department of State Security,DSS has met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Hon. Aguocha physically met with Kanu on Thursday, October 24,at the DSS facility in Abuja. Recall that Kanu had challenged his trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court to recuse herself from his trial. Kanu had expressed…
Read MoreA Tale Of Two Different States In South-East Of Nigeria.
The difference between fiction and reality in Enugu State and in lmo state under the current administration. What did the current administration in lmo state do with the millions of naire that were given to the good people of lmo state by the federal government through their governor to cushion the effect of hunger and food shortages across the state. Other states in the southeast of Nigeria make good use of their fund by purchasing tractors for mechanised farming whilst the lmo state government keeps hanging handouts palliatives by so…
Read MoreIPOB: Nigeria Has An Igbo Problem,Says Sowore On Kanu’s Detention
Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters’ publisher, has accused some Igbo elites of complicity in Nnamdi Kanu’s prolonged detention. He said that Kanu’s incarceration proves “Nigeria has an Igbo problem,” showcasing post-civil war marginalization. Speaking on 90Minutes Africa, Sowore stated, “Nigeria has an Igbo problem. It’s like when a father is dying, they will tell their children, I have a problem with Igbo people; please continue from there.” Sowore expressed disappointment in President Bola Tinubu’s administration for not releasing Kanu. “I expected Tinubu’s first act to be Kanu’s release. But the worsening…
Read MoreEx-INEC Chair, Humphrey Nwosu, Dies At 83 In USA
Professor Humphrey Nwos, who served as Chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, has passed away. The NEC is now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, USA. He became a professor of political science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.He served in the cabinet of Samson Omeruah, governor of the old Anambra State, where he helped traditional rulers to gain staffs of office, receive salaries and settled intra and inter community land disputes. Nwosu also…
Read MoreAbia LG Polls: I’ll Not Support LP Party Candidates In Nov 2 LG Polls — Otti
Abia state Governor Dr Alex Otti says he will support candidates from another political party for the November 2 local government election in the state. Governor Otti who is the only Labour Party elected Governor in Nigeria disclosed this through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Ferdinand Ekeoma in ABN TV show ‘Political Perspective’ monitored by THE WHISTLER. This comes on the heels of a report that the governor is courting the Zenith Labour Party as the crisis in the Labour Party continues. He admitted that the Labour…
Read MoreCitizens Cry Out To Uzodinma,Save Onuimo LGA Link Roads.
An Appeal to Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of IMO State Your Excellency, as a Concerned Citizen of Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, I wish to use this medium to congratulate you on your victory at the November 11, 2023 governorship poll as well as your victory at the three layers of the tribunal. Congratulations. I also use this medium to appreciate your determination which saw the conclusion of the Okigwe/Owerri Highway which was last constructed during the headship of Imo State’s greatest son, Dee Samuel Onunaka…
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