President Muhammadu Buhari has approved three-month tenure extension for the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, who revealed this to state house correspondents on Thursday said the decision was to ensure proper selection and replacement thereafter.
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I’ll Restore Igbo Dignity In Nigeria –Obiozor
Contrary to speculations that he is a stooge of Northern oligarchy,the newly elected President -General of Ohanaeze ndigbo,Amb.Prof. George Obiozor has assured Igbos of regaining their pride of place in Nigeria. In a statement made available to newsmen,the leader of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation,said that they are determined to ensure the restoration of a united,peaceful and prosperous igbo-nation that ought to have it’s pride of place in Nigeria,stressing that they must achieve it,witness it and get there someday. He urged ndi-igbo to eschew violence and actions capable of undermining…
Read MoreDeath Of Make Up Artist: 2 Siblings Arraigned In Enugu
Two siblings identified as Ifezue Chiamaka and Ifezue Emeka were, today, arraigned at Enugu State Magistrate Court for the murder of Make Up artist, Ijeoma Nweke. According to the reports gathered, Chiamaka conspired with her brother to kill Ijeoma for allegedly ‘having an affair with her boyfriend’. It was revealed that Chiamaka lured Ijeoma by inviting her for a make up job. Before she was forced to drink a poisoned substance. On getting there and suspecting foul play, Ijeoma quickly sent an SOS message to a friend, before being forced…
Read MoreHerders Menace: SamDaddy Supports Ranches than Open Gracing
Worried by the rate of clashes between herders and farmers in the South East geopolitical zone, a Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has condemned the idea of open gracing across the nation. Senator Anyanwu therefore gave the nod for the establishment of ranches in various states, maintaining that the policy, when adopted would not only checkmate the movement of mercenaries and infiltrators, but capable of fostering peace across the country. According to him, “open gracing remains the cause of incessant communal…
Read MoreOkigwe Senate: Araraume, Ibezim Who Wins Today … As Imo APC Crack Deepens
At last the D- day is here and the Supreme Court of Nigeria will today, Friday, February 5, enter judgement on the matter pending before it in respect of who, between Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume and Mr Frank Ibezim, is the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Imo North Senatorial election held and won by the Party on December 5, 2020. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared the APC winner of that bye election without a candidate, following court judgements against the two claimants…
Read MoreAPC Membership Registration: Vitalis Urges Imolites To Participate Actively
A Political Chieftain Of the All Progressives Congress ,APC in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area,Imo state ,Hon Vitalis Onuoha has urged the people and the entire South-East to avail themselves the opportunity of participating actively on the ongoing APC membership registration in the country. Hon Onuoha made the call while addressing Journalists shortly after the flag off of the APC South East membership registration by the state Governor , Senator Hope Uzodinma in Owerri. The Aboh Mbaise-born Politican also called on Imo people and true lovers of democracy with particular…
Read MoreOkolienta Flays Killings In Orlu …Tells Imo Govt to Protect Lives, Property
A financial czar and one of the contenders of the 2019 governorship diadem in Imo State , Sir Leonard Uzoma Okolienta has condenmed in its entirety the recent killings that took place in Orlu a commercial town in the state. Speaking to our correspondent from his Texas office in America, he charged Governor Hope Uzodinma not to allow insecurity to take a centre stage in Imo State. The financial guru described as clanish the feud that led to the death of many in the area, stressing that it was an…
Read MoreCOVID -19: Iwuanyanwu Warns, Virus Has Become More Deadly …Advices: Wear masks, obey NCDC protocol
Statesmen and philanthropist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has advised Nigerians across the six geo-political zones to see the reality in the threat posed by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Iwuanyanwu who spoke on behalf Iwuanyanwu National Ambulance at his Glass House Corporate headquarters expressed dissatisfaction at the manner some people dismiss the pandemic as non existent, adding that the second wave of COVID-19 according to expert reports, is even more deadly. The business mogul and former presidential aspirant during the shortlived, aborted 3rd Republic in Nigeria said scientists have discovered that…
Read MoreBayelsa receives N27.5 bn refund from Federal Government
The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed the receipt of N27.5billion infrastructure refund from the Federal Government as against N38 billion being speculated. The Technical Adviser on Treasury and Accounts, Mr Timipre Seipulo, who disclosed this over the weekend during the transparency briefing on funds inflows and outflows said the state government opted to receive the money at a discounted rate instead of waiting for three to four years to receive the full N38billion due the state. “The refund for infrastructure development from the Federal Government was N27. 5billion. This is…
Read MoreBuhari bows to pressure sacks service chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked the country’s military Service Chiefs, and also approved their retirement from service. Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. President Buhari thanked the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country,” and wished them well in their future endeavours. In their place…
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