The Catholic Arch Bishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical province, Arch Bishop AJV Obinna has stated that marriage is a serious matter and sacred and so must be always backed with prayers.He gave the advice at Maria Assumpta Cathedral Owerri Ecclesiastical province while administering sacrament of Matrimony to Mr and Mrs Finian Chinonye Emelumba the son of Hon. Declan Emenuba the Imo state Commissioner of Information and Strategy. Arch Bishop Obinna also advised the newly wedded couple to always back their marriage with prayers in order to sustain peace in their matrimonial…
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Andrew Dirichukwu Ojiaku laid to rest …Ijeoma Igboanusi: He was great dad, philantropist
The remains of Sir Andrew DiriChukwu Ojiaku Okeke has been committed to the mother earth at his country home,Akatta in Oru East LGA,Imo State. The burial took place after a funeral church service at Saint James Anglican Church, Akatta in Oru East. Paying the last respect to her father , Mrs Ijeoma Igboanusi, a former Deputy Chief of staff, described her father as a very fair minded man who embraced every one equally, never missing any opportunity to look out for any of his children.”Dad loved , celebrated mum and…
Read MoreFormer Governor Behind Imo Attacks –Commissioner …He wanted FG, declare State of Emergency in State
Imo State Commissioner for Information, Chief Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, yesterday accused a former governor of the state for being behind Easter Monday’s attacks on some federal facilities in Owerri,Imo state capital. Accordingly to him,”the former governor engaged thugs whom he had earlier granted amnesty to unleash violence in the state to prod the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Imo”. Addressing a press conference in Owerri, Chief Emelumba averred that all that took place in the state last Monday had the imprimatur of the former governor. According…
Read MoreBuhari sacks Adamu, appoints Bala, New AIG
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), TheNation reports. According to the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, the appointment takes immediate effect. Dingyadi disclosed the new appointment to State House Correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential villa, Abuja. Buhari had on February 4, 2021 extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for three months. Adamu has spent two months and three days for the extension.
Read MoreOnyewuchi: Fulfilling Destiny at 53
By Chinedu Opara Looking at Distinguished Senator Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi’s life trajectory, there is every reason to believe his destiny was revealed to his father, Chief Olumba.Onyewuchi before he was born fifty three years ago. It seems while the man slept before his birth an angel of the Lord came to him saying: “Arise and take note, the child your wife is about to deliver will take over from you,” ” He will step into the big political and leadership shoes you will leave behind and continue your life of…
Read MoreIPOB denies involvement in attack on Imo Correctional Facility
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has dissociated itself from the recent attack at the Nigerian Correctional Service in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The IPOB also reiterated that its members and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have never been involved in assaulting Nigeria’s security operatives. Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, stated this to SaharaReporters while reacting to the incident on Monday morning. Hundreds of inmates at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Owerri, Imo State, were set free by unknown gunmen on…
Read MoreOwerri Easter Sunday Attack: One Too Many.
Last Easter Sunday attack on Owerri, the Imo State Capital was one attack too many, because since the state was created in 1976, it has never witnessed anything like it. The entire state is still shell shocked and speechless, while national gaze is on a state hitherto regarded as relatively peaceful amid galloping insecurity across the country. What that unprecedented attack has forcefully succeeded in achieving is that it has unequivocally demonstrated that nowhere and no one is safe again in Nigeria. In other words, it seems to have lent…
Read MoreASUP Strike: Imo Poly gives its total blessings –Ugorji
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic ASUP, Imo state Polytechnic, has revealed it’s plans to join in the nation- wide industrial action by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics in the country as directed by it’s national Secretariat. The chairman of ASUP , Imo state Polytechnic, Comrade Kelvin Ugorji who revealed this to journalists in Owerri said the industrial action will be total and consuming , pointing out that there will be no room for compromise. Comrade Ugorji said it is become expedite and necessary for such strike , coming from…
Read MoreBlood Cancer: Father of 3 year-old spends N.2m, weekly cries out for help
Miss Oluomachi Ukpabi is the 3rd daughter a daughter of one Ikemba Alaska Ukpabi from Umuda Isingwu in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State. Little Miss Oluomachi is 3 years old and on the 12th of March, 2020 she fell sick and was admitted in a private hospital in Owerri on the account of recurrent fever with a PVC of10%. She was transfused with fresh whole blood and laboratory results showed that all her blood cells were significantly low with platelets and neutrophil at the lowest. A bone marrow aspiration…
Read MoreAbia: Better days are ahead –Ikpeazu
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia Atate has urged Abians to brace up for better days ahead. In his Easter message to the people of the State, Ikpeazu urged Abians to draw inspiration from the significance of the season which is synonymous with fresh hopes and a brighter tomorrow, adding “Easter signifies the victory of Light over Darkness, of life over death, and of hope over despair”. According to him, “The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead after three days bears a message that forms the foundation of our Christian…
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