Bayelsa State Government on Monday granted autonomy to a community along its boundary with Delta State, known as Kabokiri Community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. Consequently, the state Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs has been directed to issue a certificate recognizing the rural settlement as an autonomous Community The state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this at a meeting with members of the Ijaw Community led by its Acting Amadaowei in Government House, Yenagoa. Senator Ewhrudjakpo, in a statement by his Senior…
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Good Governance: APC’ll Rule Nigeria For Next 30 Years –Emeziem …Lauds APC’s revalidation exercise
Following the on-going nationwide revalidation/registration exercise of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Imo, the speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Paul Emeziem has informed that the APC membership card remains the only ticket the dividends of democracy in the country. The Speaker who is the Technical Committee Chairman of the political exercise, disclosed this while addressing newsmen during a press conference of committee members in charge of the revalidation/registration exercise held at the party Secretariat, Owerri, yesterday. Rt. Hon. Emeziem noted that the purpose of…
Read MoreIIRS: Okoye calls for synergy among revenue agencies
Imo State Internal Revenue Service (IIRS) has called on all Revenue generating Agencies in the state to imbibe the spirit of team work, for effective and efficient revenue collection in the state. The executive Chairman of IIRS, Mr. Justice Okoye who made the call during a revenue harmonization meeting with team stakeholders from Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO), Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Waste Management Agency and Imo State Signage and Advertisement Agency (IMSAA) identified lack of synergy among critical revenue agencies and divergent modus operandi challenges that have been constituting…
Read MoreBuhari Extends IGP Adamu’s Tenure By 3 Months
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.
Read MoreI’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…
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