A brazen act of land grabbing scam is playing out as two families of Umuonyeashi and Umudogu in Nsokpo, Ogbaku, Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State are under threat of losing their ancestral land to a well-funded syndicate. The Syndicate is reportedly backed by security connections and unconventional armed forces. The alleged syndicate which is led by Eze B.A. Onyeanwu, Tobias Ihemedu, Emeka Umelo, Nicholas Ekeoha, Theodore Ugwulebo, and others, is accused of attempting to forcibly dispossessing the rightful owners of their ancestral plots of land. The land dispute involves One…
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NO PLANS TO SETTLE IDPs, REFUGEES OR MIGRANT PERSONS AT NOUN CENTRE NSU; ANY SUCH CLAIM IS CATEGORICALLY FALSE – SENATOR FRANK IBEZIM
My dear brethren, I am compelled by our joint sense of purpose and commitment to address some misinformation arising from the TVC news coverage of my recent visit to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nsu Study Centre. I was accompanied by the Federal Commissioner for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. First, I must clarify that the video of refugees attached to the TVC broadcast, which has caused understandable anxiety, was not filmed in…
Read MoreImo LG Polls: I Single-handedly Delivered Chairman, 80% Of Councillors In Njaba To APC–Eze Ngwori
The lawmaker representing Njaba State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, IMHA, Hon Ebonine Beneth Worship Ozioma has disclosed that his capacity in his constituency helped in no small measure in giving his party, the All Progressives Congress,APC a resounding victory in the September 21 LGA elections held in the state. According to him, ” I single-handedly delivered the chairman and 80% of the councillors in Njaba LGA. I did that by reaching out to the opposition to tell them the need to dump their ambition and join…
Read MoreEDO SHAM ELECTION: LET’S BOYCOTT ELECTIONS UNTIL…
Expresso is at pains to suggest that Nigerians must elect to boycott further elections until the following conditions are met: By Steve OsuJi MAHMOUD YAKUBU MUST GO: First, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, the incumbent chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, must resign immediately. He has proven over and over again that he has neither capacity, integrity nor courage to effect a free and fair election that can pass muster in the eyes of reasonable people. After the February 25th, 2023 Presidential Election heist, it has become clear that the…
Read MoreChief Justice Kekere-Ekun To Swear In 87 New SAN
JUST IN: Chief Justice Kekere-Ekun To Swear In 87 New SAN [SEE DATE]—-The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, will Monday, September 30, swear in 87 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). The swearing-in ceremony, which forms part of the programmes lined up to formally herald the 2024/2025 legal year of the apex court, would hold at the main courtroom at the headquarters of the Supreme Court. “In line with our age-long tradition, during the special court session, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, will deliver a…
Read MoreImo LG election: Uzodimma, ISIEC increase pain of Imolites–Imo Advocacy for Good Governance
Imo Advocacy for Good Governance, a group of concerned citizens committed to promoting democratic ethos and ensuring the enthronement of good governance has condemned the council election that took place last week in Imo. They made their views known in a press release signed by the National Convener/Chairman, Board of Trustees, Apostle (Dr) Ken Nwanguma and secretary, Engr. Ikechukwu Opara. Excerpts of the release reads as follows: “With great pains in our hearts we condemn in its entirety the shambolic exercise that took place last week in the name of…
Read MoreSENATE URGES FG TO IMMORTALIZE IWUANYANWU
…Onyewuchi:He touched many lives ,greatly. The Nigeria Senate has called on the Federal Government to immortalize the late Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Ahaejiagamba Ndi Igbo, a patriot and statesman who died on Thursday, July 25, 2024, after a brief illness. This followed a motion moved under matter of urgent public importance by Distinguished Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi, representing Imo East Senatorial District, Imo State. Distinguished Senator Onyewuchi in his motion noted that the late Ahaejiagamba deserves national honour for his contribution towards the socio-economic and political…
Read MoreCelestial Church of Owerri Central Parish, Nekede, Dedicates Temple, Lay Alter
…Hails Parish Shepherd-Anyiam for divine obedience to build Emmanuel Cathedral By Onyinyechi Nwankwo A multi-million naira church building erected by the Celestial Church of Christ Owerri Central Parish Rescue Centre, Emmanuel Cathedral, was on Wednesday 25 September 2024 officially dedicated, just as an alter was laid and consecrated. The building dedication/alter laying ceremony took place at the church auditorium at No 12 Old Nekede Road, Umuezerokam Village in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. Taking his sermon text from the Book of II Chronicles, 6:1-22, Ven. Sup.Tom…
Read MorePress 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…
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