On the heels of the nationwide protests against bad governance, musician and activist Seun Kuti has called on Nigerians to do more than just protest and to work towards real political change. Kuti made his stance during a recent appearance on the Rubbin Minds show and argued that simply holding demonstrations is not enough to address the country’s problems. He began, “I am going to paraphrase Martin Luther King, but he said something like, ‘I would rather live in a warzone that is just than live in a peaceful place…
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Favoured Assembly Church Celebrates Mothers’ Day In Imo
By Williams Odunze It was a joyous gathering at Favoured Assembly Church Obinze, Owerri west LGA in Imo State as the church marked its annual Mothers’ Day anniversary with huge number of attendance that came to celebrate with them. The event started with church service which prepared the mind of the congregation before the commencement of the main event. Preaching a Sermon, a renowned man of God also Emperor of the Atlantic, Dr Solomon Winning told the congregation that the best way to live a worthy life is to be…
Read MoreFavoured Assembly Church Celebrates Mothers’ Day In Imo
By Williams Odunze It was a joyous gathering at Favoured Assembly Church Obinze, Owerri west LGA in Imo State as the church marked its annual Mothers’ Day anniversary with huge number of attendance that came to celebrate with them. The event started with church service which prepared the mind of the congregation before the commencement of the main event. Preaching a Sermon, a renowned man of God also Emperor of the Atlantic, Dr Solomon Winning told the congregation that the best way to live a worthy life is to be…
Read MoreFormer RCCG Pastor Sentenced to Prison for Financial Crimes
Naas, Ireland– A former pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has been sentenced to prison for a series of financial crimes. Ebenezer Oduntan , the former pastor of the City of David Church in Naas, Co Kildare, was convicted of 87 charges of theft and fraud. Oduntan, a 58-year-old father of four, was found guilty of offenses including theft, fraud, and false accounting. The charges stemmed from his misuse of church funds over a period of several years. The court heard that Oduntan had used the church’s money…
Read MoreNULGE Chairman Dies After Slumping At Filling Station
THE persistent fuel scarcity in the country has claimed another casualty as the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) chairman in Akure South local government of Ondo State, Oluwatuyi Olasoji died few days after collapsing while waiting to buy the Premium Motor Spirit. According to Sunshine Truth, the deceased slumped last week while trying to buy fuel at a filling station in the state capital and was rushed to the Federal Medical Center in Owo. He was said to have undergone a surgery and given up to the ghost…
Read MoreImo Church Attack: Youth Leader Killed and Congregation Robbed by Armed Gang in Orodo
Last Saturday afternoon, gunmen stormed God’s Doing Healing and Deliverance Ministry in Orodo, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, where they unleashed a mayhem, leading to the death of a youth leader after robbing the congregation. The deceased, Samuel Ogbonna, a canteen owner who happened to be a close aide to the church’s General Overseer, Evang. Maduabuchi Ernest. According to report by OtownGist, the deceased was shot multiple times by the daredevil gunmen. According to the witnesses, the assailants were5c eight individuals in two vehicles—a red Highlander and a…
Read MoreDSS Releases NLC President, Joe Ajaero, on Bail
The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero has been released from custody on bail. The development was confirmed by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress party in a post on social media platform X. BREAKING: The fascist regime of @officialABAT has released the @NLCHeadquarters President Joe Ajaero from @OfficialDSSNG custody on bail. The @NLCHeadquarters must declare for #FearlessInOctober #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria #NoGoingBack Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) September 9, 2024 It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning by DSS operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
Read MoreImo September 21 polls: Group Decries Imposition Of Councillorship Candidate On Ohii/Amakohia-Ubi/Ndegwu Ward 9
…Alleges:Candidate,not APC member, ln-law to Imo APC State Chair. An association going under the aegis of Omenwane Group has cried out over what it described as the alleged imposition of one Mr Anumodu Bartholomew Chinemere from Ndegwu as the Councillorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Ward 9 (Ohii/Amakohia-ubi/Ndegwu) in Owerri-West LGA of Imo State. The group raised suspicion over alleged possible role of Imo APC State Chairman, Dr MacDonald Ebere in the episode. Addressing newsmen in Owerri, recently, the group maintained that the state chairman allegedly single…
Read MoreImo LGA Polls: Nkwerre Ward 7 APC Leaders Reject Imposition Of Eburuaja As Councillorship Candidate, Seeks Uzodinma’s Intervention.
“Action, disobeys Gov’s instruction” …Nzekwe: Nominee never took part in ward consensus process. Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ward 7, Nkwerre LGA of Imo State have expressed deep concerns over what they described as deliberate attempt to cause disenchantment among party faithful in the ward through an alleged imposition of one Edward Eburuaja as the councillorship candidate of Ward 7 even when he did not participate in the process for the nomination of a consensus candidate as directed by Imo state Governor,Sen Hope Uzodinma. Led by…
Read MoreImo LGA Polls; Anger,Tension, APC Ahiazu Mbaise LGA Boils Over Rumoured Selection Of Ex-SOLAD-Chikwe As Chairmanship Candidate .
…Youths vow to resist imposition. There is palpable anger, and frustration on the faces of residents and people of Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of Imo State with citizens and electorate expressing bitterness over the planned imposition of Hon. Larry Chikwe as executive Council chairman.The situation is similar to what obtain in Ihitte Uboma and Aboh Mbaise LGAs where it is claimed that the Governor has adopted his LGA Liaison officers turned Sole Administrators,SOLAD as Executive Council Chairmen in the yet to be conducted 2024 Council elections.Though the list of those who…
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