By Williams Odunze The Imo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Lady Nkechinyere Ugwu has intervened to save a widow who was being maltreated by one Chinagorom Ukaegbu via a video that has gone viral on Social Media. The commissioner insisted that the state government is determined to prosecute the suspect to ensure justice for the widow . She made the statement while addressing Journalists in her office at State Secretariat in Owerri, Imo state capital, yesterday . The Commissioner said that the Ministry was moved by the…
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Charter Of Equity: 2027 Governorship, Mere Distraction For Uzodinma, Says Ex-speaker Nwagwu
A former speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Rt Hon Kelechi Kennedy Nwagwu, says it is still quite early for politicians to start overheating the polity with talks about which zone of the state takes over from the incumbent Governor, Hope Uzodinma in 2027. In a chat with Nigeria Newspoint ,recently, the outspoken former IMHA speaker said what the governor, Senator Uzodinma needs at the moment is the support of all well meaning Imolites to continue to deliver dividends of democracy to the people, instead of the on-going distraction…
Read MoreRural Security Imo Assembly Urges Uzodinma To Mandate Monarchs To Partner Vigilante Group
By Williams Odunze In order to have adequate security in the State, the Imo Assembly has urged the Governor, Sen.Hope Uzodinma to mandate all the Traditional Rulers to cooperate with the Local Vigilante in their respective domains to foster peace and adequate security in the rural areas. The move followed the adoption of the motion moved by Hon. Ozioma Worship Benneth Ebonine, representing Njaba Constituency. Presenting the motion on the floor of Assembly, the Lawmaker said that the Vigilante is made up majorly of the Youths who know the nooks…
Read MoreEnugu moves to end land grabbing, open grazing, signs 4 bills into law
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has signed four bills into law, saying they were part of his administration’s effort to make the state the number one in Ease of Doing Business and preferred destination for investment, business, tourism, and living. “The Enugu State Properties Protection Law is in line with our promise to enhance the ease of doing business in Enugu State. People, who come to Enugu State to invest in property, must do so in sure knowledge that the title document that is issued to them is…
Read MoreOne Year Scorecard: I Moved Motions For Orlu State, Also Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Says Izunaso
…Offers 2000 scholarships, 1000 Orlu students for AI training Ahead of his scheduled celebration of one year in office as Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District (Orlu Zone) in the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Osita Bonaventure Izunaso says he moved the motion for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as well as another motion for the creation of proposed Orlu State In Southeast. This is even as he disclosed the award of scholarships to 2000 Orlu indigenes, including…
Read MoreKings and Imams in Yorubaland
By Lasisi Olagunju Beyond its outer casing of spirituality, the post of Imam in Yorubaland potentially guarantees prestige, power and prosperity. That is why people fight to be Imam as grisly as princes fight to be king. But when siblings fight to the death, they lose their chest to outsiders. The Yoruba Muslim community is almost always at war with itself. The League of Imams and Alfas of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta in April this year scrambled to douse a fire over who should be their mufti. The mufti is…
Read MoreWHY IMO SPEAKER MOVED AGAINST FOUR LAWMAKERS, SUSPENDED THEM INDEFINITELY
By Samuelson Ikenna Onuoha The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chike Olemgbe, has moved against some members of the House who are plotting to impeach him. To this end, four members of the House who were identified as the arrow heads of the plot have been suspended with immediate effect. They are : Hon Samuel Chidiebere Ogbunikpa, Representing Okigwe State Constituency. Hon Dominic Ezerioha, Representing Oru-west State Constituency. Hon Samuel Nkem Otuibe, Representing Ahiazu Mbaise State Constituency. Hon Henry Agabasonu, Representing Ezinihitte Mbaise State Constituency.…
Read MoreTime For CBN To Do Away With Dirty Naira Notes
A country’s currency is part of her image. The United States’ currency, the dollar, remains the pride of that country. Ditto for the British and their pounds sterling. Other nations like Germany, France, Switzerland, China, South Africa, Japan, Russia, among others, guide their currencies jealously. A remarkable thing about the currencies of these countries, is their usual clean, crisp quality. This is aside the fact that the many of the said currencies show high quality in terms of their minting. The seeming prevalence of dirty naira notes in circulation, is…
Read MoreRestructuring Nigerian Federalism,Strength to Functional Union Part 2
By Nathan Uzorma A perfect example of this is the lopsided nature of the federalism of the First Republic. It has a heavy structural imbalance, in terms of geographical and numeric size of the regions, which electorally and politically favoured the northern region. Ever since then, the shifts to political systems, innumerable economic policies and transition programmes subsequently show that previous institutionalisation patterns, which are adopted, were mere ‘systemic failures.’ This is heightened by the fact that in 1979, Nigeria was imposed another institutional pattern: The American presidential democracy, which…
Read MoreOkewulonu: Imo SSG’s Daughter Graduates In Medicine Abroad
The Daughter of former Secretary to the Government of Imo State ,. Barr. Chris Okewulonu has graduated as a Medical Doctor from a foreign University. Dr Onyinyechi V Okewulonu M.D. who is the second Daughter of Barr Chris and Chinyere Okewulonu is among the graduates of University of Debrecen, Hungary during their last graduation ceremony held on Friday June 21, at the main building of University of Debrecen, Hungary. The ex- Chief of Staff to Imo State Governor,Chief Barr Chris Okewulonu was in Hungary for the graduation Ceremony to celebrate…
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