The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Bayelsa State chapter has inaugurated a new executive to pilot its affairs for a period of four years. The inauguration which preceded the election held at the Assembly complex in Yenagoa was monitored by the national leadership of PASAN represented by the National Legal Adviser, Comrade Lawrence Achuta, the Bayelsa State Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Simon Barnabas and the NLC state Secretary, Comrade John Angesse, the Police and the Department of State Security. In a keenly contested election, Comrade Ekakara Ebiotu Peres…
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NCDMB Boss Visits Diri, Pledges collaboratiin With Bayelsa Govt From Agadaga Julius Bayelsa
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has pledged to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government to the mutual benefit of the Board and the State. A statement by the Corporate Communications Department of the NCDMB said Ogbe made the pledge during a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri at Government House, Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital, stating that the purpose of the visit was to formally introduce himself as the new Executive Secretary of the Board.…
Read MoreEnvironmental Cleanness: Osuoha Moves Motion To Restore Sanity In Imo Markets
The Lawmaker for Ohaji/Egbema state constituency, in the Imo state House of Assembly,Hon.Uzoma Francis Osuoha has called for the restoration of clean environment in Markets in the state. The Lawmaker who made the call while moving a motion on the floor of the of the Assembly urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to mandate the Ministry of Environment and Imo State Almagmated Market Traders Association,ISAMMATA, to carry out clean up exercises every Thursday of the week. Hon. Osuoha, who is popularly called Eze Buguma by his constituents observed that markets both in…
Read MoreIPOB : We Are Not Averse To Genuine Restructuring Of Nigeria–Kanu …We can’t grow in unworking unitary structure
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared his support for genuine restructuring in Nigeria along the lines of the 1963 Constitution. Speaking through his younger brother, Prince Emmanuel, after a meeting at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS), Kanu said that a holistic restructuring is essential for the country’s progress. Kanu stated, “We are not averse to the genuine restructuring of the country. We know that the country cannot grow or make progress under the current unworking unitary structure.” He…
Read MoreUmulewe Town Union: Okpara Emerges Caretaker Chairman …Election of Substantive Exco holds, Dec. 29
Elder Gregory Okpara has emerged the Acting President General, Umulewe Town Union, Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. This followed an emergency congress of the community’s town union held on January 1, this year. Others who emerged with him include Chinonso Ugwuneri who is the Acting Secretary; Prophet Nna Eboh is the Acting Vice President, Mr Ikechukwu Nwosu is the Acting Treasurer, among other representatives of the various villages in Umulewe Autonomous Community. A communiqué issued at the end of the said emergency congress of the community…
Read MoreSame-Sex Blessing: Let the Pope be
By Nnamdi Okwaraojiego The Catholic Church and Pope Francis in particular, have come under attack over the Pope’s statement on the blessing for same-sex couples. The Vatican on Monday approved a landmark ruling to allow Roman Catholic priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as such blessings were not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies, nor given in contexts related to civil unions or weddings. Mixed reactions trailed the Pope’s statement. However, amid the controversy, the Vatican subsequently issued a declaration and clarified that “such blessings should…
Read MoreOsuoha Hails Uzodinma For Presenting Budget With Human Face
By Williams Odunze As the Imo State Governor Sen.Hope Uzodinma Presented the 2024 budget before the Imo State House of Assembly, the Member representing Ohaji/Egbema State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly,Hon.Uzoma Francis Osuoha has hailed the governor for timely presentation of the budget and described it as a Solid Economic Foundation for the Speedy growth of the State Economy. He made the observation while reacting on the budget. Hon.Osuoha said that the governor was able to capture all the sector of the economy in the budget and…
Read MoreImo CP: Exhibiting excellent, purposeful driven ideas to achieve desired result
By Collins Osuji In the last couple of years, Imo State has been bedeviled by spate of insecurity. On record, over 200 lives have been lost and properties running into billions of naria destroyed during this period. The ugly situation lingered to a point where it seems as if it has overwhelmed both the government and the security agencies in the state. Hence, the capacity of the state actors, particularly the police to tame the activities of the notorious non-state actors, otherwise christened, “unknown gunmen”, was brought to…
Read MoreImo NULGE Election: How Okere Knocked Down Eze, Igwebuike
By Nkechi Ojukwu The emergence of Rotarian Okechukwu Charles Okere as the Imo State President of Nigeria Union of Local Governments Employees,NULGE has left a moral lesson to the present leaders in every cadre. Reason was that Rotrn. Okere defeated the incumbent State President of NULGE,Dr. Richard Eze who was seeking for re-election and Comrade Kyrian Igwebuike (Abubaeke) who also served as his Vice President and was once a former Acting State President of NULGE. It would be recalled that the trio were allegedly invited by the Executive Governor of…
Read MoreESOCS: Afokwalam Holds Annual Special Thanksgiving, Dec. 17
All roads will lead to the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, ESOCS, Mount of Grace, Emeabiam, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, on Sunday, December 17, as Senior Mother Alice Afokwalam celebrates her Annual Special Thanksgiving and 4th Anniversary of ESOCS Radio Evangelical Programme (Echoes of Salvation). A release from the Afokwalam family indicates that Senior Apostle Sam Udeh who is also the state chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, will deliver the sermon. Elder G.O Fafowora, (CMC and chairman), Senior Apostle G.…
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