The Assistant Inspector General of police incharge Zone 9 Umuahia,AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu has commended Police Author CSP Kingsley Iredibia for his scholarstic efforts in publishing three relevant books for the police and the general public for effective policing. AIG Uzuegbu hailed the author for his ability to create three masterpieces of books at the same time despite the tedious nature of police job and enjoined him to continue in his good work in making impacts in the police organization and the world at large. He noted that policing should be…
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Elder Franklin Onukekorom Goes Home, April, 25.
With sorrow the family, friends and well-wishers of Elder Franklin Onukekorom of Umuamadi Umuaezeama Ude-Ofeme Ohuhu Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, mourn his passing away into glory, following his demise on October 13, 2024 , at the age of 80 . A release from the family, informed that there will be service of songs at his residence on Wednesday April 25 followed by Christian wake keep taking place on Thursday, April 24. The release further informed that on Friday April, 25 , his remains leaves mortuary to his compound…
Read MoreUZODINMA’S AWARD: NO VANGUARD, NO!
By Steve Osuji Hell no! This cannot and must not be allowed to pass. For many days after it was announced that Imo State governor, Mr. Hope Uzodinma won the VANGUARD INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR, 2024, yours truly has been traumatised. The first instinct was to pick up my tab and lampoon the utter travesty to my heart’s content. But the matter is like a fly perched on a delicate place. I couldn’t swipe it with the desired vigor. But then I couldn’t leave it be. Each time I…
Read MoreDike SAN Mourns Ndaa Pascal Dozie’s Demise
By Francis C. Dike Tuesday morning, 8th of April, around 4.25am, my telephone rang. I woke from sleep to pick it up, but it stopped ringing. I wondered why a call should come at this time and queued into ‘Calls’ and saw a name that made my heart sink. I immediately returned the call with trepidation all over me. I had that experience a few years ago when a friend passed on, and I was far away in the United States. This time, I was the person now calling and…
Read MoreOLehi SAN Tasks Journalists To Champion Struggle For Justice, Rights,Development
A senior lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ngozi Olehi, has harped on the urgent need for journalists to rise up and continue to play the roles entrusted unto them by their profession and the laws of the country. He said by their calling as watchdogs of the society, they are supposed to be in the forefront of setting the agenda, and championing the advocacy and struggle against societal ills like injustice, abuse of people’s rights and underdevelopment. He spoke recently in Owerri, during an interactive parley with members…
Read MoreECK Foundation President Canvasses Unconditional Release For Kanu
Dr. Emeka Kalu, the President of ECK Foundation, has appealed to the Federal Government to ensure unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from detention. Kalu in a statement on Tuesday, regretted that despite the indefinite detention of Kanu since 2021, the Federal Government was yet to prove the allegations of terrorism against him. He insisted that Kanu’s prolonged detention made him a prisoner of conscience, given that the right to self-determination was a fundamental principle enshrined in both the Nigerian constitution and…
Read MoreRegy Anyadike-Ex Imo NLC Chairman is Dead
..Burial fixed for May 9. The Death has been announced of Hon Chief Reginald Amanze Anyadike, PhD,the Mbamadike,Uduka Udu1. A release by the Anyadike family informed that his death was a shock to the entire Anyadike family as he had traveled to United Kingdom,UK where he had the best of treatments, returned to Nigeria, hail and hearty only to pass-on after a brief illness. Late Chief Anyadike,who hails from Egbelu Agbala in Owerri North LGA,Imo State had served Imo State and Nigeria in various capacities before his demise He was…
Read MoreWike vowed to kill PDP because he didn’t get vice presidential ticket – BOT member, Tapgun
…Asks party to forget 2027 election From Jude Owuamanam, Jos A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Plateau state, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, has disclosed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, vowed that he will ensure that the party did not survive because he lost the vice presidential tickets. He said that because of the failure of the FCT minister to clinch the vice presidential ticket of the party on two…
Read MoreNigerians Earning N30,000 Monthly Can Own A Home Under Renewed Hope Housing Programme- Minister
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Architect Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has revealed that the much-talked-about Renewed Hope Social Housing Programme will soon be launched by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of initiatives to address the housing needs of Nigerians, regardless of class or income level. The Minister made this known while receiving a delegation from Creative Sphere Limited at the Ministry’s headquarters in Mabushi, Abuja. Dangiwa explained that the Renewed Hope Social Housing Programme is designed to provide homes for low-income earners, the unemployed, vulnerable groups, and Internally…
Read MoreAccolades, Senator Uzodinma Wins Infrastructure Governor of the Year!
I, Chief Okay Opara (Dikeriohanma), on behalf of Nze Chinasa Nwaneri, SSA (Monitoring), heartily felicitate with our performing governor, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma (Onwa Oyoko), on this auspicious occasion of your nomination as Nigeria’s Infrastructure Governor of the Year. Indeed, this award did not come to many of us as a surprise given the giant strides and remarkable milestones Your Excellency has recorded so far in terms of infrastructure development of Imo State. I am proud and so delighted to be associated with Your Excellency on this great feat. …
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