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The wedding reception ceremony between Miss Vera Munachi Ekeocha from Amaorie Obibiezena in Owerri North Local Government Area and Mr Benjamin Amaechi  Ehiudo from Ihitte Otulu Ahiara in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA has took place last Saturday at St Patrick’s Secondary School Afor Ogbe playground. The wedding ceremony was well attended by people from all walks of life professionals and dignitaries including the former Director General Imo Foundation, Chief Dr Mrs Pat Eke and the Acting DG, Imo Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, Owerri, Sir Richard Nkwopara among others. In an interview with…

By Williams Odunze In order to have accurate numerical data of pupils in schools in Imo State for even distribution of learning materials, the Imo State Universal Basic Education Board (IMSUBEB) in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has Flagged Off the 2022 National Personnel Audit (NPA) in Imo State. The exercise was held at SUBEB Hall, IMSUBEB Headquarters, Portharcourt Road, Owerri, on Tuesday, with Technical Officers  carrying out the numerical data auditing exercise from Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, being present. Flagging Off the exercise, the Commissioner…

By Elizabeth Vincent, Yenegoa As Nigeria is warming up of  who becomes her next   president in 2023, so many person’s are   canversing and soliciting for support from Nigerians. The presidential Aspirant under the People Democracy Party ( PDP), Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed,   has expressed his interest  for the plum job. Visiting delegates at the PDP seceteriat Yenegoa, he said optimization in the transformation of Nigeria to a batter society is the key. Senator Bala who is the incumbent  Governor of Bauchi State  revealed that in less than three years as…

The Imo State Chairman of Action Alliance, Chief Hon. Anthony Uchendu Ahaneku has stated without equivocation that nothing will make his party not to win many elected positions again in the state. He stated this while having an exclusive meeting with some party executives and members in Owerri yesterday. Ahaneku disclosed that as far as he is concerned, AA as a party is divinely connected, noting that, that magic that happened in the 2019 general election will repeat itself again in Imo in this election that is on the door…

A group known as Nwangele South for Equity has insisted that the next House of Assembly member for Nwangele State Constituency must surely be from Nwangele South block. Speaking during their meeting that was held in the country home of Action Alliance (AA) State chairman, Hon. Anthony Uchendu Ahaneku, the leader of the group, Barrister Jude Uzoukwu said that time has gone when they would be staying as strengers in Nwangele Local Government Area, adding that many elected positions have been taking by Amaigbo block for many decades. He insisted…

The people of Idi-Arere community in Ibadan, Oyo State, were in shock on Saturday when they discovered the corpse of a resident, Alhaji Kolawole Waheed, with vital organs of his body missing. Waheed died last Thursday and was buried on Friday according to Islamic rites. The deceased’s brother, Taofeek Adebayo, said the 68-year-old was hit by a car while inside a tricycle, adding that he was later taken to a hospital where he died three days after. “On Saturday morning, an older brother called my wife’s phone. He told me…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has proposed a nationwide peaceful protest in support of the lingering strike action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the refusal of the federal government to implement the agreement it reached with the union, two years ago. The agreement borders on payment of staff salaries and emoluments as well as adequate funding of the universities. In a statement issued in Owerri on Wednesday May 25 signed by the deputy zonal co-coordinator of NANS South East zone, Comrade Ejike…

By Alex Nwahiri The Ukrainian forces holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks,  today surrendered to the Russian authorities to allow the wounded soldiers and civilians,  receive urgent medical attention. A statement from the garrison commander of the troops in the Azovstal steelworks explained,  that the garrison was obeying orders to save the lives of troops and get the wounded to the hospital. Journalists who covered the evacuation, reported seeing dozens of buses carrying both the fighters and the wounded,  to a medical facility in the Russian controlled town of Novoazovsk…