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The students and staff of Alive Theological Seminary of Nigeria, Owerri has felicitated with their Rector, Prof Uzoma Emmanuel Afamefuna on his birthday celebration. According to the chairman of the Governing council, Dr. Anthony Ajero, the Rector has impacted positively on many lives over the years in the area training and building of human capacity for the past 26 years. He poured encomiums on him as he wished him more years to accomplish his destiny on earth. Reacting also some students expressed satisfaction on the Rector’s doggedness and leadership qualities…

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Youths of all the autonomous communities in Oguta local government area has pledged their preparedness to support and work with the present administration ably led by His Excellency, Sen. Hope Odidika Uzodinma whom they say has demonstrated full capacity to lead the State to an enviable height among comity of States in the country. Speaking to journalist shortly after the youths meeting in Oguta Local Government Area, the leader of all the youths Presidents in the area and frontline youths activist, Hon. Ejike Ezinne said that it is the tradition…

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The National Coordinator of Ihedioha Solidarity Group, Prince Mike Akubueze has commended Governor Hope Uzodinma for his efforts in ensuring that property belonging to Imo people which were forcefully taken from them by a former Imo State government were restored to the original owners. Last week, the Chairman of the Imo State Government White Paper Implementation Committee on Lands and Related Matters, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, made public the property, names of individuals and organizations whose property were forcefully taken by the Government of Rochas Okorocha, indicating that such property had…

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The Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists which has for sometime been engulfed in leadership crises arising from the imposition of a retired photographer and staff of the Ministry of Information on the union with tacit support of Mr Chris Isiguzo whom we gathered was part of plot to sell the Union’s secretariat is set for Press week. The union’s caretaker committee led by Comrade precious Nwadike, will commence it’s Press week on December 12, 2023 at the NUJ Press Centre, along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri. The…

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No fewer than 111,455 persons have so far registered and revalidated their membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, in the last nine weeks. Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, the Chairman, Edo PDP e-Registration Committee, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Friday. Adjoto explained that the e-registration exercise was geared towards migrating from analogue to digital for the purpose of having a durable and comprehensive database of members. He said that the exercise was inaugurated on Sept. 6, with a mandate…

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Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC has released timetable for Local Government elections. The Electoral body in the timetable fixed February 23 for the election. A statement signed by the Chairman Dr. Mike E Ajogwu, SAN, also fixed December 10, 2021 for party primaries. EverydayNews reports that caretake committees would be set up at the expiration of the tenure of the present Council Chairman which is around the corner. Some of the chairmen have already been penciled down to serve in the caretaker committees whose list is already being prepared.…

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The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has commissioned the first Imo State Civil Service Staff Clinic, pledging on behalf of government, to always carter for the well being of the Civil Servants. It will be recalled that this is the first Staff Clinic to be conceived for the teaming population of Civil Servants working at the Imo State Secretariat Complex since the Complex was established in 2005. Commissioning the clinic located within the Ministry of Health building at the State Secretariat Complex along Port Harcourt Road Owerri under…

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The Federal government through the office of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management and Social Development led by the Minister Hajiya Umar Farouk has commenced its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in the 27 LGA ‘s of Imo State. The Minister ,Hajiya Umar Farouk told newsmen at the payment venue in Owerri on Thursday that the first phase of the scheme captured over 9 LGAs of the state, noting that presently it has covered over 27 LGA of the state. She said…

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Imo State Commissioner for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mazi Uche Ohia, has given indications that the State would engage investors in a Public-Private-Partnership, PPP, arrangement to further develop the tourism and hospitality sector of the state’s economy Mazi Uche Ohia gave the indications at the Arinta Waterfalls Resort in Ipole Iloro community of Ekameta LGA of Ekiti State during his visits to major ecotourism sites and facilities in Ekiti State as a part of his engagements during the 2021 National Festival of Arts and Culture, NAFEST. Noting that Tourism…

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The electoral act amendment bill which was passed into law by both chambers of the National Assembly has been transmitted to the executive for assent. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, confirmed this in a statement on Friday, which was made available to journalists in Abuja. The bill was passed after a conference committee of the upper and lower legislative chambers harmonised the version of the House of Representatives and the Senate to statutorily allow electronic transmission of election results. Omorare,…

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