An unidentified motorcyclist was on Friday crushed to death in a fatal accident that occurred at Umuazu Nteje in Anambra State. The Public Education Officer for Anambra State Sector of FRSC, Edor Florence N.(SRC) revealed this development in a press statement. She said that the multiple accident happened between Udoka Nwoya the driver of Mercedes Benz Tipper with registration number XA 156 EFR and unidentified motorcycle rider without registration number at about 11.10am. The FRSC Public Education Officer identified excessive speeding as the cause of the traffic crash that involved…
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Ohanaeze Election: Imo Stakeholders Endorse Osuagwu President… Call For Credible Polls
As the election of a new President for Ohanaeze Ndigbo inches closer, the Coalition of Imo Groups and Stakeholders has thrown its weight behind Prof. Chidi Osuagwu. The coalition which is made up of representatives of all the sociocultural organizations, interest groups, professional associations and youth movements gave its endorsement on Saturday after a meeting in Owerri. Recall that the election of new officers to administer the affairs of Ohanaeze is billed for early January, and the position of President-General has been zoned to Imo State in accordance with the…
Read MoreImo Public Safety Moves To Promote Welfare Of Special Citizens
Imo State government has restated its determination to accord all special citizens in the state a sense of belonging in the scheme of things. The Special Adviser (Public Safety) to governor Hope Uzodinma Prince Ugochukwu Nzekwe gave the reassurance while inaugurating a 31-member committee of the disabled individuals who would act as a taskforce for the promotion of the interest and welfare of their members as specified by the government. Nzekwe a 2-time member of the State House of Assembly said that the committee would carryout its assignment in collaboration…
Read MoreSalary Cut: Imo PDP Lawmakers Boycott Sitting: Speaker: I Won My IMHA Election Through God, Self-Help
Seven lawmakers elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday and Thursday boycotted plenaries at the Imo state House of Assembly complex in Owerri over discrepancies in payment of their salaries and allowances. Our correspondent also gathered that allowances of the minority leader, deputy minority leader, and and minority whip were not paid by the state government. The seven PDP lawmakers, Okey Onyekanma, Anyadike Nwosu, Frank Ugboma, Philip Ejiogu, Paschal Okorie, Tochi Okoro and Solomon Anukam accused the state government of playing a dangerous politics. Our correspondent…
Read MoreHospital workers shutdown Owerri over non-payment of 100% salary
Workers of the Imo State Specialist Hospital yesterday staged a serious protest that grounded economic activities in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State. The hospital workers, who came out in their numbers with placards, causing heavy traffic in the major roads and streets of Owerri, carried out the protest, following the inability of the Imo State government to pay them 100% salary. Addressing newsmen during the protest, the Chairman, Joint Action Committee (JAC), Imo State Specialist Hospital, Owerri, Dr. Anumudu Elias, said that it was the height of injustice,…
Read MoreMadumere consoles IPMAN chair over mother’s death
Yesterday, the immediate past Imo Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere condoled his friend, the Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Imo State chapter and the Chief Executive of Ebere Links Petroleum Products Limited, Chief Chidiebere Okoroafor over the transition of his mother, late Lady Victoria Iheomadinihu Okoroafor, aged 89. Prince Madumere made the statement when he joined the Mr Okoroafor and other members of the family during the outing service at St. John’s Anglican Church, Umuduruokoro, Umunumo, Ehime Mbano local government of Imo State. His words: “From…
Read MoreOwerri municipal PDP Chair. Oweaya, commiserate Opara family
The acting Chairman of People’s Democratic Party PDP, Owerri Municipal Council, Imo State, Hon. Ken Njoku, Chief Christian Oweaya Anukam and other leaders and members of the party in the council, last Sunday commiserated with the family of the deceased chairman of the party in the council late Okechukwu Opara over his demise. Dr. Anukam,who led the delegation, while consoling the family of the deceased, described the death of late Oprah as hurtful. He told the wife of the deceased to hold on to God and assured that the Party…
Read MoreNew Teachers: Gives us back our job, 10,000 job beneficiaries beg Ihedioha
Following the on-going recruitment of teachers and other categories of civil servants by the Imo State Government of Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, beneficiaries of the suspended 10,000 jobs between 2010 and 2011 have written to the state government protesting the current recruitment and describing it as an attempt to fill their positions. In a letter addressed to Governor Ihedioha through their counsel Barr. Wisdom Durueke made available to Nigeria Newspoint, the 10,000-jobs beneficiaries who recalled the process that brought them into the civil service in 2010 through the State Civil…
Read MoreAhiajoku’s 40th anniversary logo unveiled
The Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, on Wednesday unveiled the 40th Ahiajoku logo, as a prelude to the marking of the 40th anniversary of the lecture series. The ceremony took place at the Expanded Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Owerri. At the ceremony witnessed by members of the Imo State Executive Council, the brand new logo symbolizing the enduring significance of the Ahiajoku festival and its pride of place in Igbo culture and civilization was underlined. The unveiling was an opportunity to retell the story of…
Read More2nd Anniversary:Enugu govt immortalizes Ekwueme
The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, immortalized the late former Vice President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, by renaming the popular Ezikwo Street in Independence Layout, Enugu, to “Dr. Alex Ekwueme Street”. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, the decision was in commemoration of the second anniversary of the death of Dr. Ekwueme – the Ide of Oko Kingdom in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State – who passed on November 19, 2017. The statement…
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