Tension has escalated in Enugu, the Coal City capital, after a police officer from the Anti-Cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command allegedly shot and killed popular Ogene musician Igbo Jah. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that angry youths are staging protests by setting bonfires in the Obiagu and Asata areas of the city. Reports indicate that the incident occurred Friday night when the musician, who had attended an event at the Anti-Cult Unit office, was shot by a police officer as he was leaving. Igbo Jah was rushed…
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Ex-INEC Chair, Humphrey Nwosu, Dies At 83 In USA
Professor Humphrey Nwos, who served as Chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, has passed away. The NEC is now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, USA. He became a professor of political science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.He served in the cabinet of Samson Omeruah, governor of the old Anambra State, where he helped traditional rulers to gain staffs of office, receive salaries and settled intra and inter community land disputes. Nwosu also…
Read MoreAbia LG Polls: I’ll Not Support LP Party Candidates In Nov 2 LG Polls — Otti
Abia state Governor Dr Alex Otti says he will support candidates from another political party for the November 2 local government election in the state. Governor Otti who is the only Labour Party elected Governor in Nigeria disclosed this through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Ferdinand Ekeoma in ABN TV show ‘Political Perspective’ monitored by THE WHISTLER. This comes on the heels of a report that the governor is courting the Zenith Labour Party as the crisis in the Labour Party continues. He admitted that the Labour…
Read MoreCitizens Cry Out To Uzodinma,Save Onuimo LGA Link Roads.
An Appeal to Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of IMO State Your Excellency, as a Concerned Citizen of Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, I wish to use this medium to congratulate you on your victory at the November 11, 2023 governorship poll as well as your victory at the three layers of the tribunal. Congratulations. I also use this medium to appreciate your determination which saw the conclusion of the Okigwe/Owerri Highway which was last constructed during the headship of Imo State’s greatest son, Dee Samuel Onunaka…
Read MoreImo NUJ To Emelumba: You Can’t Speak For Us Through Miscreants Parading As Journalists
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Imo State Council has frowned at what it referred to as a trend where the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba whose hatred for journalists is well known, consistently uses miscreants to discredit and tarnish the image of the union. The ridiculous aspect of it, according to the union is that those he uses for such hatchet jobs are impostors who parade themselves as journalists. The Chairman of Imo NUJ, Comrade Precious Nwadike,stated this while reacting to a report in a section of…
Read MoreNonsonkwa: Imo Based Journalist-Uba Arraigned In Court, Detained In Prison.
…Case adjourned Nov12. Popular Imo based journalist Chinonso Uba also known as Nonsonkwa was on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, was arraigned at a Magistrate Court in Owerri, before His Worship Adikaibe, on a five-count charge preferred against him by the Commissioner of Police. N.S. Onwochie Esq. Legal Prosecution Officer, Owerri Imo State and on behalf of the Commissioner of Police,CP. The Five (5) count charges include; Conspiracy, Treason, Arson among others. The prosecuting Counsel N.S Onwochei Esq., O.C. legal appeared for Commissioner of Police/State, while C.K Mgbekonye Esq., E.T.…
Read MoreImo Assembly Condemns Murder Of Pregnant Woman At Mbakwe Cargo Airport
By Williams Odunze Imo State House of Assembly has flayed the gruesome murder of a pregnant woman identified as Mrs.Chinwendu Amadi at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport calling on relevant authorities to apprehend the assailants to face the law. The house made the call following the motion moved by Obinna Egu , member representing Ngor-Okpala Constituency in the Assembly where the deceased hails from. Moving the motion, Egu informed the house that the brutal killing of the expectant mother who hails from Awogu Logara Autonomous Community Ngor-Okpala LGA has sent…
Read MoreTinubu, Obj, Adesina, Sultan others celebrate Gowon at 90
Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon has been described as a man of worthy achievements worthy of emulation by younger generations of Nigerians by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other distinguished Nigerians. The dignitaries, who spoke at the public lecture in commemoration of Gowon’s 90th birthday anniversary also said the former military’s head of state’s stand on uniting the country should also be emulated. Apart from President Tinubu, other dignitaries who poured encomiums at Gowon at the birthday ecelbration include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida…
Read MoreWhy Nnamdi Kanu Remains in Detention Despite Court Order for Release
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is still being held in detention in violation of court orders to be released. The Vanguard claims that IPOB views him as a prisoner of conscience who has been unlawfully held by the Nigerian government since his remarkable extradition from Kenya in June 2021. Kanu’s refusal to make concessions on Biafra is the reason for his prolonged arrest. Through Kanu’s persecution, the Nigerian government has demonstrated its ethnic hate toward the Ndigbo people, even though he has broken no local or…
Read MoreFuel Price: Petrol landing cost drops – Nigerian Marketers
The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, MEMAN on Thursday revealed that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit dropped to N981.08 per litre in September 2024 from N1,130 in July. MEMAN disclosed this in its Competency Centre Energy Bulletin data released on Thursday. The data showed that the landing of PMS dropped by N148.92 per litre in the period under review. The drop is attributed to the persistent fluctuation of Crude oil prices at the global market to around $70 per barrel and $75 in September 2024 from $80…
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