The IMSU VC Prof. Adaobi Obasi has been described as an illustration of transparency and honesty in University administration. An Owerri based social commentator, Dr. Joseph Aniemeka Nwachukwu made the assessment in a statement in Owerri. Dr. Nwachukwu observed that since assumption of office as the substantive VC of IMSU, Prof. Adaobi Obasi has practically demonstrated a full-scale transparency and frugality in the Management of the University’s resources. According to Dr. Nwachukwu, the IMSU VC is a virtuous woman who shuns scandals like a scourge pointing out that since assumption…
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Imo PFN inaugurates women wing
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), the umbrella body of the Pentecostals in Nigeria will hold her annual conference in the state next month. A release from the office of the coordinator states that the yearly conference would be combined with the inauguration of the state Women Wing by the national body. Pastor Mrs Christy Egbo explained that the Women Wing of PFN is an arm of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN whose mission is to sensitize and mobilize Pentecostal women wherever PFN is found for effective involvement and…
Read MoreReps: Onuoha, best candidate for Okigwe North-campaign – DG
Tactful politician and Director-General of Princess Onuoha Campaign Organizatio (POCO), Chief Lawson Chukwu has bluntly, declared that Princes Miriam Onuoha, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the best and most reliable candidate among all the candidate seeking the mandate to represent the people of Okigwe North Federal constituency in the House of Representatives with effect from May 29, 2019. Chief Chukwu, a staunch member of the APC in Isiala Mbano while addressing newsmen in Owerri, expressed profound happiness over the emergence of Prince Miriam Onuoha as APC flag…
Read MoreImo 2019: YPP, Okorie can be credible alternative as next Governor …Imo needs new ideas, …fresh breath, super economy
Imo governorship election for 2019 is gradually taking shape with the primaries of political parties now over. However, events after the primaries have shown that the ‘old brigade’ appear bent on consolidating on their grip of Imo State especially, when one looks at the candidates of the acclaimed big political parties who have just emerged from the exercise. The implication of the seeming vice grip on power in Imo State by these old war horses can readily be seen on the palpable state of affairs in the state evident in…
Read More2019: Ihedioha didn’t consult us on choice of running mate -Orlu Elders
The Orlu Elders Council, led by Professor Francis Dike (SAN), has denied the story being credited to gubernatorial candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), that they were consulted before he made his choice of running mate from Orlu senatorial zone. In a statement issued in Owerri, signed by the Council’s Secretary, Prof. Protus Nathan Uzorma and the Chairman council conceded that while it is the prerogative of a governorship candidate to pick his deputy, “we wish to state categorically that, we were never consulted by anybody”. They also argued…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu, great asset to Igbo nation, says Osondu
Popular United States of America-based medical practitioner, Dr. Lawrence Chukwuma Osondu has described Nigeria’s prominent politician, human and material resources developer, Chief (Dr.) Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (CFR) as a man of many positive parts and great asset to Igbo land. Highlighting the sterling qualities of Chief Iwuanyanwu, Dr. Law Osondu, a former governorship aspirant under the Labour Party (LP) told news men in Owerri that Iwuanyanwu had contributed to the development of Igbo land more than any other individual of Igbo extraction. Law Osondu who addressed news men shortly after his…
Read MoreBishop Ekewuba calls for God’s guidance, protection
The General Overseer of the Overcomers Christian Mission, OCM, Worldwide, Bishop (Mrs) Francisca Ihuoma Ekewuba has prayed God to generously protect and guide the church especially the Ovecomers Christian Mission Worldwide. She made this appeal to God during a chat recently in the church where she declared that the seven (7) days miracle programme organized by the church was aimed at bringing down God’s guidance, protection on the church. The woman of God also added that the programme was to specially seek God’s face for the peace of our country…
Read MoreFUAM Don kills self, leaves suicide note
Frank Onyezili, a Professor of Biochemistry at the Biological Sciences Department in the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM), has committed suicide. The University Don took his own life, last weekend, by allegedly drinking poison and leaving behind a suicide note. It was gathered that his decision to commit suicide might not be unconnected with depression and loneliness after his wife and children left him and moved out of the country. Chief Mrs. Rosemary Waku, the Director of Protocol and Information of the university, confirmed the tragedy to newsmen…
Read MoreI’ll give living wage to Nigerian workers – Atiku
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has assured the country’s civil servants of a better salary package if elected president in 2019. The PDP presidential hopeful who gave the assurance Thursday, said: “I want the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and the generality of Nigeria workers to be assured of my commitment to the principle of a living wage for Nigeria’s workers. “In my private enterprises, I have shown commitment to the goose that…
Read MoreI regret my neglect of Igbos, Middle belt, says Buhari …Promises 100% if returned in 2019
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he would perform better if given another chance to return as president. The president’s statement believed to have been prompted by the shout of marginalization and neglect by mostly the Igbo and Middle Beltans under his watch, was also aimed at re-assuring a group of Nigerian professionals based in the United States and Canada, of his readiness to make amends and do better than he has done in his current first tenure as president. Buhari had reportedly…
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