Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Ethelbert Okorocha,recently announced the upgrading of some secondary schools to tertiary institutions as well as the creation of new ones. Among the upgraded schools are Ahiara Technical College,upgraded to a Polytechnic and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Imo State University at Ngor Okpala upgraded to a full fledged university of Agriculture. The governor also announced the founding of College of Education, Ohaji/Egbema and College of Nursing, Owerri. On the surface, this government decision is one deserving commendation. Education remains the bedrock of societal growth…
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Return of robbers on motor bike in Imo
A forthright ago residents and people doing business around Item by Mbari Street junction in Ikenegbu Layout in Owerri metropolis experienced an armed robbery incident in which a woman was dispossessed of her hand bag by two suspected armed robbers as they rode past her on a motor bike. The woman was said to be heading towards Diamon Bank located at Item Street probably, to do some transactions before her handbag was snatched from her according to the woman’s lament. In the handbag were her Automated Teller Machine (ATM), card,…
Read MoreKidnap of IIO school girls: President Buhari must wake up now
Nigerians, already fatigued by unending daily cascade of ugly stories, again woke up last week to hear another depressing story. It was the story of another mindboggling kidnap of 110 innocent students of Dapachi Girls Secondary, Yobe State. Boko Haram terrorists had invaded the school and carted the students away to an unknown destination leaving parents, people of Yobe and indeed, Niherians in shock and grieve once again. This wicked and unconscinable abduction re echoes the 2014 Chibok Girls saga which jolted the world and drew global condemnation. The abduction…
Read MoreSuspected sewage discharge into Wetheral Roundabout drainage system
Good health often depends much on a clean environment. Environment itself must be seriously managed else it degenerates and possibly wipe out human, animal or even aquatic lives. Environmental cleanliness and sustainability cannot be achieved by mere lip services, it requires well thoughout policy and institutional framework to actualize it. The then Governor Ikedi Ohakim Administration between 2007 and 2011, demonstrated a rare but uncommon commitment towards reclaiming the environment in Imo State through his administration’s flagship Clean and Green Initiative, which placed Imo ahead of all the 36 states…
Read MoreCurbing Fulani herdsmen menace
Much has been heard and said about Fulani herders in the country who go about killing, maiming and raping people. Countless of lives and property have lost in various parts of the country due to the barbaric activities of the herdsmen as they take pleasure in spilling innocent blood of Nigerians, mainly rural dwellers. The rural dwellers are predominantly farmers whose farms are being destroyed by the heartless Fulani herdsmen’s cattle. From the North to the South, these herders have left blood in their trail destroying everything and persons they…
Read MoreThe proposed Imo Apc Mock Primaries
As the critical journey towards the next electoral process in 2019 gathers momentum, the polity has been awash with reports of proposed mock primaries in the Imo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by Governor Rochas Okorocha. The governor who is being accused of favouring his Son-inlaw and the Chief of staff to succeed him. In a recent function in Owerri, the Imo state capital, the governor was quoted as saying that the proposed mock primaries would enable the party in the state harmonise itself ahead of the…
Read MoreNo To Rescue Government’s Build and Destroy Policy
Last year at the Orlu political summit held at the Nkwerre Country Club, Nkwerre, Chief of Staff to Gov Rochas Okorocha, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu had thrown a banter that was as serious as it was humourous. He had told his listeners about a mad who operates close to Government House Roundabout who once said while Owelle is building, Rochas is demolishing. Both the lunatic and CoS may have actually said what they said as jokes but a deeper analysis would surely reveal that what was said was also largely true.…
Read MoreRenewed Fulani herdsmen attacks: Federal Government should be blamed
The renewed Fulani Herdsmen attacks in parts of the country, particularly Benue and Taraba States has again brought to fore the way and manner Nigeria is dangerous sliding into anarchy. The marauding herdsmen had a fortnight ago attacked some farming communities in both states leaving blood, sorrow, grief, pain, anger and death in their trail. The bandits had sent over seventy defenceless innocent citizens of Benue State to their untimely death, Just as report indicated that over fifty were killed in Taraba State. Only last week, the country and indeed,…
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