Reports of alleged payroll fraud has emitted from the Imo Internal Revenue Service, IIRS which has led to non-payment of salaries of the Civil servants up to three months. It has been gathered that over 40% of staff of the agency have not been paid.The leadership which is now said to be notorious for sharp practices is said to have resorted to intimidation against anyone who raises eyebrows of the dubious development. The ooz and alleged fraud is said to originate from illegal deductions, manipulation of staff salaries among other…
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IPOB: COMPULSORY SIT-AT-HOME RESTORED IN IGBO LAND
Imo and Anambra States appear to be the epicentre of the resurgent problem. Reports indicate that in Imo State alone more than five police stations have been torched in the past one month. Some security personnel also lost their lives in the attacks. Similarly, houses of a serving commissioner in the state and that of the President General of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Prof George Obiozor were also razed down.
Read MoreNnorom Hails Uzodinma for Successful Convention Of APC.
An Aspirant For Ezinihitte Mbaise State House Of Assembly Seat in Imo State, Hon Henry Osondu Chukwuma Nnorom has congratulated the state Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma for Successful Conduct of National Convention Of All Progressives Congress (APC)
Hon Nnorom who disclosed this to journalists in Owerri described Governor Uzodinma as a true Democrat who understand how due process truly work.
Read MoreFUTO LAND: JUSTICE MUST BE DONE FOR HOST COMMUNITIES,SAYS ANOKAM
By Ifeanyi Ndukwe The Attorney of the FUTO Host Communities, Chief Sam Anokam has stated that they will actually acquire justice at the end of their matter with the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). He made this known to newsmen while clearing the air in some certain issues, recently. Chief Anokam noted that he has the mandate of the FUTO host communities to pursue the matter of incomplete acquisition of land by FUTO, adding that he is following the issue through due process. He alleged that some group of…
Read MoreTackling Insecurity and Tension As Panacea To Imo Growth and Development
Since the advent of this republic in 1999, Imo has had to grapple with political tensions and attendant fears instigated by political gladiators or, non state actors. But, never in the last twenty years have the state and the people witnessed the kind of tension, apprehension and warlike situation it is experiencing presently. Within the political space the major gladiators in the state have been at each other’s throat in the past few years. Since it took over power Gov Hope Uzodinma government have been having a running…
Read More2023 Presidency: South East Must Wake Up and Fight or Forget it.
Power they say is not given but taken. If an individual or group wants power they are expected to stand up and struggle for it.
The jostle for power in Nigeria is a direct fallout of the enormous benefits that come with holding political power, particularly, Presidential powers.
The constitution of the country vested intimidating powers in the President and as a consequence, different ethnic nationalities see presidency occupation as do or die affair.
Read MoreSouth East Political Leaders and 2023 Presidency
Power they say is not given but taken. If an individual or group wants power they are expected to stand up and struggle for it. The jostle for power in Nigeria is a direct fallout of the enormous benefits that come with holding political power, particularly, presidential powers. The constitution of the country vested intimidating powers in the president and as a consequence, different ethnic nationalities see presidency occupation as do or die affair. The North is one good example of a region that fights with all its might for…
Read MoreImo: The Wedding that United two opposition Families
Marriage is about the oldest institution in the world. The bible says’ and God created man, Adam’. After creating Adam, God saw that he Adam needed a helper. So God created woman, Eve by taking out one of the ribs of Adam and used it to create Eve. After that, God saw that everything was beautiful and so was the institution of marriage was canonized in the Garden of Eden. This is the biblical story of the origin of marriage in the world. There has been no other efficacious story…
Read MoreThat Seeming Rogue Invasion of Justice Odili’s House: Impunity Taken Too Far
Five years ago, in October 2016, the Department of State Services under Lawal Daura, had in a fashion reminiscent of armed robbery attack invaded the homes of some Nigerian Judges at night in Abuja. Nigerian woke up the next morning to hear and read shocking stories of the midnight invasion of two Supreme Court Justices, Sylvanus Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro and four Federal High Court Judges namely, Muazu Pindiga, Ademola Adeniyi, Abdullahi Liman and Nnamdi Dimgba private residences. It was obviously a strange phenomenon as such had never been witnessed…
Read MoreBuhari’s Twitter Ban and Many Negative Consequences On Nigeria
The recent ban on Twitter in Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB has again raised concerns about the present administration’s democratic credentials. The government seems to be at variance and averse to a governance model which, ordinarily, it is supposed to be championing, deepening and strengthening. Buhari’s administration rather than do the needful appears to be much more at home and comfortable with the martial language of authoritarianism as demonstrated by its seeming rash and illogical action against social media network, Twitter, which it banned its operations in the country,…
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