…Inaugurates St Mary’s Parish Amakaohia Ubi. A lot of the bizarre happenings in Nigeria’s security sector, has been linked to the excessive consumption of hard drugs by youths. This formed the central message of the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, in a homily he delivered weekend, during the inauguration of St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, Amakohia-Ubi, Owerri West local council area of Imo State. His words: “It is true that there is a lot of suffering and hardship in the land. It appears that we are suffering…
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I Spent Three-and-half years In My Mother’s Womb
bikunle Amosun A former governor of Ogun State, Sen Ibikunle Amosun, revealed on Sunday, said his late mother, Rafatu Sanusi-Amosun, carried him in her womb for three-and-half years before he was born. Amosun said his birth was nothing short of a miracle and many people couldn’t believe he was a human being at birth, having stayed for such a long period before birth. The former governor gave the startling revelation at the 25th remembrance prayer for his late mother, Rafatu Sanusi-Amosun, held at the Amosun family residence in Abeokuta, the…
Read MoreGovernor Nwifuru Approves New Minimum Wage for Ebonyi Workers
Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international events Abakaliki, Ebonyi state Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has approved the payment of N75,000 new minimum wage to civil servants in the state. Nwifuru made this known shortly after a Holy Mass at Government House Chapel, Abakaliki on Sunday, October 27. He also disclosed that implementation of the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state would commence on Monday, October 28, 2024. The governor said the decision to increase the minimum wage followed a…
Read MoreCaregivers Training/ Intensive Institute, Imo State, Holds Graduation Ceremony
By Nkechi Ojukwu In accordance with the school’s curriculum and a caterer to be certified as a student of the school, CAREGIVERS TRAINING/INTENSIVE INSTITUTE has graduated it’s second batch of students last weekend in Owerri, Capital of Imo State. Chatting with Journalists after the graduation ceremony, the Rector of the Institute, His Lordship, Bishop Athan Azubike , reaffirmed that, the Institute is thea first of it’s kind in the entire South East of Nigeria. He explained that as the school stands out because of it’s policy of giving one…
Read More11 Year-old Girl Survives US Home Shooting By ‘Playing Dead’ As Brother Guns Down Five Family Members
15-year-old boy has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder after allegedly killing his parents and three siblings in a tragic shooting at their home in eastern Seattle. The victims, identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as Mark Humiston, 43, his wife Sarah Humiston, 42, and their children Katheryn, 7, Joshua, 9, and Benjamin, 13, were all found dead at the scene. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by King County Sheriff’s Detective Aaron Thompson, the family’s 11-year-old daughter survived the massacre by playing dead…
Read More‘Illiterate Population’ – Soludo Speaks On Failed Campaign Promise Of Making Anambra Dubai-Taiwan
The Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukuwma Soludo, has explained why he is yet to fulfil his campaign promise of making the state ‘Dubai-Taiwan of Nigeria.’ Naijaonpoint reports that Soludo, while speaking at a recent event, said some people feel making Anambra ‘Dubai-Taiwan’ is being able to see skyscrapers spring up everywhere overnight. However, Souldo said that is not the case, as he cannot do that with an ‘illiterate population.’ Soludo emphasized that education is needed to bring his campaign promise to reality. In other news, the ongoing crisis between Anambra…
Read MoreOru East LG Boss Swears in Councillors.
By Joseph Nwachukwu The new Executive Chairman of Oru East LGA, Imo state, Chief Nnamdi Okwaraigwe last Tuesday, October 15, swears in the ten newly elected Councillors of the ten wards in Oru East. Performing the ceremony,Hon Nnamdi Okwaraigwe thanked the executive Governor of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma for conducting the Local Government election that ushered them in. He assured the people of Oru East of adequate dividends of democracy as he urged the new Councillors to make good bye laws that would improve the economy, social and political…
Read MoreAfter 5 Months In Maternity: Imo Journalist, Takes Twin Babies Homes, Donates Cash, Food Stuff To Family.
An Activist journalist and a Human Rights defender, Chidiebube Okeoma, has helped a set of twin boys to go home after their delivery since May 4, but were unable to go home because their parents’ inability to pay the hospital bill. Okeoma, in a statement in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Saturday, said that the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, should be commended for his professional and fatherly intervention which ensured that the twin boys who were delivered over five months ago went home despite the doctor’s insistence…
Read MoreBIAFRA: Kanu’s Reps Member- Aguocha Meets Him, Resolves DSS Restriction On Lawyers.
…Kanu has now received private medicare,lawyers now see him” The House of Representatives member from Ikwuano, Umuahia North and South Federal constituency, Obi Aguocha,in response to the blockade imposed by the Department of State Security,DSS has met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Hon. Aguocha physically met with Kanu on Thursday, October 24,at the DSS facility in Abuja. Recall that Kanu had challenged his trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court to recuse herself from his trial. Kanu had expressed…
Read MoreIPOB: Nigeria Has An Igbo Problem,Says Sowore On Kanu’s Detention
Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters’ publisher, has accused some Igbo elites of complicity in Nnamdi Kanu’s prolonged detention. He said that Kanu’s incarceration proves “Nigeria has an Igbo problem,” showcasing post-civil war marginalization. Speaking on 90Minutes Africa, Sowore stated, “Nigeria has an Igbo problem. It’s like when a father is dying, they will tell their children, I have a problem with Igbo people; please continue from there.” Sowore expressed disappointment in President Bola Tinubu’s administration for not releasing Kanu. “I expected Tinubu’s first act to be Kanu’s release. But the worsening…
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