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The Peoples Democratic Party has screened the two governorship aspirants of the party for the April 15 governorship primary election of the party in Imo State. Emeka Ihedioha, a former deputy speaker of the House Of Representatives and the immediate past governor of the state and a former senator and the current national secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) were screened in Abuja on Tuesday. They are the only two persons who had shown interest in using the ticket of party to vie for the November 11 governorship election…

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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on the United States, United Kingdom and other nations to deny visas to advocates of violence in name of religion and those alleged to have rigged elections. He condemned the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200-level student of Home Economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, last year by Islamic extremists after she advised her classmates against posting religious materials on their WhatsApp page. He also called attention to the plight of Leah Sharibu only Christian girl among the Dapchi…

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  “I wholeheartedly accept your mandate to be your chief servant for the next four years.” Alex Otti, Governor-elect of Abia State.   Governor-elect Alex Otti of the Labour Party has assured Abia people that his administration will unite rather than divide the state and vows to pay salaries and pensions the incumbent administration owes civil servants and pensioners.   Mr Otti gave the assurance in his acceptance speech on Wednesday after he was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election.   He spoke at his campaign office,…

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A Nigerian politician, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice has been found guilty of organ trafficking in Britain in the first case of its kind. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, wife Beatrice, 56, and ‘middleman’ Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were all found guilty of conspiring to exploit a young man from Lagos for an organ. It is the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting conspiracy. Their daughter Sonia burst out in tears as the jury, which deliberated for nearly 14 hours, cleared…

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Three days to the election of the State House of Assembly members in Imo state the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC , Ikenegbu ward 1 has descended heavily on Chief Willie Amadi, one of the leaders in Owerri Municipal and aide to Governor Hope Uzodinma over an alleged anti party activities and bad conduct against the ideals, integrity and image of the party. In a three page official notification letter captioned “Re- Report of investigation of anti party activities and bad conduct against the ideals, integrity and image of the…

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…Urges security agents to respect rules of engagement The Labour Party candidate for the Orlu State House of Assembly seat in the forth coming House of Assembly election scheduled for Saturday March 18, Comrade Precious Nwadike has assured his constituent of better and qualitative service delivery if elected. He called on the electorate to come out en masse to cast their votes on Saturday without fear or hesitation and called on security agents to carry out their duties during the exercise in accordance with the rules of engagement. Nwadike who…

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The leadership of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has accused the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof Sylvia Uchenna Agu of turning the rights of Imolites into a broad daylight robbery, threatening to deprive her sleep in reprisal. The Apex Socio-cultural youth organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ohanaeze Youth Council,OYC has described Prof. Agu, the Imo Resident Electoral Commissioner ,REC  as an embodiment of electoral fraud “in the history of INEC commissioners in the  state on the declaration of a manipulated Imo West senatorial results.” Addressing news men after an…

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…Wants it reschedule ,Marc 11, sues for peace The Spiritual Director of the Cananland Adoration Counselling Centre, Nigeria, Rev Fr Magnus Ebere has called for the outright cancellation of the Presidential election held last Saturday, February 25. The Rev Fr Ebere said the call became necessary because of unprecedented flaws and irregularities that made the election fall short of expectations of not only Nigerians but international communities that monitored the elections. The Rev Fr Ebere of the E-Dey Work Adoration Centre who made the call in one of his daily…

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…To donate land to NAAT for Secretariat The Vice Chancellor, VC  of the Federal University of Technology Owerri,FUTO, Prof. Nnenna Otti has approved that henceforth, academic Technologists in the university would have opportunities of attaining the position of directors in the institution, particularly, in the equipment and maintenance units. The VC also said that the appointment of such directors would be on the recommendation of the Chief Technologist so that he or she can design a laboratory that would match the specification of the department. Prof. Otti, who disclosed this…

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