“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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Ekweremadu, Wife Found Guilty Of Organ Trafficking In UK
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…
Read MoreAlleged Anti-Party: APC Sledge Hammer Falls On Amadi, As Ikenegbu Ward 1, Expels Him
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…
Read MoreOrlu Assembly: Nwadike assures electorate of better days ahead, condemns extra judicial killings
…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…
Read MoreOhanaeze Youths Finger REC Over Electoral Fraud
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…
Read MoreE Dey Work Adoration: INEC Must Cancel Presidential Election For Peace To Reign -Fr. Ebere
…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…
Read MoreFUTO VC Approves Academic Technologists’ Elevation As Directors
…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…
Read More2023 Polls: ORAUSA Debunks Report Of Endorsing Any Party Candidate
The Orlu Regional Assembly USA, (ORAUSA) a socio-cultural organization of sons and daughters of Orlu zone resident in the United States of America have dissociated itself from claims in some Newspaper publications that it had endorsed some political party candidates contesting for political offices in the 2023 general elections in Orlu zone. In a Public Notice signed by the organization’s President, Dr Uzo Unegbu and two other executive officers and made available to the press, ORAUSA urged the general public to disregard any such claims of endorsement by politicians as…
Read MoreUnknown Gunmen Raze Orsu SOLAD’s Country Home
…SOLAD: If act will give peace, let it be The Sole Administrator of Orsu Local Government Area,SOLAD, Hon. Onyekachukwu Ezenwa has described as inhuman and wicked the recent violent incident of burning his Country home and that of the former member of Imo State House of Assembly and APC Candidate for Orsu State Constituency, Hon Uche Agabige at their Eziawa native Community in Orsu LGA. Hon Ezenwa said he was saddened with the news on that faithful night of January 5,when he learnt that his Village house was set on…
Read MoreOzuruigbo Stool: Charles Njemanze heads to Appeal, As High Court Strikes Out Case
…Insists: Only bloodline Njemanze must ascend throne The tussle of who becomes next Ozuruigbo from the Royal Blood of Njemanze Dynasty is yet to be over as Prince Charles Ezemurum Anumaku Njemanze is heading to Appeal Court to challenge the outcome of the judgement which struck out his suit challenging the parading of Eze Ohiri Njemanze as crown prince of Owerri Nchi Ise by an Owerri High Court. Owerri high court had on Wednesday, struck out the suit “for lacking justifiable course of action”. Charles Njemanze’s insisted that the next…
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