Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he is neither deterred nor worried by Thursday’s Appeal Court judgment which returned Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers to the state House of Assembly. The Appeal Court had nullified the order of a Rivers State High Court which restrained Amaewhule and the other lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from parading themselves as lawmakers. The court also said only the Federal High Court has the jurisdiction to entertain the matter of the lawmakers. Meanwhile, Fubara…
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Senator Hope Uzodimma Hands Over Sam Mbakwe International Airport To Staff Of The Art Electronic Tollgate To The Federal Airport Authority Of Nigeria
Governor Hope Uzodimma Of Imo State has officially handed over a state-of-the-art, electronic tollgate at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport to The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The tollgate, located at the airport’s entrance, was donated by the Imo State Government to enhance the airport’s beauty and functionality. According to Governor Uzodimma, the facility aims to improve traffic management and provide quality service to airport users. He acknowledged that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu had earlier commissioned the airport’s road, and now, the tollgate is ready for use. The…
Read MoreHe Poured Salt into My Mouth,Raped Me At Gun Point–SS2 Student.
…Court remands suspect in prison. He was pouring salt into my mouth during intercourse’, SS2 student raped at gun point recounts ordeals A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikirun, Osun State has ordered a 24-year-old man, Wahab Taofeek to be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a teenage girl. It was gathered that the girl, an SSS student, was allegedly defiled and sexually abused by the accused person at gunpoint. The incident, it was gathered, happened on June 1, 2024 when the 16-year-old victim (name withheld) was at their…
Read MoreIPOB: Back Off-Make No More Anti-Kanu Utterances, kinsmen Warn Reno Omokri
Members of the Ibeku Youth Association have made a strong case for the unconditional release of their kinsman and detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu from the DSS custody. In a communique signed by the National President, Ibeku Youth Association, Mr Martins Chiedozie Nwosu and the National Secretary, Mr Chibuzor Onwukamuche and read to the press at Isieke, Ibeku ancestral home in Umuahia, the group expressed sadness that one of her own has long been detained in the DSS custody. The Ibeku youths, who used the communique to warn social media…
Read MoreGender Based Violence: Imo Women Affairs Commissioner Wades In To Prosecute Man Bullying Widow
By Williams Odunze The Imo state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Lady Nkechinyere Ugwu has intervened to save a widow who was being maltreated by one Chinagorom Ukaegbu via a video that has gone viral on Social Media. The commissioner insisted that the state government is determined to prosecute the suspect to ensure justice for the widow . She made the statement while addressing Journalists in her office at State Secretariat in Owerri, Imo state capital, yesterday . The Commissioner said that the Ministry was moved by the…
Read MoreCharter Of Equity: 2027 Governorship, Mere Distraction For Uzodinma, Says Ex-speaker Nwagwu
A former speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Rt Hon Kelechi Kennedy Nwagwu, says it is still quite early for politicians to start overheating the polity with talks about which zone of the state takes over from the incumbent Governor, Hope Uzodinma in 2027. In a chat with Nigeria Newspoint ,recently, the outspoken former IMHA speaker said what the governor, Senator Uzodinma needs at the moment is the support of all well meaning Imolites to continue to deliver dividends of democracy to the people, instead of the on-going distraction…
Read MoreRural Security Imo Assembly Urges Uzodinma To Mandate Monarchs To Partner Vigilante Group
By Williams Odunze In order to have adequate security in the State, the Imo Assembly has urged the Governor, Sen.Hope Uzodinma to mandate all the Traditional Rulers to cooperate with the Local Vigilante in their respective domains to foster peace and adequate security in the rural areas. The move followed the adoption of the motion moved by Hon. Ozioma Worship Benneth Ebonine, representing Njaba Constituency. Presenting the motion on the floor of Assembly, the Lawmaker said that the Vigilante is made up majorly of the Youths who know the nooks…
Read MoreEnugu moves to end land grabbing, open grazing, signs 4 bills into law
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has signed four bills into law, saying they were part of his administration’s effort to make the state the number one in Ease of Doing Business and preferred destination for investment, business, tourism, and living. “The Enugu State Properties Protection Law is in line with our promise to enhance the ease of doing business in Enugu State. People, who come to Enugu State to invest in property, must do so in sure knowledge that the title document that is issued to them is…
Read MoreOkewulonu: Imo SSG’s Daughter Graduates In Medicine Abroad
The Daughter of former Secretary to the Government of Imo State ,. Barr. Chris Okewulonu has graduated as a Medical Doctor from a foreign University. Dr Onyinyechi V Okewulonu M.D. who is the second Daughter of Barr Chris and Chinyere Okewulonu is among the graduates of University of Debrecen, Hungary during their last graduation ceremony held on Friday June 21, at the main building of University of Debrecen, Hungary. The ex- Chief of Staff to Imo State Governor,Chief Barr Chris Okewulonu was in Hungary for the graduation Ceremony to celebrate…
Read MoreImo LGA Polls: LP, PDP, APGA others collapse structures for Onuoha’s APC
…As Declares for Aboh Mbaise Council chairmanship In what looks like a dramatic turn of events, the chairmanship aspiration of Hon. Dr. Vitalis Onuoha has gotten a boost following the reported collapse of structures of major political parties in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area. The development is said to have sent shockwaves across the political landscape in the area, as key members of the Labour Party, People’s Democratic Party, among others, have allegedly pitched tent with Onuoha’s camp. Speaking with newsmen at his Okeuvuru, Aboh Mbaise country home shortly…
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