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The Umunoha Elders Forum has lashed out at a group of Traditional rulers from Mbieri who called themselves the Supreme council of  Mbieri traditional rulers for their recent media attacks on their illustrious son and popular radio broadcaster Mazi Chinonso Uba AKA Nonsonkwa. The forum rising from an emergency meeting held at Orieamaigwe Umunoha on Sunday warned the so called traditional rulers and their sponsors to stay away from their son who is doing so well in his job as the voice of the voiceless. Elder Ukachukwu Nnadi the leader…

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has revealed that the State-owned security outfit code-named ‘Operation Doo Akpo’ is to be reactivated and strengthened with state-of-the-art facilities. He said this was part of the government’s strategic security effort to sustain the peace and security in the State. Diri disclosed this on Thursday, March 25th when he received the South-South zone chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Israel Ege and his entourage in Government House, Yenagoa. Reacting to the security situation in the country, the governor said the South-South…

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The official ordination service of Pastor Prophet and Prophetess Victor Etim will hold on Sunday, March 28, at the House of Victory, Christian Faith, Umuakalelu Old Aba Road, Naze, behind Empire Energy Petrol station. Time of the service remains 9am prompt. While Senior Pastor E. E. Ebenezer is billed to preside over the ordination service. Other reputable men of God who will speak at the 4-day power parked crusade with the theme: “A New Dawn”, include Rev Dan Onuoha, Pastor Clinton Duru, Rev Emmanson Ibenga, Apostle Aniakan, Pastor Obasi Akpan,…

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All roads will lead to Maria Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, on April 6, as Nnamdi Finnian, son of Imo State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Declan Emelumba walks down the aisle with his heartthrob, Chinonye Valerie by 12 noon. A release from Commissioner Emelumba indicates that reception will follow immediately at the Art Nouveau Event Centre along Port Harcourt Road by Concord Junction Owerri. The release also indicates that His Grace, Most Revd Anthony Obinna, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese will preside over the solemnization mass.

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Chief Gerald Okorocha has warned the General Manager Imo ENTRACO Mr. MacDonald Ebere and the Chairman of Imo State Hoteliers Association Mr. Chima Chukwunyere that Charles and Charles Multilinks Services Limited do not belong to him as alleged. Chief Okorocha who spoke in Owerri during a press interview, advised that the ENTRACO GM and the Chairman of Imo State Hoteliers Association Mr. Chima Chukwunyere should legally approach the Court on any issues they have with Charles and Charles Multilinks Services Ltd. and stop dragging his name into matters that he…

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A chieftain of the People Democratic party, PDP, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (Ahaejiagamba) has accused an  Owerri based tabloid, Trumpeta newspaper of deliberately trying to malign him in the eyes of Imo citizens by quoting him out of context in a story it published recently. Chief Iwuanyanwu a member of the Board of Trustee, BoT, of the PDP, made the accusation while reacting to the publication in which he was quoted as saying that he regretted voting for Owerri Zone candidate in 2019 Imo governorship election. According to him, the said…

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The Governor of Ebonyi State ENGR. Dave Umahi his deputy Dr Kelechi Igwe have officially been administered the mandatory two shots of Astra Zeneca vaccine without adverse reactions, from the 46090 doses allocated to the state. The event took place at the Government Lodge, Ochiudo Centenary City Abakaliki. Addressing select journalists after taking the vaccine, Gov Umahi doffed his cap for president Mohammadu Buhari for facilitating the procurement of the drugs which demonstrates his love for Nigerians. Gov Umahi emphasized that the drugs were not compulsory but what was mandatory…

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Imo State House of Assembly has thrown their weight behind the Governor,Sen. Hope Uzodinma on his efforts to recover government property which were reportedly in the custody of the former governor,Sen. Rochas Anayo Ethelbert Okorocha and his cronies. This was as the Assembly also passed a vote of confidence on Go. Uzodinma for his courage and determination to embark on the exercise, and ” for his great accomplishments within one year in office.” The property included Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, now Kingsley Ozuomba,KO Mbadiwe University and Royal Spring Palm Hotels…

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The former Senator for Owerri Zone,Sen. Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has opined that the People’s Democratic Party ,PDP remains the only hope for the South East geopolitical zone, and called on the masses to join the party.. Hon Anyanwu further congratulated the party for conducting the most transparent, freest and fairest Congress in the zone. He however charged those that emerged to continue to sustain the vision of the party. Sen. Anyanwu also thanked members of PDP in Imo State for remaining steadfast  before, during and after the misunderstanding in the…

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Leader of the Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria, COSROPIN, Senator Eze Ajoku has attributed the successful passage of the bill seeking to put in place a legal framework for the protection of rights and privileges of old persons, to Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi. According to Senator Ajoku, who reacted to the development in a chat with newsmen, recently, Senator Onyewuchi’s untiring efforts, hard work  and absolute commitment  to the cause of the aged in the country, largely contributed to making the passage a reality.…

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