Alleged Diversion Of N100m Goods: AIFY Global MD  Remanded In Prison

A 58 year-old man,Dr.Nwagu Athan Ifeanyi, Managing Director,MD, AIFY Global Aluminum Company, Owerri has been remanded in Imo State Correctional Centre by a Magistrate Court following an alleged criminal diversion of one hundred million Naira (N100m),worth of goods kept under his custody in 2021. Ruling on bail application in the case brought  before him by the police on behalf of the IGP chief Magistrate,TN Agummadu ordered that the defendant,Dr Nwagwu be remanded in Owerri Correctional Centre,(Prison) till February 2 to determine his bail application. The prosecutor,Barr. Romanus Eze, legal officer…

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Ijaw Youth Council Alleges Plot To Sack Major General Barry Ndiomu 

…Wants Tinubu to increase  Amnesty Programme fund From Yenagoa: Agadaga JuLius The Ijaw Youth Council has alleged plot by politicians to influence President Bola Tinubu to sack the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Major General Barry Ndiomu and replace him by a retired senior military officer from the urhobo extraction in Delta State. The Spokesman of the Pan Ijaw Youth Body, Ambassador Binebai Princewill made this allegation at a news conference in Warri where he also appealed to President Bola Tinubu to shun recommendation of other tribes by…

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Hurray, My Dead Community School Resurrects!

By Steve Osuji About two years ago,  this column(Expresso) had bemoaned what it described as the ‘Demise of my Old Community Primary School’. Illustrated with ugly photos of  a crumbling edifice with roofs caved in and the surroundings taken over by weeds. It was a picture of dereliction writ large. Readers of the article had mourned with me, many mooting the idea of initiating a self-help drive to rebuild the school. Apparently moved by the Igbo spirit of communalism and self-improvement, some men and women of Ibeme town who returned…

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 NCDMB Boss Visits Diri, Pledges collaboratiin  With Bayelsa Govt From Agadaga  Julius Bayelsa

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has pledged to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government to the mutual benefit of the Board and the State. A statement by the Corporate Communications Department of the NCDMB said Ogbe made the pledge during a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri at Government House, Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital, stating that the purpose of the visit was to formally introduce himself as the new Executive Secretary of the Board.…

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Environmental Cleanness: Osuoha Moves Motion To Restore Sanity In Imo Markets

The Lawmaker for Ohaji/Egbema state constituency, in the Imo state House of Assembly,Hon.Uzoma Francis Osuoha has called for the restoration of clean environment in Markets in the state. The Lawmaker who made the call while moving a motion on the floor of the of the Assembly urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to mandate the Ministry of Environment and Imo State Almagmated Market Traders Association,ISAMMATA, to carry out clean up exercises every Thursday of the week. Hon. Osuoha, who is popularly called Eze Buguma by his constituents observed that markets both in…

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Umulewe Town Union: Okpara Emerges Caretaker Chairman …Election of Substantive Exco holds, Dec. 29

  Elder Gregory Okpara has emerged the Acting President General, Umulewe Town Union, Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. This followed an emergency congress of the community’s town union held on January 1, this year. Others who emerged with him include Chinonso Ugwuneri who is the Acting Secretary;  Prophet Nna Eboh is the Acting Vice President, Mr Ikechukwu Nwosu is the Acting Treasurer, among other representatives of the various villages in Umulewe Autonomous Community. A communiqué issued at the end of the said emergency congress of the community…

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Fubara to Diri, We’ve to devlop in face of crisis, help one another in times of anarchy

According to Daily Post, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed his commitment to collaborate with Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, in resolving peacefully the issues surrounding jointly owned properties currently entangled in legal disputes. Governor Fubara conveyed his willingness for mutual cooperation during a New Year’s visit to Governor Diri at his residence in Sampou, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Accompanied by key leaders from Rivers State, Governor Fubara highlighted the significance of their meeting, aiming to initiate a new era of understanding and cooperation between the…

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Bloody New Year! How Homosexual Act Claimed 2 Lives, One At Large 

While Families were still enjoying the Christmas and New Year Celebrations across the globe, same may not be said of Families of two male lovers allegedly killed in cold blood over their homosexual lifestyle in the Northern part of Nigeria. It was an eyesore at Lafia, in Nasarawa State, last week, Wednesday, January 3, 2024, as irate youths maimed, tortured and murdered two male adults caught having canal knowledge of each other inside a rickety Corolla car in a late night of the said day. The incident, it was gathered…

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State Primary Sch.Amazano: Umuele Deviopment Union North American Indigenes Donate Building To School .

It was a moment of excitement and jubilation  in Amazano Autonomous community in Njaba Local Government Area  as the illustrious sons and daughters of Umuele Development Union in North America officially donated a hall of building to the State Primary School,Amazano and the host community. Speaking on the occasion, the traditional ruler, Amazano autonomous community Njaba LGA, HRH Eze Ceasar Duruegbusuo commended the donors for the initiative describing it as a welcome development, a step in the right direction as he  suggested the Education Trust Fund which would help immensely…

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SUBEB BOARD MEMBER HaiLs  IBEME 

…Describes Community school renovation as first of its kind in Okigwe. By  Steve OsuJi   Ibeme had her day in the sun on January 4, 2024 as the N25 million renovation work of Ibeme Community School,ICS was handed over to the education authorities. It was a solemn occasion which had in attendance,  the two traditional rulers of Ibemeland, representatives of chairman of Imo State Universal Basic Education Board, Executive Secretary of Isiala-Mbano Education Board, among others. Ibeme Unity and Development Initiative,IUDI, initiators of the school renovation, was represented by Barr.…

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