By Collins Ughalaa What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground…”, Zachariah 4:7. “So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall (of Jericho) fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city”, Joshua 6:20. “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too…
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Unneccessary wahala over election sequence
By Chuks Osuji Having travelled quite a lot particularly having lived in the two highly acclaimed democracies, United States of America and England, it baffles me how some political issues are handled and discussed in this country. Of course, it comes to one fact, “Nigeria is still experimenting democracy.” I recalled what the late Sam Mbakwe said in 1982 due to so many political crises all over the country, as the country was gradually inching towards the 1983 general elections, in apparent anger, he exploded, “ I wish that the…
Read MoreLG autonomy rejection: Rescind your decision, Okey Ezeh tells Imo Lawmakers
A frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State, Mr. Okey Ezeh, has chided members of the state House of Assembly for voting against local government autonomy in the ongoing constitution amendment. In a release made available in Owerri, Mr. Ezeh who expressed utter surprise at such posture by the state House of Assembly, submitted that it has confirmed that the people are there for themselves and not for the people. The APGA chieftain noted that the local government has been…
Read MoreI want to restore Imo lost glory – Onyeagbako
Appalled by the current state of affairs in Imo state, one of the gubernatorial aspirants jostling to represent the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in the 2019 guber election in Imo state Chief Charles Onyeagbako has unveiled his desire to restore Imo to its former glory. Chief Onyeagbako who made this known during a chart with journalists at the grand finale of APGA’s sensitization/rally tour across the 27 Local Government Areas of the state, at Mount Canel, Emekuku, in Owerri North added that APGA is the only political platform through…
Read MorePolice hunt: homosexuals in Imo …Declares Nwokeji wanted
The Imo state police command has geared up towards arrest of two male sex mates wanted for homosexual act which is offensive to Nigerian law. Nigeria Newspoint gathered that the homosexuals were given a hot chase on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 by the police at an Owerri hotel (name withheld) where it was revealed that both gay men lodged in the state. When the police got wind of the two men performing their act in the hotel, they came after them and they reportedly escaped from the windows of their…
Read MoreBIAFRA: FG declares Journalist Wanted for support to IPOB …Says: Act inimical to Nigeria’s image.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared a 29 year-old Journalist,Mr Okonkwo Johnbosco Chiebonam wanted for what it described as “playing vital role in the promotion of activities of Indigenous People of Biafra,IPOB . Nigeria Newspoint gathered that Mr Okonkwo who was born in May 20,1990 is a notorious journalist who is said to have been helping in the promotion of IPOB’s ideas for South East seperation from Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari,an Islamic extremist. Nigerian government has further alleged that Mr Okonkwo is “carrying out hidden functions for…
Read MoreBiafra Activists On The Run As Military Intensifies Clampdown
Activists of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a group clamouring for the independence of the South East region of Nigeria, have fled the region in droves, the wake of increased military clampdown by Nigeria Security Forces deployed to their agitation. The IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has in the recent past intensified agitation for secession from Nigeria allegedly on the basis of gross marginalization of the people of South East by the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government. In line with that plan members of the group in…
Read MoreAlleged IPOB Inauguration: FG Declares Sunday Onyekachi, Enebechi Chika, Ndidiamaka Collins, 9 Other IPOB Members Wanted
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared some alleged arrow heads of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra,IPOB wanted for reported seperatist act and terrorism. Correspondent report revealed that the following members of IPOB made the list:Sunday Onyekachi, Ogechukwu Obiorah, Ndidiamaka Collins and Amaechi Sunday. The rest wanted members include; Kanu Dickson Ekene, Enebechi Chika, Uchechi Kalu, Emma Powerful,Ifegwu Ogbonna and twelve others. The report stated that these IPOB members are wanted over the alleged inauguration of the separatist movement in the South-East Zone of the Country. It was further…
Read MoreDelta State Boils Over Communal Clash …Many Feared Dead …As Teenager, Mathew Risks Death For Refusing To Join War
Palpable fear has enveloped the residents of Agbor, in Delta State, Nigeria, over a clash of communal land. What appeared like a generational battle is said to have been the lot of the present generation, as two communities, Umunede and Emoho have revived the land issues that was layed to rest few years ago. It was a bloody weekend, Friday December 27, 2013, as the two waring communities of Umunede and Emoho layed a manslaughter over claims to right of ownership of the land in their common boundary. Trouble was…
Read MoreMan,18, escapes death for refusing to serve deity …Family banished, house burnt
There are strong indications that the refusal of Ugonna Benneth Uzohuo of Oleme Ajafulem in Ofeahia Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, to serve the community’s Arusi Ogidi deity following his selection as chief priest, prompted the people of community to descend on him by burning his family house and banishing the entire family. His ordeal was said to have started on May 11, 2010, the day his community’s deity, Arusi Ogidi, chose him to be its priest. That particular announcement marked the beginning of…
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