Category: GUEST WRITER

A renowned Evangelist and an online fiery preacher, Evangelist Samuel Ezeji unveils his Newsmagazine, Nigeria Watchman Newsmagazine to the public come Friday, May 25. According to a release signed by the publisher and made available to the Press, the publisher stated that the Newsmagazine is the business arm of his Ministry; the Newsmagazine will cover such developmental areas as Politics, Religion, Sports, Entertainment etc. The event which comes up at Rockview Hotel, by Government House Round­about Owerri, has Rt. Hon. Ugonna Ozurigbo, The Deputy Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly,…

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An Owerri based lawyer Mr. Chris Osunka has alleged that his landlord wants to kill him Mr. Osunka who is a pastime politician revealed how his landlord battered him and his wife physically and equally sent hired assassins to assassinate him. Osunka who spoke to newsmen lamented that the incident of the attempted assassination took place on Friday May 11, May 2018 by 7:45pm. In the words of Mr. Chris Osunka he disclosed thus: “On the Friday 11th May 2018, I was on my way home after seeing my lawyer…

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By Joseph Aniemeka Nwachukwu Many people in our clime depend on Government to initiate and drive t positive and desirable changes we need in our society.  This set of individuals strongly believe that they can-do nothing on our own without Government-intervention or involvement. However, others believe that they can be agents of positive change that is, by providing infrastructural facilities with their own resources. One of such patriotic, self motivated, and highly liberal change agents is Rev. Fr. Dr. Emeka Emeakaroha, a vibrant and altruistic priest of Catholic extraction and…

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  By Dr. Chuks Osuji Understandably, Nigeria operates a Federal System of Government. Properly put, this means the coming together of various states to form a loose federal government. In actual sense, as known all over the world where a Federal System is operated, powers are shared between the Federating States and the Central Government. These powers are clearly defined to avoid any type of frictions. In such arrangement, the states have well defined roles to play and have their exclusive zones of authorities to operate without interference of the…

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The collection of toll along major Streets and Roads in Owerri by indigenes and non indigenes is becoming very worrisome because the menace is increasing daily. These boys collecting money from streel traders, wheel barrow operator, motorists and Hawkers are operate in private/commercial vehicles with covered plate numbers; they wear ENTRACO T Shirts, Owerri Municipal Traffic Taskforce jacket or Muffi. They ply Douglas Road, Chikwer Street, School Road  Ekeonunwa  Street,  Relief Market,  Wetheral  Road, Ikenegbu Layout, Mbaise Road, Okigwe Road, Tetlow Road among other places. Touts Extort Motorists Over Non…

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By Dr. Chuks Osuji Understandably, Nigeria operates a Federal System of Government. Properly put, this means the coming together of various states to form a loose federal government. In actual sense, as known all over the world where a Federal System is operated, powers are shared between the Federating States and the Central Government. These powers are clearly defined to avoid any type of frictions. In such arrangement, the states have well defined roles to play and have their exclusive zones of authorities to operate without interference of the Central…

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By Kasarachukwu Ekeh In the build up to the 2011 governorship election, a few strident voices rose against candidate  Rochas Okorocha.  These voices of reason which were largely outnumbered by the vociferous backers of the then governorship candidate and now governor warned against electing him  on the basis that he had no roadmap for the governance of the state. For them, governance is a serious business which only individuals with roadmaps that clearly show how they would take their people to greater heights merit consideration for electoral mandates.  But, here…

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By Marcel Ekwezuo I had earlier decided to keep mum concerning the kind gesture of Rt. Hon (Dr.) Acho Ihim’s manifold and exemplary benevolence to his beloved people of Okigwe state constituency.  The thought did not come because I have nothing so fresh or unprecedented to say about it. Rather, like the proverbial little vulture, who once, asked his mother, because of the uncountable geese flesh on the mother’s body, ‘this your request to scratch your body, where should I start from, one, two, or where’? “Mama, the craw –…

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Prof Jude Njoku, former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Owerri and governorship aspirant of the People Democratic Party PDP, Imo State says only his candidature can guarantee the party victory in 2019. The astute administrator and manager also made it categorically clear that  financial restructuring remains the best possible option to hit the ground running after 2019 election going by states huge debt burden and near bankruptcy under the present government. The Ngor Okpala born academic turned politician stated this yesterday at the Nigeria Union of…

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