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My dear brethren, I am compelled by our joint sense of purpose and commitment to address some misinformation arising from the TVC news coverage of my recent visit to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nsu Study Centre. I was accompanied by the Federal Commissioner for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. First, I must clarify that the video of refugees attached to the TVC broadcast, which has caused understandable anxiety, was not filmed in…

  …Hails Parish Shepherd-Anyiam for divine obedience to build Emmanuel Cathedral By Onyinyechi Nwankwo A multi-million naira church building erected by the Celestial Church of Christ Owerri Central Parish Rescue Centre, Emmanuel Cathedral, was on Wednesday 25 September 2024 officially dedicated, just as an alter was laid and consecrated. The building dedication/alter laying ceremony took place at the church auditorium at No 12 Old Nekede Road, Umuezerokam Village in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. Taking his sermon text from the Book of II Chronicles, 6:1-22, Ven. Sup.Tom…

…In 2 Months, Sports In Imo Took Encouraging Shape Sports is usually employed as an essential  instrument for development as well as a powerful tool for diplomacy. For complete 16 days between August 1 and 16, 1936, the world’s attention was focussed on Chancellor Adolf Hitler as Berlin in Germany dramatically but symbolically played host to the 11th edition of the Olympic Games. Berlin had already been billed for the Games before the Nazis came into power. It( the Nazi government) therefore exploited every opportunity offered by  the Olympics media…

…Urges govt, security  agencies to   monitor ,regulate them..  By Williams Odunze The Imo State House of Assembly,IMHA has described the activities of the scavengers of Iron and other  metals  in the state, popularly called,’Iron Condemn’, as threat to security of the State . The  House resolved to urge the State Government to monitor and regulates their activities of these scavengers. The move according to them, if implemented will help in fostering  more secured environment and curb insecurity in the State. The attention of the House was drawn to the issue …

Salihu Lukman,the former National Vice Chairman, North West of the All Progressives Congress,APC ,has tasked former military and civilian presidents in Nigeria  to seize the initiative and make concerted efforts to rescue the country from what he tagged the present “government’s heartless and mindless policies.” In a statement titled “Nigerian Democracy in ICU,” the former APC chieftain appealed to the two-term civilian president, Chief Olusegun Aremo Matthew Obasanjo; former military president and Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former National Security Adviser, Aliyu Gusau, to take more…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Gombe State University chapter, has declared a total and indefinite strike over unmet demands. The strike was announced after a congress meeting on Wednesday. This is the first internal strike since the university was founded. Key grievances include the non-implementation of a 2021 Memorandum of Action, which outlined financial improvements for the institution. Among the unresolved issues are unpaid academic allowances, the lack of a training fund for academic staff, unfulfilled minimum wage adjustments, and the non-payment of promotional arrears for the years…