The Immediate past co-ordinator of Nkwerre West Development Centre, High Chief Michael Esiwe has commended the Senator representing Orlu zone in the National Assembly, Senator Osita.B. Izunaso on quality and effective representation. Esiwe gave the commendation while speaking to journalists on the occasion of his score card presentation/Town Hall Meeting with his constituents held at Nkwerre Country Club in Nkwerre Local Government Area,Imo state. The former Coordinator, Development Centre who described the event as a welcome development, a step in the right direction lauded the senator for the initiative to…
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Imo Guber: Appeal Court Judgement Mere Distraction – Anyanwu
…Expresses confidence in Supreme Court, …Urges, Imolites , PDP members be calm. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 11,2023 Governorship election in Imo state, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has described the latest judgement of the Appeal Court affirming the declaration of the APC candidate, Senator Hope Uzodinma as Governor as a mere distraction. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday,Tuesday, July 16, dismissed the appeal challenging the declaration of the APC candidate, Senator Hope Uzodinma as Governor of Imo state. Anyanwu maintains that such verdict remains inconsequential…
Read MoreIllegal Motor Parks: Motorists Rally Support For Onwumere
…Urge SA to step on toes Following his unrelenting efforts to sanitize the state of activities of illegal park operators and other anti road uses, motorists in Owerri Municipality have pledged their individual support for Pastor Frank Onwumere Special Adviser (SA) on Illegal Motor Parks. Motorists who separately made the pledge at their various parks said within two weeks the SA began work the state capital has worn a new look noting that loading on the roads, illegal park activities, road trading and other traffic offences are now at low…
Read MoreCharly Boy reacts over renaming of National Theatre after Soyinka, says I withdraw my respect
Veteran singer and social activist, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, says he will no longer accord respect to the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka.Charly Boy, a staunch critic of President Bola Tinubu made the assertion in a post on his official X handle on Friday while reacting to the renaming of the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos after Soyinka. It was reported that President Tinubu in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday, announced the renaming of the facility after Soyinka. Reacting, Charly…
Read MoreNigerian Govt Now Run By Thieves, Criminals -Ndume Alleges
The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Ali Ndume says the Nigerian government is peopled by persons of questionable characters and antecedents. Speaking during an interview with Arise Television on Thursday on Friday, Ndume stated that Nigeria is now being run by “kleptocrats”. He said: “The government is also populated by kleptocrats, but unfortunately that is not what the President is up to; he really meant renewed hope, but you can only do that when you have people around you that are on the same type of thinking.”
Read MoreFG, States Must Adopt Strong Agric Policies To Quench Rising Hunger
The prevailing high prices of food items in Nigeria appear to have reached a crescendo. Suffice to say that Nigerians are already beleaguered by the palpable economic situation in the country, presently. Prices of goods and service continue to climb to the top of the mountains under the present administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Although the economic situation in the country began to slide to worrisome lows under the lacklustre Muhammadu Buhari administration that left office on May 29, 2019. The over one year-old Tinubu administration as Nigeria’s President…
Read MoreImperative of Participation In Imo State’s Local Government Elections
By Chibuikem Diala As Imo State gears up for its Local Government Elections in September 2024, the political landscape is rife with skepticism and distrust. With 305 wards across 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) set to compete in a State organised election, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has already mobilized its machinery for the polls. However, the opposition parties, including the Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are yet to fully commit to participating in the process. The reasons adduced by some opposition parties and citizens threatening…
Read MoreAnother Oru Owerre Celebration Without Ozuruigbo
By Princess Stella-NJemanze On June 24 , 2024, the esteemed Oha of Owerre announced the beginning of Oru Owerre to end July 18, 2024. The declaration was supposed to usher a period of love, happiness, thanksgiving, and appreciation for all our blessings. The announcement started weeks of appreciating and celebrating our ancestors and forefathers for their protection throughout the year. I remembered celebrating several Oru Owerre with my late dad,HRM,Eze Alexius Anumaku NJemanze and uncles before leaving for the United States. It was fun. In 2010, during one of my…
Read MoreLG Autonomy: New Twist As Tinubu Discloses When Supreme Court Verdict Will Be Effective
President Bola Tinubu’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said that the Supreme Court’s rulingon financial autonomy for local governments takes immediate effect. The Supreme Court ruled that state governors have been abusing their powersby withholding funds meant for local governments and ordered the federal government to withhold allocations to LGAs governed by unelected officials. Fagbemi stated that the judgment is a significant development, dubbing it the “local government emancipation judgment” as it frees local governments from the control of state governors. He urged…
Read MoreLG Autonomy: Supreme Court Has Relieved Us of Burden –Govs
Governors from the 36 States of the Federation under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum have scheduled a crucial meeting next week to review the judgment of the Supreme Court that granted autonomy to local government councils in the country. Addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), and Governor of Kwara, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, said governors who have been using their resources to bail out local governments have been relieved of a burden. The NGF Chairman also affirmed…
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