Eight persons have been arrested for allegedly killing a suya seller at Ohii junction in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, who visited the scene of the crime on Friday for an on-the-spot assessment. He condemned the attack and gruesome murder of…

The intractable crisis rocking Obeagu and Amechi-Uwani Awkunanaw communities over the disputed Enugu Golf and Lifestyle city, otherwise known as Centenary city in Enugu South local government area, has taken a new dimension. This time, the communities, irked by what they called endless killings and incarceration of youths from the affected areas, have dragged the…

Three medical students of the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) lost their lives in a fatal accident an hour after attending the induction ceremony of their senior colleagues. The deceased, two 500-level and one 400-level medical students were reportedly heading for their base in Aba when the tragic incident occurred at the Nunya axis of…

The Imo State Assembly, on Friday, screened and confirmed four additional Commissioner Nominees during a special plenary session. The nominees are, Mrs Ruby Emele, Mr Nathan Okoro, Mr Ikenna Elezieanya, and the former Attorney-general of the State, C.O.C. Akaolisa. The House majority Leader, Mr Kanayo Onyemaechi (APC Owerri West), moved the motion for screening, and…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was characteristically blunt and direct when he paid a courtesy visit to Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, Friday morning. Chief Obasanjo commended Governor Otti for his courage in repealing the law which empowered former Governors and Deputy Governors of the State to enjoy pension and described the abolished legislation as “rascality”….

….Expresses Readiness To Partner With Genuine Investors Abia State says it is open to any form of partnership with prospective and genuine investors interested in investing in the state. Governor Alex Otti who made this known when he received in audience, the President, Advance Global Solutions,(AGS) consortium, Mr Attilio Bianchi, Italy, maintained that his administration…

The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Dr Ben Odoh, has expressed the readiness of the state government to restore peace to all warring communities in Ebonyi State. Odoh stated this on Wednesday at the Old Executive Council Chamber, Government House, Abakaliki, during a sensitization meeting with the stakeholders of Ishinkwo Community of…

….Plight Of Traders Alleviated – Otti Governor Alex Otti has said that his government awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the access road from the Ariaria international market to the Osisioma axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway to alleviate the plight of the traders. According to the governor, the project will commence before the…

Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the dissolutions of all the Board of Government , Parastatals, Agencies, Extra-Ministerial Departments and Commissions in Imo State. In a Press release from the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the governor Mr. Oguwike Nwachachukwu said that those affected in the dissolutions exercise are the Development Center Coordinators and…

….Returns Iwu, Anyaehie as Imo SSG, CoS Governor Uzodinma has appointed Ferdinand Uzodinma, his younger brother, the new Deputy Chief of Staff (General Services), Imo Government House. The Governor also returned Cosmas Iwu the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Nnamdi Anyaehie, the Chief of Staff, Imo Government House. Also returned to their former…