The National Directorate of Employment NDE Abia has flagged off a five (5) day intensive training for 20 women in Abia state on Cosmetology under the Women Employment Branch (WEB). Delivering a keynote address of the Director General, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, the State coordinator NDE Abia, Mrs Tessy Wachuku encouraged the beneficiaries to…
The General Manager of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Honorable Frank Nzewodo has found himself at the center of a legal storm, facing grave accusations of corruption and abuse of power. Reports suggest that Nzewodo may have succumbed to bribery, resulting in the unlawful demolition of a residential property entangled in a heated legal…
About 238 Imo State University, IMSU, students have been recommended for expulsion from the institution due to their display of forged admission letters. The university said on Wednesday in a press release signed by Ralph Njoku, its Public Relations Officer, PRO, that the impacted students had fraudulently hacked into the IMSU and Joint Admission and…
Abia State Government has expressed worry over the spate of social media attacks on the state Governor, Alex Otti, saying the “well-coordinated campaign of disinformation and propaganda is sponsored by mischievous political interests.” But it vehemently warned the purveyors of falsehoods to desist from their nefarious acts to avoid causing crisis of national proportion while…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has struck out two appeals filed by the Federal Government against a September 29, 2021 order of a Federal High Court barring it from reopening the trial of former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu and his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, for money laundering charges. In the two judgments…
A group, the South East Development Peace Initiative has alleged that the successful fight against oil theft is the major reason for the recent attacks against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. The group was reacting to the recent arrest of a Ghanaian Vessel with 13 crew members over suspected oil theft….
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday said criminals operating in the Orsuihitukwa, Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, are funded and recruited by Finland-based self-styled Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa.IPOB explained that the criminals are not members of its Eastern Security Network, ESN, but infiltrators recruited and funded by Ekpa. Emma…
A fresh graduate of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Miss Ezekiel Mary Ogechi was on Tuesday, crushed by a fast moving tanker in front of the institution. Ogechi, who studied accounting in the Polytechnic, came to the school to carry out academic clearance, in preparation to go for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, but met…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has lauded the National Assembly over the passage of the South-East Development Commission bill. It could be recalled that the Senate finally passed the bill last Thursday almost two months after its passage by the House of Representatives. During plenary last week, Michael Opeyemi, the Senate…
A special taskforce compurising military and police has embarked on an intense confidence building patrol in some parts of Imo State. The Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, said that the special taskforce was set up to up public trust in security agencies. The police boss said his officers began the patrol in troubled local government areas…
