The Imo Economic Development Initiative (IEDI) has expressed satisfaction over the socioeconomic policies and programmes of Imo State Government especially as it concerned the first tenure of the 3R and Shared Prosperity administration. The body, which is an assemblage of professionals cutting across socioeconomic divide, passed the verdict over the weekend when they visited Gov. Uzodimma…
Governor Alex Otti has said he is looking at the issue of N35,000 wage award approved by the Federal Government for workers, with a view to implementing it. He spoke when he received executive members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abia State Council, who were on a working visit. He said a committee had…
David Umahi, Minister of Works, has restated the commitment of the federal government to ensuring that all the federal road projects are executed speedily and delivered to best standards. He gave this assurance during his inspection visit to the rehabilitation work at Enugu- Port Harcourt dual carriageway section 4 (Aba-PH) executed by China Civil Engineering…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has initiated court proceedings against Moses Nweze, on allegations of murdering his elder brother’s wife. The wife of his brother, Mary Nwomege, was said to have been slain by Nweze on February 24, 2024. The victim’s daughter, Chinasa Nwomege, narrated the traumatic event, explaining how she was in the house…
The Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has decried the high level of intimidation and extortion of hapless citizens by security agencies in the South-East, particularly at checkpoints across the region. NUJ made the observation in Umuahia through an 8-point communique signed by Abia NUJ Chairman, Victor Ndukwe and Adaeze Ralph Igbokwe,…
The 94 sacked lectures of Enugu State College of Education, Technical (ESCET), have appealed to Gov. Peter Mbah for reinstatement. The group made the appeal in a letter to Mbah, signed by Dr Egbo Doris, Dr Njideka Frank and others on Sunday in Enugu. In the letter titled “A passionate appeal to reconsider staff disengagement…
An Abia State High Court sitting at Isuochi would on March 13, 2024, commence hearing in a suit seeking to stop the state government from going ahead with its plan to remodel the Umuchieze Garki Cattle Market.The government has also decided to end the practice of cattle dealers and their families making their homes…
The Imo state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Dunjuma, has assured residents in the state to go about their legitimate businesses on Mondays without any fear of molestation from the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). CP Danjuma, while addressing officers of the Command on Monday during a Confidence Building Patrol, said the Command had put every…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State is weighing the possibility of the government establishing two other Government Secondary Schools at Okigwe and Orlu zones to complement the already existing Government College Owerri with a view to deepening education in the State. He gave the assurance to examine the pros and cons of having two Government…
The Nigerian Army troops have successfully cleared IPOB/ESN hideout at Ihiteukwa Community in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, neutralising one IPOB/ESN terrorist after an intense firefight on Saturday. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Nwachukwu said the troops conducted…
