The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, CON said the economic transformation and development of the nation calls for collaborative efforts on the part of both the government and the governed. She was speaking at the flag-off of the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI women Agricultural Support Programme (RHI-WASP) held in the…
Aides to Abia State governor, Dr. Alex Otti and his predecessor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu have taken to conventional and social media to attack one another over claims by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Geometric Power Ltd, Osisioma, Aba, Prof. Barth Nnaji, that he was to receive payment on the proposed five per cent equity of…
Two communities in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Eziukwu Ebem and Ekeluogo Ebem, have appealed against the judgment of the Abia State High Court which upheld their exclusion from the list of duly recognised autonomous communities in the state. The two autonomous communities were in 2002 created out of then Ebem Oha autonomous…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State has attributed the elevation of Justice Chidiebere Uwa as Justice of the Supreme Court to her sterling performance and qualities in the discharge of her responsibilities. Otti said this at a dinner in honour of Uwa in Abuja. The event was organised by “Ama-Ala Abia”, a socio cultural group…
A man, identified as Marcel Udeh from Umunneochi LGA of Abia State has been nabbed by the Police, for allegedly killing his son. His son’s offense, according to a community source, was that he returned home and ate the last portion of food in a pot inside the family’s kitchen. According to the story, Mr…
National Vice Chairman (South East) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu has said that those calling for the removal of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma as Chairman of APC Governors Forum were failed politicians and enemies of the ruling party. Arodiogbu, who made the remarks while reacting to calls by some South…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Imo State chapter has beckoned on the Federal Government to find a realistic means of cushioning the woes in the country lamenting that Nigerians have endured enough of the economic hardship. The State Chairman of NLC, Comrade Chigaemezu Nwaigwe, disclosed this on Tuesday during a peaceful protest embarked upon in the…
The traditional ruler of Amaba Kingdom, Oboro Clan, Ikwuano LGA, HRM Emmanuel O’tuwa has disclosed plans by his community to embark on fund raising initiative as part of the measures to assist in the rebuilding of structures damaged during the recent riot by students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Speaking at the Vice Chancellor’s Lodge…
The police command in Imo State has arrested one Chinenye Nwaneri, a member of the Umuodu vigilante group over alleged involvement in the murder of a young lady, Chienyenwa Nnodu, whose lifeless body was seen inside a gutter in front of an uncompleted building at Madumere Street, Christ Road. In a statement on Wednesday by…
Following the commissioning of the Aba Power Plant by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Imolites are raising questions and concerns regarding Governor Hope Uzodimma’s proposed 10-megawatts Otammiri Dam project, which he had pledged to the people of the state. Governor Uzodimma had in September 2022 said that then-President Muhammadu Buhari had approved for the conversion of the…
