…..Poised To Bring Back Glory Economic Days of M.I Okpara The Chairman of Geometric Power Group, Professor Barth Nnaji, has explained that his passion to contribute to industrial development in Igbo land in a manner that would accelerate rapid development of Nigeria was the major influence behind the decision to locate the Geometric Power Plant…
A pregnant housewife and a native of Uburu, a community in Ebonyi State, has reportedly pushed her husband, Nwoga Maduabuchi to death from a two-storey, in Abakaliki, the State’s capital. The tragic incident occurred during an argument between the deceased whowas identified as Nwoga Maduabuchi and his second wife. The state police public relations Officer,…
The Imo State Correspondent of the Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Chinonso Alozie has emerged as Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo council. Alozie, who emerged alongside five others, polled 20 votes to defeat his lone rival, Angela Nkwo-Akpolu of the Leadership Newspaper who garnered 11 votes out of the…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, arrested 115 suspected currency racketeers in Enugu State. According to a statement by the EFCC’s head of…
The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has clarified why Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, was dropped as chairman of the Edo State Gubernatorial Primary Election Committee. The party on Wednesday announced Cross Rivers State Governor Bassey Otu as the new chairman to complete the process it declared inconclusive on Tuesday night. Addressing journalists…
Two local vigilantes have been reportedly killed by armed men in Iboko community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen disguised as natives of the area, stopped at strategic locations in the community and bought food items before unleashing mayhem. According to…
Leaders of the communities spoke when the NDDC Executive Director (Projects), Sir Victor Antai, led a team of the commission’s directors and engineers to inspect the roads with concrete drains and solar-powered street lights. Speaking on behalf of Ugbo community in Arochukwu, Eze John Okoro, in a statement signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested two suspected cultists involved in ‘once chance’ in Imo. The NSCDC commandant in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye, revealed this while parading the suspects in Owerri on Wednesday.According to him, the Command’s Rapid Response Squad arrested the suspects along Okigwe road, Owerri, while they were attempting…
The Enugu State Ministry of Culture and Tourism has pledged to key into the state’s strategic plan of growing the state’s Internally Generated Revenue from N4.4 billion to N30 billion annually. Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dame Ugochi Madueke, made the assurance while disclosing that the ministry will soon commence the identification of existing…
The planned visit of President Bola Tinubu to Abia State for the commissioning of the Aba Integrated Power Project, a Geometric Power Plant in Osisioma Local Government Area of the state, has been postponed. The President was billed to commission the multi-billion naira electricity project for the Aba Ringed Fenced Area of nine out of…
