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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Friday, inaugurated six Tertiary Education Trust Fund [TETFund] projects worth about N1 billion to boost teaching and learning in three universities in Ekiti State. Beneficiaries of the projects are the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti; Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti; and Federal…
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Reports of extortion, harassment, intimidation and physical assault of innocent people by staff of the Environmental Transformation Company (ENTRACO) has taken a new dimension as they reportedly beat an Owerri based lawyer, who was simply identified as Barr Opara to stupor at a point along Owerri-Aba road on Wednesday. An eyewitness who does not want…
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– Says, More Geared Towards Getting Money A human rights activist and young Progressive Party YPP Federal House of Representatives candidate for Okigwe South Federal constituency of Imo State, Comrade Kesandu Kenkwo Kingsley popularly called ‘’KKK’’, has berated the Imo State government for what he described as its deceitful, diversionary and belated money-induced interest in…
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—SAYS , ISSUES TOO WEIGHTY TO BE SWEPT UNDER CARPET Human Rights’ Group, FORUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES, (FADEPA), has called for the arrest and investigation of the House of Assembly member-elect for Ezinihittee Mbaise State Constituency, Hon. Henry Agbasonu, over a document linked to him in which he allegedly made some shocking…
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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has attacked the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the zoning of the 10th National Assembly leadership seats. A statement personally signed on Wednesday by the governor said the hurried nature in which the decision was reached and announced is a dangerous tool…
Organised labour has said it is embarking on a comprehensive shutdown of Imo State beginning from Wednesday the 3rd of May, 2023 over disruption of the May Day Celebration that led to serious injuries of workers in the state.
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The Diaspora Medics For Good Governance and the UpNorth Ambassadors for Peter Obi have lent their voices in urging the court to stop the inauguration, on the premise that there are still several pending issues bothering on qualification and credibility of the APC candidate as well as challenging Yakubu Mahmoud’s declaration. Security at the court…
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The counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the ongoing presidential election petition proceedings, Chris Uche SAN, has said that many agreements were broken in the 2023 general elections. Uche made the remark on Tuesday in response to Justice Tsammani’s response to his request to allow him present five…
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria in its verdict on Tuesday, declared Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 403,371 votes, to defeat then-incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola, of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes. But Oyetola and the…
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-Says; wife,children fueling crisis in Obi Mbieri community The controversy generated by the inexplicable disappearance of the Traditional ruler of Obi Mbieri autonomous community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, HRH Eze J.N Osuji has continued to give rise to comments and insinuations that are capable of rocking the foundation of the community…
The Nigeria Labour Congress NUC and Trade Union Congress TUC in Imo State on Monday suspended its five-day-old strike. The decision was arrived at after a meeting between the State Government and representatives of the labour unions in the state. In the meeting which lasted for over 12 hours starting from Sunday and spilling into…
Contrary to the statements and posturing of the Imo State government and its officials that the frightening insecurity and attendant challenges in the state have been nipped in the bud, the terrifying menace has continued unabated. Residents of Akokwa, in Ideato North Local Government Area of the state are said to be presently living in…
–Parents, Guardians Accuse Govt, Media Of Complicity Parents and guardians of secondary and primary students in Imo State have decried the nosedive in academic, mental, moral and sporting standard of their children and wards occasioned by the unprecedented eruption of schools at every nook and cranny of the State. The parents accused both the government…
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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company on Tuesday resumed full operations in Imo State following the suspension of the week-long industrial action embarked on by organised labour in the state. The suspension followed an agreement on Monday between the Imo State Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, for a peaceful resolution of…
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– Orlu Woman Laments, Petitions DSS A married woman, Mrs Okereke who hails from Ogberuru in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, has been in pain since March, 22 when her husband, Simeon Okereke was whisked away to an unknown destination by operatives of the Imo State owned Ebubeagu Security outfit at the instance…
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Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC EEDC, has given reason for the current loss of electricity supply in Imo State. The Head of Corporate Communications EEDC, Emeka Eze who stated this in a statement dated May, 3, 2023 said, ‘’ The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers in Imo State…
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A member of the silver medal-winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, Mike Onyemachara, reportedly died on Thursday, May 4, 2023. He was reported to be in good health when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served to him…
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Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953. At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head…
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of 86 Deputy Commissioners of Police and 206 Assistant Commissioners of Police to various zonal commands, state commands and police formations, across the country. The senior police officers are to deputize other Senior Commissioners of Police and other most senior officers in the discharge of…
A Nigerian student at Bangor University, North Wales, United Kingdom, John Nwadiaju, escaped jail by the whiskers after a court handed him a suspended sentence for violently attacking and abusing his wife, Kosisochukwu Echem. According to North Whales Chronicle, on Friday, the 34-year-old was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, suspended for one year, which included…
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The World Health Organisation has announced that COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, while speaking at a media conference on Friday, said the global health body’s international health regulations emergency committee made the decision at its 15th meeting on Thursday. “Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met…
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Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, has explained what led to the fire incident at Alaba International Market in Ojo. On Friday, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service reported that shops at the popular Alaba International Market are on Fire. The agency also reported that angry mobs prevented firefighters from carrying out their duties. But…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State chapter has taken a swipe at the administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma, regretting that within the last two months, Imo State has been shut down twice. This was contained in a release issued by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, made available to DAILY…
Read More “PDP blasts Uzodinma govt over blackout, ruthless attacks on workers in Imo” »
Britain’s ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major electoral test since he took office last year. In the depths of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, the local council elections held across swathes of England on Thursday illuminated the main parties’ standing ahead of a…
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-Says choice of Onyeriri as running mate masterstroke A grassroots mobilizer and former Leader of Orlu Legislative Assembly, Rt.Hon Gozie Nwagba has commended the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senator Samuel Anyanwu for choosing Hon Jones Onyereiri as running mate adding that the choice of Onyereiri is a masterstroke that will collapse…
Read More “Imo Guber: Orlu Will Collapse For Samdaddy-Nwagba” »
– security operatives withdrawn few minutes before attack The reprehensible details of how thugs allegedly loyal to the Imo state government on Monday, May 1, disrupted the Workers Day celebration organized at Laour House, along the Imo State University by Phindec road, in Owerri Municipal Council, have continued to emerge. The Acting Chairman of Nigeria…
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The United Kingdom court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot. The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was…
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Fire gutted some shops in the popular Alaba International Market in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire incident started on Friday morning. Director, of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye confirmed the incident in a statement. However, she disclosed that the fire crew were confronted…
The Abia State House of Assembly has dismissed the purported impeachment of her speaker, Chinedum Orji, by some members of the House led by its former Deputy Speaker, Ifeanyi Uchendu. This was made public during a preliminary session of the House presided by Orji, on Tuesday. A video which has now gone viral on social…
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• Why North may outsmart South• Umahi: Southeast deserves No.3 seat• Adopt Northwest for Senate President, group gives Tinubu condition for second term After some lull in political intrigues since the completion of the general elections in March, next month’s inauguration and election of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly is another crucial contest…
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