Former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Engr Charles Ugwu is now chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State. Ugwu was returned unopposed as other aspirants from Okigwe zone, where the position was zoned to, stepped down for him. He promised to maintain the tenets of the party, confident […]
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Kalu Reacts, Denies Getting NDDC Contracts as Alleged
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has denied personally getting any contract from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NCDC). Recall that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, had linked former governors of Delta State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, […]
Delta Health Workers Cry Out Over Eight Months Unpaid Salaries Amid COVID-19
Medical interns and house officers of the Delta State Hospital Management Board have lamented the refusal of the state government to pay their eight months salaries. According to some of the health workers who spoke with the media, that they could hardly afford their daily bread and have resorted to […]
Anambra Cargo Airport: We’ve been turned to refugees, host community cries out
The people of Umueri in Anambra East local government area, the host community for the ongoing Anambra Cargo Airport project, have accused the state government of turning them into refugees by forcefully going beyond the 729606 hectares of land the community donated for the project. The development, they claimed yesterday, […]
Kalu set for thanksgiving in hometown today
Former Abia Governor Senator Uzor Kalu is expected to be in his hometown, Umuisi, Igbere in Bende Local Government Area of the state later today. Recall that the former governor is yet to visit the state since after he was released by Supreme Court in May. Kalu is slated to […]
Attention, Fashola
SIR: I urge you to take urgent steps to effect repairs on the Calabar (Odukpani) – Itu -Ikot Ekpene Road in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. To enable you to assess, first-hand, the gravity of the situation, you will need to take a ride on it. Presently the road should […]
Crisis erupts in Ogidi over death of youth leader
Ogidi Community, Idemili North Council area of Anambra State, is boiling following the death of a youth leader, Chike Okoye, while allegedly trying to evade police arrest. Policemen were said to have stormed Okoye’s Umueze Alor village, to arrest him and others, over a land issue between the community and the […]
Activists drags Kingdom Okere to Court for causing nuisance using a deregistered political platform, with intention of breaching public peace
Human Right Activists, Barr Ikechukwu Nwaopara, Felix N Orji and Comrade Ihunyere C Solomon, sues the Reformed and Advancement Party(RAP), and its Guber candidate Barr Kingdom Okere, to court for causing nuisance using a deregistered political platform. The case which is slated at the Federal High Court Owerri, in suit […]
Buhari’s honesty, vision stabilising force in Nigeria – Gov.Uzodinma
Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, yesterday described President Muhammadu Buhari as a stabilising force who has used his honest leadership and visionary economic policies to stabilise the country and create a promising, sustainable self-reliant economy at a most trying time in the country. The governor submitted that the President’s […]
COVID-19 Fears Rise In Abia State After Escape Of Detainees From Police Station
There are fears that the police formation in Abia State may be infected with COVID-19. This followed the escape of 29 detainees from a police station in Umuahia, the state capital. The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre in a statement said that sources in the police confirmed that […]