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The Coalition of Northern Youth Groups has said that the recent allegations that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike ordered the demolition of a mosque in Portharcourt were “falsehood” orchestrated by politicians to “fan the furnace of ethnic, religious or regional division just for self-serving and fiendish gains”. In a statement made available to journalists in Kaduna, National Convener of the group, Mohammed Sanni said from available statistics, the Rivers state governor is more tolerant of other religions than most of those accusing him of intolerance. According to him, “the Governor of Rivers State – Chief Nyesom Wike is a very good friend of the North and a brother to the Muslim community” adding that it is mischievous for anybody to run to alter the narrative. He said when news of the demolition of the Mosque in Portharcourt broke, it carried out investigations and found out that the structure being labelled as a mosque was a personal building of an individual who ...

Imo state government on Thursday ordered a citizen’s arrest against Sen. Rochas Okorocha, over alleged assault on a government official, Mr Jasper Ndubuaku. The Secretary to State Government (SSG), Mr Uche Onyeaguocha, gave the order after the Chairman of the Recovery of Government Properties, Mr Jasper Ndubuaku, was allegedly assaulted at Okorocha’s residence. Onyeaguocha said that the state had also placed Okorocha on security watch and urged Imo citizens to arrest him and alert the government whenever they found him in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a video, trending online on Thursday, captured some thugs beating Ndubuaku at Okorocha’s residence on Spibatt Avenue, Owerri. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Rabiu Ladodo, and SSG confirmed the incident to newsmen at a joint news briefing in Owerri. They announced that a citizen’s arrest had been declared on Okorocha over the incident. They claimed that Okorocha hired thugs to attack Ndubuaku, who ...

AS IMO YOUTHS DARE EX GOV. OKOROCHA OVER HIS RECENT INCITING STATEMENTS. RESTATE SOLIDARITY TO THE REBUILD IMO PROJECT. Imo State Governor, Hon.Emeka Ihedioha, CON, has said his administration will remain focused in the task of rebuilding the State from the ruins it was plunged into by the past administration in the State. Speaking to over 5,000 youths who were at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport to receive him on his arrival from Abuja on Sunday, Governor Ihedioha said his administration will not be distracted by those who commiteed crimes against humanity in the State and destroyed the legacies of the founding fathers of the State. He said he had set up various committees at the inception of his administration, pointing out that by the time the various committees conclude it's assignment, Imo people will understand the depth of the rot in various sectors of the State perpetrated by the past administration. Governor Ihedioha said his administration despite the...

...TASKS ACADEMIA TO PARTNER WITH COMMISSION IN DEVELOPING OIL COMMUNITIES The Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Engr. Anthony Okwuosha, on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, called on the academia in the oil producing communities in Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta local government areas of the state to partner with the Commission to effectively address the challenges in the area in line with the state government's policy to develop the oil producing  communities. Engr. Okwuosha made the call while addressing a delegation of the Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta LGAs Academia Forum (OEOAF) in his office. He called on the Forum to assist in changing the thinking of some people in the oil producing communities, stressing that the Commission is not a charity organization. He said: “People come for all kinds of support from the Commission and someone had told me that this place was set up for charity. Maybe that was the thinking of the people about...

Hon Chief Dr Okwudili Ezenwankwo the federal house member representing Orumba North and South Federal Constituency, has held a thanksgiving service to appreciate God and his people for the support through all these years of service, while dedicating himself for greater service to humanity with his new position as the federal house member representing Orumba north and south at the green chambers in Abuja. In a sermon earlier, Bishop Ezeokafor, the Catholic Bishop of Awka diocese thanked God for the life, of Chief Dr Hon Okwudili Ezenwankwo, and his service to Anambra state, his people in particular. He stressed that he is proud of Hon Okwudili Ezenwankwo, who he said is his kinsman as he is from Nanka. He called on him to continue with the good works he has already started, and promised to assist his efforts with prayers. He urged government officials at all levels to listen to the people and be steadfast in thinking of what to do for the people always, to stop crisis in the co...

The Federal Government is considering repossession or recapitalization of 10 electricity distribution firms as one of the options to rescue the nation’s beleaguered electricity industry. This is coming ahead of the scheduled final performance review of the private firms that bought into the distribution companies carved out from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria. However, document available to one of our correspondents shows that the Federal Government would require up to $2.4bn (N736bn) to repossess the privatized distribution assets from the core investors if it finally takes the decision. Giving clue that it could recover the assets from the core investors, the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in a document sighted by one of our correspondents has described the co-owners of the distribution companies as ‘failed investors.’ The distribution and generation companies carved out of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria were handed over to private investors o...

The newly elected chairman of Goat Dealers association in Agboedo Market Nnewi, Chuma Okoro. has restated there position in supporting the decision made by the South East governor's to reject the imposition of RUGA in the South East He made this assertion last week, during the official handover to him as the new chairman of the association. He said " the policy of the federal government to impose on colonies in disguise is not only dead on arrival but a policy in bad light. Comrade  Chuma Okoro however promised to make policies that will attract government of Anambra state to look into some of the petinent problems confronting them in the market and to see how to proffer ways to solve it He said he has started a weekly sanitation clean up of their market place, which will ensure that the place is clean and decent at all times, because cleanliness is next to Godliness, which he said will attract more people to the goat market. We went on to commend the past administr...

The leadership of the Anambra State Market Amalgamated Traders Association, ASMATA, the umbrella body of all the markets in Anambra state, has reechoed its stand on monthly prayers in all markets in the state as agreed in its meeting with all chairmen and stakeholders of different markets. The market body issued a stern warning that default to the new guideline will no longer be tolerated. President General of ASMATA, Chief Ikechukwu Ekwegbalu, reechoed the warning on Monday, August 12, at the ASMATA headquarters in Onitsha, Anambra state, during an enlarged stakeholders meeting, which attracted all market leaders and ASMATA executive. This medium reports that the purpose of the meeting was to reexamine activities in the various markets and proffer solution on the way forward. The ASMATA PG said that one of the contending issues was violation of guideline for prayers in different markets. He said he received an intelligence that a section of the Bridge Head Market, known as O...

In this interview, with Hon. Obinna Okechukwu, the second Vice President ASAMTA, he takes time to explain the role of ASAMTA in all the 66 markets in the state, and their efforts in bringing sanity in the markets. He also highlights on what is currently happening in NASPA with regards to the said hear say about divisions among stakeholders in the market. Q: Sir, please can we know you?? A: I am Hon. Obinna Okechukwu, the Second Vice President ASAMTA. I am also the caretaker Chairman of New Motorcycle Spare Parts Association Nnewi. Q: Please can you tell us what ASMATA has achieved since it's creation by Anambra State Government?? Ans: I am happy to inform you that our administration is moving on fine. You know it's good for governance to change hands, so that new innovations and changes can take place, as that is what government should be. Our administration since inception is progressing and our president general Comrade Ikechukwu Ekwegbalu is doing fine, as he i...

The Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Engr. Anthony Okwuosha, has assured that the Commission has no plan to sack workers or slash their salaries as against a report on Monday, August 12, 2019, suggesting that the Deputy Governor, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona, had recommended to ISOPADEC Board to consider sacking some of the workers or slash their salaries as a way of reducing the wage bill of the Commission. The Managing Director gave the assurance through a press release by his S.A. Media and Communication, Mr. Collins Ughalaa, on Tuesday in Owerri, saying that the newspaper report was false. Engr. Okwuosha said the report that he was about to implement the said recommendation and that workers at the Commission were apprehensive were also false. He said: "There is no truth in the report as it is entirely fabricated and a vaticination of the parochial imagination of the purveyors and authors of the story...

The IMC Chairman of Ikeduru, Dr A.C Oparah has expressed satisfaction on the appointment of Ikeduru indigenes into key  positions by H.E Emeka Ihedioha's administration. He also highlighted that he has  a good working relationship with the Honourable Member representing Ikeduru LGA, at the State House of Assembly, Amb. Uche Ogbuagu, and  Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planning, Sir Bon Unachukwu, who are all Senior Govt Appointees from Ikeduru. The Ikeduru LGA IMC Chairman,  Dr. A.C Opara, however tasked stakeholders in the LGA to look inwards towards  development in the area. While his presenting remarks and scorecard of his committee, he thanked Ikeduru Leaders and Stakeholders for finding time to attend the  stakeholders meeting. Dr. Opara informed the Stakeholders of signature projects of the sate Government, across  27 LGAs in the state which includes,  Construction of Iho Stadium,  building of new Office/ LGA Secretar...