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Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has directed the Imo Marketing Board (IMB) to commence procurement, sale and distribution of food stuff at subsidised prices to Imo citizens. The Governor, while giving the order, directed ministries, agencies and departments to proceed to the office of the Head of Service at the state Secretariat, to take receipt of their items. According to the Governor, the incentives were in line with the welfare packages to Imo people to ameliorate the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal and also to improve food affordability in the state. He listed some of the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, has called on the governors of the South-East to revive moribund industries in the zone. He said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from Journalists in Enugu. According to him, this has been the philosophy of Ohanaeze that moribund industries in the zone should be revived to provide employment and bring back the economy of the zone. He said that in the past the economy of the zone was booming with economic potentialities, providing jobs for the zone and other Nigerians. “Take Enugu State for instance, several…

….says Nigeria in league of 20 hungriest nations Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general election, Peter Obi, has responded to attacks over his comments on the grain assistance from war ravaged Ukraine to Nigeria. Ukraine had donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable people in the North of Nigeria. But Obi criticised the decision of the Federal Government to accept the donation from Ukraine, describing the acceptance as disheartening and a national disgrace. The Federal Government had instantly hit back at Obi saying accepting grains…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Anambra State Government to address issues of workers welfare in the state. In a joint communique signed by the leaders of the two Labour Unions, Comrade Humphrey Nwafor and Comrade Chris Ogbonna on Tuesday, the organised Labour said failure to address their demands may jeopardise the existing industrial peace and harmony in the state. The Union described the contributory pension scheme in the state as a scam, noting that workers’ salaries are being deducted without counterpart remittance from the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Akoko-Edo Development Association known as Akoko-Edo Forum has condemned the recent spate of attacks on security operatives deployed to Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo State. It would be recalled that an attack on the police operatives was first recorded in Ojirami, followed by irate Ojah community youths. The restless Ojah youths reportedly attacked a combined team of policemen and soldiers dispatched to their communities to maintain peace, following internal disagreements in the community. In one such attack, a police officer was allegedly killed. As authorities were still investigating the ugly situation, Ikpeshi youths allegedly burnt a police…

By Idowu Adewale On Sunday, February 25, 2024, ThisDay newspaper published an article titled “A Vacuous Judgment on Dele Giwa,” suggesting that the judgment of Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, delivered on February 16, 2024 in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1301/2021: Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda v Attorney-General of the Federation, is a futile decision. Although the newspaper conceded in the article that “liability for crime has no time lag or statute bar,” it nonetheless took the view that the court’s decision, in effect ordering a re-opening of investigations into the gruesome murder of…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has reopened ShopRite and SPAR malls for business after sealing them for failing to remit their taxes to the state government. The Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, confirmed this on Wednesday. The ESIRS in early hours of Tuesday sealed Enugu ShopRite and Spar malls over failure to remit purchase taxes in their malls to the government after being served several warning notices. Nnamani gave the two malls one week to remit all purchase taxes collected from their customers on behalf of the government. He said the reopening of…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The 2024 Batch A Stream one National Youth Service Corps members deployed to Imo State have been charged to strive to make positive impacts on the needs and lives of their hosts communities. The Imo State Coordinator of the Scheme, Mrs Rachel Idaewor, gave the charge during the closing ceremony of Orientation Course at Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state. Mrs. Idaewor disclosed that the coto members have been trained on community development to spur them to contribute towards rural development by proffering solutions to some of the problems confronting their host communities. She…

By Kazie Uko The social media space has been fouled with jaundiced opinions and spurious accounts by glory seekers since the successful inauguration of the Geometric Power plant in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State, on February 26, 2024. Abia has never had it so good in its almost 33-year-old history in terms of infrastructure delivery like currently being experienced under Governor Otti, and one would have expected that the coming to life of the Geometric Power would have provided a rallying ground for entrepreneurs, industry professionals, politicians, artisans, traders, students and all other people of goodwill and progressives…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 65 top America-based surgeons and other physicians are expected in Abia State for a free medical mission by the Association of Nigeria Physicians in the Americas, ANPA, scheduled for April 4 to 14. Commissioner for Health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Umuahia, said over 5000 patients including about 200 critical surgeries would be handled by the ANPA team. The mission according to her, is in collaboration with the Abia State Government, with a view to improving on the health of residents. The Commissioner who said that registration of…