INSECURITY: IMO GOVT. MAY CANCEL AMNESTY TO CULTISTS
…AS OHAJI COMMUNITIES CRY TO IRONA The Imo State Government has warned that it may cancel the amnesty granted some alleged criminals in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the State by the last administration if cult-related clashes persist in the area. Deputy Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona, who gave the warning […]
WHY WE ARE PROBING ISOPADEC– IRONA
Deputy Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona says the state Government decided to set up an investigative panel to look into the management of the Imo state Oil Producing areas Development Commission-ISOPADEC following reports of mismanagement of the Commission by previous administrations. The Deputy Governor gave the explanation while receiving a delegation of […]
Missing American scientist Suzanne Eaton found dead in abandoned WWII bunker in Greece
WATCH Searchers believe they’ve found body of missing scientist on Crete Greek authorities have found the body of an American scientist on the island of Crete, almost a week after she disappeared. Search teams recovered the body of U.S. citizen Suzanne Eaton on Monday evening, according to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics […]
SHUN CRIMINALITY, IRONA URGES CORPS MEMBERS
…AS 2,210 NYSC MEMBERS CONCLUDE ORIENTATION EXERCISE IN IMO Imo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona has urged members of the National Youth Service Corps-NYSC posted to the state to eschew every form of criminality, even as he charged them to be law abiding during their service year in the state. The Deputy Governor […]
Excitement as CRSWBL commence production and distribution of quality water to clients in the state
Residents of Calabar, the Cross River capital city and other major towns in the state who have been reduced to depend on private bore-holes for several months now are elated as the Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL) commenced the production and distribution of quality water to the company’s clients. Across the state capital […]
NASS Invasion: Police Arrests 40 Shiites Over Attacks.
The FCT Police Command has foiled what it called “a violent move by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) to forcefully invade the National Assembly” on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. The protesters who were protesting the continuous detention of its spiritual leader , Sheikh El-Zak Zakky, by the Nigerian government stormed the National […]
Buhari promotes Adeosun to Lieutenant General
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotion of the Nigerian Army Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen Lamidi Adeosun, to the rank of a Lieutenant General, the same rank as the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai. The Nigerian Army confirmed this promotion in a release on Tuesday. The acting Director, […]
Reps move to take over Edo House of Assembly
The House of Representatives may be poised to take over the affairs of the Edo state Assembly following the intractable crisis that hit the legislative house on June 17, 2019, according to reports from Abuja. One of the reports, on Tuesday afternoon by Daily Independent, said that this followed a motion under matters of urgent […]
Internet Fraudster Bags Jail Term in Kaduna
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Emuze Omosigho Emmanuel (aka Thomas Brooks) for offences bordering on cheating. Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 8, 2019 found him guilty of the one-count charge preferred against him after he pleaded […]
POWER PROJECTS: SERAP Reacts To Courts Judgment
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has reacted to last Friday’s judgment of the Federal High court in Lagos, which ordered the immediate release of details of payments to all defaulting and allegedly corrupt electricity contractors and companies by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and the government […]