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 The speaker of Imo State House, Rt. Hon. Acho Ihim has refuted the fact that lack of fights in the Assembly means they are inactive, adding that history will remember them as the best having moved and passed 112 motions and 65 bills respectively in two years against the 45 bills that was passed by the last assembly in 4 years. Rt. Hon. Acho Ihim He then hailed the governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, saying that he will be missed when he lives office. Hon. Ihim further stated that the fact that they are not fighting with the governor always means they understand that Imolites will suffer when they fight and it will also hamper the good works the governor is doing in the state.

The Igbo National Council has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the 19 northern states, following the call by the Arewa Youth Council that the Igbo people living in the region should leave on or before October 1, 2017. The pan -Igbo group said a state of emergency would forestall chaos that may occur after the expiration of the notice to quit given to the Igbos. In a statement on Saturday by the President and Secretary of the INC, Chilos Godsent and Zulu Ofoelue, respectively, the group also called on the National Assembly to declare President Muhammadu Buhari incapacitated by invoking Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution. It noted that the health condition of the president was setting the country back. The statement partly read,”The INC calls on the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to declare a state of emergency in all the northern states of Nigeria before October 1, 2017, in order to forestall disaster that may occur as a resu

  Reacting to question directed to the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly by blogger, IfeanyiCy Njoku for clarification on publications in some Owerri based Newspapers inferring that he, the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Acho Ihim has turned himself the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC in his Okigwe zone, were the party has a serving Senator, and former Speaker, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu and former Senator, Chief Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume, and other Chieftains of the party. Hon. Ihim in a statement said, "as a leader of the party in the state owning to his current position as the speaker, he had called for Okigwe APC leaders and Stakeholders meeting scheduled for August 1, 2017 at his country home, Umualumoke Okigwe LGA , Imo State, to brainstorm and help the leaders regroup, work with one mind and also thank the governor for the good works he is doing in the zone." The Speaker said before scheduling the meeting, he had rea

Students must beware of the latest antics many fake beggars have employed to deceive people especially students of hard-earned money feigning to be visually impaired and scotched as many of them have built their tent in IMSU. Combined effort of men of the Nigerian police force attached to the main gate of IMO state university owerri have uncovered swindle activities of a particular group who devise crooked means to command sympathy and scoop kindhearted students of their hard earned money all in false pretense of being blind making mockery of the people. The security men who nabbed the false beggars at the university gate were deployed majorly to curtail exploitative activities of cult boys within the university community during the second semester examination. Luck ran out of they group when they were called out by a student who identified one of them to have approached him some time ago at ETF building claiming that he lost his wallet containing transport fare and

The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, said that the secessionist group will send the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, back to Jos in 2019. Kanu who spoke in Owerri when he visited the state with hundreds of thousands of his supporters insisted that there would be no election in Anambra State in November and in the other four South East States in 2019. Saying that a Sovereign State of Biafra was the only solution, he said that only referendum not power devolution to States nor restructuring will solve the problems of the country. According to Kanu”We are in the land of Biafra. I have come to Owerri to spread the good news of the coming of Biafra Republic. I don’t want you people to be deceived. Restructuring does not have any meaning and I want you people to go and tell Ohanaeze Ndigbo.” “There is no freedom in Nigeria. All their children are abroad studying and enjoying good environment. “Only referendum can solve the problems of Ni

Ahead of the meeting of Okigwe Zone All Progressives Congress APC leaders scheduled for August 1, 2017 at Umualumoke Okigwe, Imo State, the country home of the Speaker Rt. Hon. Acho Ihim, prominent politicians from the Zone have spoken out against an inciting publications that purportedly had the speaker arrogating the powers of the APC Zonal leader to himself. One of such politicians Hon. Chukwunonye Irouno a former Chairman of Okigwe Local Government Area and presently the Senior Special Assistant to Imo State Governor on Entertainment, said that the Speaker cannot contest the position with anyone, because as the number three citizen of the state and the fact that none of the Governor or the Deputy Governor hails from the zone, means he is number one in the zone. “By natural arrangement, by virtue of the fact that he is the number three in the state, he cannot go to his local government and zone and become number 2. “He is number 3 in the state and the person who

Reacting to the quit notice given to all Igbos residing in northern Nigeria, the Imo state house of assembly has invited all members of State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria to a united house sitting to address once and for all the fate of the Igbo man in the north. Speaking to news men in Owerri, the speaker to the Imo state house of Assembly  Rt. Hon. Acho Ihim, said the event which will take place on September 20, 2017 is to ensure that Nige ria remains one nation where everyone will be free to live in any part of the country. He further stated that they have the support of the governor to host the event which will make Imo Assembly pacesetters in the nation.

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  A horrible accident has occurred along the Onitsha - Enugu express road, just near upper Iweka and leaving a pregnant woman, a keke napep driver and passengers all dead. An eye witness  Gej Mgbenka Ifeanyi OkijaAmaka on facebook lamented that the accident was caused by men of the Nigerian Police who decided to close one half of the road as they do their normal extortion of motorists.

At about 2pm yesterday 25th of July eyewitnesses called the Toll-free emergency line 112 to report that a building had collapsed at No 3 Massey street, Lagos Island. The Emergency responders immediately left base for the scene. As at 7pm last night, 5 children and 10 adults had been rescued. 20 hours after the collapse, the recovery operation is still ongoing by the emergency responders of the LASEMA Response Unit and other responder agencies searching through the debris with Heavy duty and light rescue equipment to ensure that they are no other victims trapped in the rubble. Once the site has been declared stable, reclamation will commence. It is a great relief to know that Lagos State now has a robust Emergency rescue team with the appropriate equipment at its disposal to attend to such emergencies swiftly. The days when emergencies like this occur and we have inadequate manpower or had to rely on construction companies to respond to such incidents are long gone.

Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron  met with singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace after the pop star appealed to him on Twitter to contribute to her fund for education in developing countries. Rihanna was welcomed by the first lady Brigitte Macron at the top of the steps of the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the French presidents in Paris, before talks with the president. After the meeting, the president tweeted, 'Committed with @GlblCtzn, @ClaraLionelFdn and @rihanna to #FundEducation. 264M children are out of school : let's take up this challenge!'.  

As of yesterday, Tekno was seeking to re unite with an old friend named Paul Akere who was his class mate in secondary school, GDSS Bwari, in Abuja. Early this morning, Tekno tweeted that he has finally spoken to his childhood friend after9 to 10 years they lost contact. Remember he promised to give N200k to who ever led him to Paul and also give Paul N1million. See his tweet below So after 9 or 10 years, I spoke to Paul for the first time again..! Child hood memories are the best! Love u brother for life. Got u 4 life — TEKNOOFFICIAL (@alhajitekno) July 27, 2017

Singer and actor, Banky W has joined the growing number of entertainers to enroll at The New York Film Academy in New York City. He took to Instagram Wednesday to announce that he is currently studying Screenwriting at the prestigious academy. He shared the above photo, hinting at plan to make movies.   "Someone asked me why I felt the need to come back to the @newyorkfilmacademy for a screenwriting class... I said it's because I'm obsessed with learning, growing and getting better. Once you stop learning, you stop growing. Once you stop growing, you start dying. #LearnSomethingNewToday #neverstoplearning #singer #songwriter #screenwriter #director #filmmaker #dreambigstartsmall #expand #grow #newgoals #newhorizons #toomuchisnotenough #nyfa #nyfaselfie #nyc #nycliving #brooklynnights #brooklynlife #ownit #samsunggalaxys8 #thebestwaytopredictyourfutureistocreateit #TheBankStatements #helloNollywood #Nollywood

Nigerian senate has reviewed and approved a new age qualification to run for a political office in Nigeria and the present list seem to favor the youth. Gone are the days when you must be a grandfather before you are qualified to run for any reasonable political office. The new age is now 35 years  of age to be elected President or Vice President,  30 to be a Senator or State Governor, and 25 to be a Representative in parliament as against the old that states that a person must be at least  40 years  of age to be elected President or Vice President,  35  to be a Senator or State Governor, and  30  to be a Representative in parliament.

A certain young man met his untimely end at Tetlow by School Road Junction, in Owerri, Imo state capital. He was shot and robbed by some gunmen who trailed him from Skye Bank where he withdrew some money. According to screengist.com,.... the armed robbers/assassins had traced the man from sky bank at Douglas road where he made some withdrawal to the point where they shot him inside a Lexus RX 300 Jeep, dispossessed him of his cash (1million naira) and left him in the pool of his blood.

M.I.B Records presents two fast rising music acts from the South East, Joe B and CeeJay as the collaborate to dish out this enticing indigenous hiphop song titled STREET. Joe B( Nwagwu Obioma Joseph ) is a student of Imo State University, studying Business Management while his collaborator CeeJay( (Ngoka Innocent Chijioke) is a Med Lab student in Ebonyi State University. Their collaborative effort STREET was produced by Portharcourt based music producer Surface while the mix and mastering was done by Enzy Pro Mix in Owerri Imo State. What a nice collection, this will certainly rock your week end. Download, Enjoy and Share Your Views. DOWNLOAD MP3: Joe B & CeeJay – Street

  Candy Stallworth, an IPOB leader in the United States Of America has urged all IPOB members and BIAFRA agitators not to use hate speeches in the course of their agitation for the sovereign state of Biafra. Read via her facebook wall “Biafra do you know that my wall is watched by thousands of Americans daily , please if you are true to the struggle don’t embarrass IPOB or Biafra in front of America when you speak hateful messages . Please present IPOB and Biafra as a non violent entity so that Americans will want to help and build for us but when they see you attack and bring ugliness it makes them think less of you ! So Biafrans make a positive mark in US soil so that we can gain our freedom without restraints .”

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, asked those who are calling for Nigeria’s break up to go and collect the manual of Nigeria from God who is the manufacturer of Nigeria. He stated that God​ didn’t create Nigeria by mistake. ​Dogara who spoke during a thanksgiving service on Sunday, at His Elect Christian Assembly Church, Nyanya, Abuja​, urged Nigerians not to relent in offering prayers for the country as nothing is impossible with God​ His words: “Those who think Nigeria is a mistake, it may be because they don’t know the purpose. ​”​But if you want to know the purpose of a thing, you have to go back to the manual, and who puts the manual together? ​”​It’s the manufacturer, so I would challenge them to go back to the manufacturer of Nigeria, who is God, so that we can get the manual for Nigeria. “If we were a mistake, maybe during the first civil war, this country would have disintegrated but God decided to keep this country o

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu , at a courtesy visit paid to him by the leaders of Igbo Civil Society Coalition  led by Obasi Igwe , has said that he was offered in prison Biafra with only five states. According to Vanguard , Kanu said he rejected the offer, adding that he also wanted Benue and Rivers states. He also claimed to have been offered an oil bloc and a mansion in Dubai, gifts offered to tempt him to abandon the cause of a sovereign Biafra. He said he rejected them both. The IPOB leader said he insisted on the actualization of Biafra, that those things were “Greek gifts.” He said: “They gave me Biafra in Prison with only the five Igbo states; I said no, I want Benue and Rivers. Biafra is coming, there is nothing to stop it.”

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released its orientation course for corps members looking to serve with the second stream of Batch “A”. In a statement released by NYSC on its social media platforms , Friday, July 21, 2017, has been slated for printing of Call-up letters. The orientation Camp opens on Wednesday, July 26, Swearing-in Ceremony commences on Friday, July 28, and the camp closes on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Prospective corps members are also advised to visit the NYSC website for more information.

The Federal High Court in Lagos has on Wednesday ordered the seizure of a property located in Banana Island area of Lagos State belonging to former Minister of Petroleum Resources Allison-Madueke Diezani . The property, according to Punch , was bought in 2013 for $37.5m. The property reportedly contains 24 apartments, made up of 18 flats and 6 penthouses, according to court documents presented at the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also ordered the seizure of funds amounting to $2,740,197.96 and N84,537,840.70, which was reportedly rent received on the property. Anselem Ozioko , counsel for EFCC, told the judge Justice Chuka Obiozor  that Diezani made the $37.5m payment for the purchase of the property in cash, moving the money from her house into the seller’s account in First Bank, both in Abuja. He said: Nothing could be more suspicious than someone keeping such huge amounts in her apartment. Why was she doing that? To

Legendary Nigerian Musician and United Nation peace ambassador Innocent Idibia aka 2face or 2Baba as he is now called payed a visit to Borno state on tuesday and he was at some strategic places including the IDP camp in Ngala/Gamboru. He also visited the troops of 3 battalions of the Nigerian army in Maiduguri. His visit was actually in support of the United Nations efforts to rehabilitate internally displaced persons and refugees running from Boko Haram terrorists. See photos below

The Oyo State Police Command, Monday, confirmed the death of one person in the violence that trailed the public outing of the Ege masquerade in the Egungun festival in Ibadan on Sunday. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Adekunle Ajisebutu, told newsmen in Ibadan that two suspects were also arrested in connection with the incident. Violence had marred the Egungun festival on Sunday as many residents were assaulted while property were destroyed. The festival, which often featured displays by masquerades, is meant to showcase the rich culture and tradition of Ibadan land. Ajisebutu, however, said that the command had beefed up security in the area where the Egungun festival was taking place. He said the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, had warned all masquerades and their followers to refrain from violence. The police, he said, would not hesitate to deal with any individual or group attempting to cause a breach of the peace. Meanwhile, the Olubadan

An Australian woman was dressed in her pyjamas when American police gunned her down, harrowing new details surrounding her death have revealed. Justine Damond, who also uses the name Justine Ruszczyk, was at home on Saturday night when she called 911 to report a noise and a possible assault in an alley in South Minneapolis, Minnesota. While police did not have body cameras switched on during the shooting, sources with knowledge of the incident claim the officers arrived at the alley at 11.30pm on Saturday night. Ms Damond reportedly walked up to the car and began talking to the driver when an officer in the passenger seat pulled a gun and shot her through the drivers side door. No weapon was discovered at the scene, the Star Tribune reports. The 40-year-old was originally from Sydney but had been living in the US for three years and was due to marry American businessman Don Damond, 50, next month. Shattered friends said the woman and her fiance were due to marry nex

A 74-year-old Kano resident, Ashiru Suleiman has been remanded in prison custody by a Kano Magistrate court for allegedly raping his granddaughter, DailyPost learnt. Suleiman was arraigned before the court for defiling his 4-yr-old granddaughter and making attempt to rape another 5-yr-old daughter of his neighbour. The accused person, who was charged under section 283 of the Penal Code Law, was said to have lured his victims into former Shari’ah court’s building at Rijiyar Lemo to commit the offence. The case was reported to the police by one Suleiman Muhammad, the charge sheet, said. “Suleiman criminally deceived and lured his granddaughter and his neighbour’s daughter, aged 5, into Shari’ah court premises and raped his grandoughter. He was caught while trying to rape the second girl,” it added. The court also heard that the victim was rushed to a hospital for treatment of some injuries she sustained. When the charge was read to the accused, he pleaded guilty to t

Three policemen attached to the Bariga Police Division, Lagos State, have been detained for allegedly chaining a suspect to a generator at the station. Although the identities of the erring cops were not disclosed, they were said to be facing orderly room trial for the misconduct. This is just as the state police command identified one Samson Agbetoye, aka Goldie, and Babatunde Saka, aka Anger, as the two principal suspects involved in the killing of Rasaq Bello, aka Hamburger, a former treasurer of the state Tricycle Operators Association, a branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers. Hamburger was murdered in Sogunle, Oshodi, on May 29 after the council primaries of the All Progressives Congress in the area turned violent. Suspected robbers were also paraded on Tuesday at the command headquarters in Ikeja along with arms and ammunition recovered from them. PUNCH Metro learnt that the three policemen arrested the unidentified suspect on Sunday in t

Sometimes the demands of your job may require you making sacrifices, especially concerning activities you hold dear, but Nigerian pilot Usoro Essien is finding ways to worship irrespective of that. In a Facebook post on Monday , Usoro shared videos of him possibly preparing to fly, and wrote: “Sometimes we fly on Sundays but that doesn’t stop us from lifting up holy hands to God. God doesn’t discriminate so wherever you are you can worship!” Watch below:

Peter Okoye of P-Square has reacted to the stinker fired by the All Progressives Congress(APC) youth renaissance group, and he hasn’t stopped calling them ‘Ndi ala’ (mad men). Well Peter is asking for Egusi soup and pounded yam before his arrest, LOL!!

Superstar footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, who just welcomed his twins through a surrogate mother, has confirmed he’s expecting his 4th child child with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. According  to El Mundo,  the 32-year-old Portuguese confirmed Georgina Rodriguez’s pregnancy in their conversation with him. This is coming after Georgina Rodriguez was spotted with a  growing baby bump while on holiday with the Cristiano Ronaldo in Ibiza. Also, 101GreatGoals reports that the couple are planning to tie the knot as Georgina recently started following popular Spanish wedding dress accounts on social media. Here’s the conversation Cristiano Ronaldo had with El Mundo El Mundo: How are your two babies like? Cristiano: They are precious, I am delighted. El Mundo: Do you change their diapers? Cristiano: I’m not very good at it, but I try. El Mundo: You look delighted. Cristiano: Very, I’m really happy. El Mundo: And are you happy with the one on the way? Cristiano: Yes,

Ace comedian, Okey Bakassi has raised an alarm at the rate Nigerian celebrities consume drugs. The veteran Nigerian actor who a guest on Emma Ugolee’s ‘The Gist’ alongside African China and Sound Sultan, said; “Conservatively 70% of Nigerian Celebrities are on some sort of substance today. They have gone ballistic. You hear a lot of names- SK, Kush, Loud, etc. the names come everyday and you’re struggling to keep up with the nomenclature of it.” However the entertainer who also revealed that he took he tried out illicit drugs when he was much younger, noted that entertainers often take drugs to boost their creativity. “I did some of it too. Creativity is part of it. [It enhances creativity] in the short term,” he said. A mental health expert who was also on the show; “[Drugs and] alcohol [today] is the to-go guy and yet the most commonly abused substance.”

Find the press release by the APC Youths blasting PSquare for insulting federal government below..... What do you think Press Release – We read the scurrilous remarks credited to Mr. Peter Okoye of the Psquare group against the Federal Government’s job-saving policy in the entertainment industry with great anger and vexation. Least of all persons to make scathing remark against the government is the Psquare group which the local content policy of the Federal Government dusted-up from the valley of obscurity. Where was Peter Okoye or Psquare brand in 1999 when foreign music dominated our airwaves? If not for the government policy which mandated all broadcast stations in Nigeria to pay attention to Nigerian music by playing 95 percent of Nigerian songs every day, would Peter Okoye or Psquare be known to anybody in Nigeria today? Or would they have competed with better American music which dominated our airwaves then? After the government have used it’s policy to b

Governor Rochas Okorocha has called on proprietors and managers of the Radio and Television Stations in the country operating under the aegis of Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) who are meeting in Owerri for their 67 th Annual Conference to help repackage Nigeria for consumption by the rest of the world because that is what is needed now and not restructuring. He also asked them to come up with programmes that could allow the less privileged in the society who cannot afford the high cost of electronic media to also be heard.   Governor Okorocha who made the call while declaring open the 67 th Annual Conference of BON at the Imo Trade and Investment Centre Owerri on Monday, July 17, 2017 said Nigeria needs to be repackaged to attract investors regretting too that only the privileged ones could afford to have access to the services of Radio and Television Stations in the country, while most Nigerians do not have such opportunity.   The BON members le