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Crisis Rocks Imo PDP As Former State Secretary, Nnawuihe Takes Caretaker Committee To Court 

The  crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP,Imo State Chapter has depeend as a Former State Secretary of the Party,Hon Ugochukwu Nnawuihe has dragged the party to Imo State High Court,Mgbidi. In the suit Hou,59/2024, the Plaintiff is seeking  the sacking of Imo PDP Seventeen Caretaker Committee, saying it is an aberration and not in Consonant with PDP Constitution. Nnawuihe prayed the...

Try Me In Kogi, Ex-Gov Yahaya Bello Writes Court

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who is standing trial over a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, seeking to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Bello, in the letter, maintained that only Lokoja Division of the high court has the territorial jurisdiction...

Imo LGA’s Stinks: Grasses Over Premises, 

Workers, Not Physically Seen TakeIn Offices • Worst Hit Is Ezinihitte Mbaise   By Okey Alozie The 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State are said not to be functioning well for more than 3 months now. Our roving reporter who visited the council headquarters of all the Local Government Areas in Imo State observed that the premises and offices are now very dirty and...

Orji Monarch Eze Oparah Set To Mark 20 Years On The Throne

By Onyeananam Edmund The reigning monarch of Orji, Owerri North LGA, Imo State, His Royal Highness Eze Dr Innocent Oparah (Eze Ugo 11 ) ,(Oshimiri 11 of Orji ), have unveiled plans to celebrate his 20 years on the throne on Saturday 29th June 2024. His Royal Highness, Eze Dr Oparah who has been the Paramount ruler of Orji ancient kingdom...

Appreciating The Life & Times Of Legal Icon, Barr Peter Mgbenwelu

..As He Marks 86 Birthday Chief Peter Chukwuemeka Mgbenwelu ( Egbendu Orlu; Uduakommiri n’Ubulu) Dum-Dum was born on June 28, 1938 to the legendry family of His Honour Chief Felix Mgbenwelu and Lolo Bridget Mgbenwelu of Eziama, Ubulu in the Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. His father Chief Felix Mgbenwelu was a humble teacher and later the then...

Central Market Residential layout: Land Owners with Government C of Os Decry Ongoing Demolition of Property

. Demand Due Process/Investigations Landowners in the Central Market Residential Layout in Umuohiadagu Nekede, Owerri West LGA have expressed their grievances over the ongoing demolition of their property, worth  billions of Naria despite holding valid Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) issued by the government. These citizens, whose properties are being destroyed by the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), have demanded...

Rumble In Imo Over 2027 Guber

..As Orlu, Okigwe, Owerri Fight Dirty Even as the 2027 Imo Governorship election is three years away,the heath is on as the three Political Zones that make up Imo State engage each other in War of Words. Presently Okigwe,Orlu and Owerri are literally at War. The issue of who among the three Political Zones produces the next Governor dominates every gathering in...

Fire Engulfs Dangote Refinery Three Days After Accusing Iocs Of Sabotage

A raging fire has engulfed the Dangote Refinery just three days after the company accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria of frustrating its effort to access crude oil. It is not clear what started the fire. But videos of the inferno seen on X shows it’s a massive fire that could cause severe damage to the operations of the...

Court Strikes Out Naira Abuse Charges Against Cubana Chief Priest

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday freed celebrity bartender and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, after striking out Naira abuse charges brought against him. Justice Kehinde Ogundare struck out the charge following the adoption of terms of settlement between parties to the suit. It had earlier been reported that Cubana Chief Priest was arraigned by the Economic and...