Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd) was the military governor of Kaduna State under the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (Rtd) military regime. Umar who is a public commentator on national issues has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to address the issues of ethno-religious bias in his administration with the potentials of […]
By Jibrin Ibrahim Today is the anniversary of President Buhari’s fifth year in power and he has three more years to go before retiring to Daura to take care of his cows. In another year or two, the campaign for 2023 will take over the attention of the political class and governance would stop. This […]
Southeast Governors and other Igbo leaders, yesterday settled their rift with the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu over the modalities for Community Policing planned for the region. Chairman of Southeast Governors Forum, and Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Dave Umahi stated this after a virtual meeting of the governors and Igbo leaders with the IGP. […]
.By Jennifer John A journalist and publisher of Newsfield Magazine/Newspapers, Mr Finian Chucks was on Thursday manhandled beaten up in Owerri, the Imo State capital by men said to be loyal to the member representing Obowo in Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Kennedy Ibe. Our correspondent understands that Ibe and Chuks who was once […]
By Jennifer John The Imo State action Committee on Covid 19, led by Prof. Maurice Iwu has given further insight into the reported 26 new cases of Coronavirus in the state. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday May 26, Prof Iwu informed that the new cases were diagnosed from 96 passengers who were on transit through the […]
Following the gale of defections that has hit the Imo state chapter of the People Democratic Party(PDP), the former Senior Special Assistant to the immediate past governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, on Public Enlightenment, Prince Eze Ugochukwu may have joined the list of decampees to the All Progressive Congress (APC). His exit […]
On May 16, an 84-year-old Rwandan by the name of Felicien Kabuga was arrested from a flat in Asnieres-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris. He had been on the run for 26 years. The Hutu businessman was once one of Rwanda’s wealthiest people. He stands accused of funding militias that massacred at least 800,000 ethnic […]
A former Director General of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Mr. T.C. Okere, aged 86, has allegedly stabbed his wife to death. Okere who is largely believed to be mentally unstable allegedly killed his wife Monday morning, in Imerienwe community, Ngor Okpala Council Area of Imo State. The deceased, 77 was a retiree of the […]
A former Director General of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Mr. T.C. Okere, aged 86, has allegedly stabbed his wife to death. Okere who is largely believed to be mentally unstable allegedly killed his wife Monday morning, in Imerienwe community, Ngor Okpala Council Area of Imo State. The deceased, 77 was a retiree of the […]
…ex-Governors’ pension restored Following last Friday’s abrogation of the law that empowered former governors, their deputies, former Speakers and their deputies to receive pension and gratuity, reactions have continued to trail the legislative action. Reacting to the development also, a constitutional democracy activist and Executive Director of Legislative Watch, Hon. Ngozika Ihuoma called on the […]
