Beyond the Headlines
By Oge Nosike When the new Chairman of the Imo Internal Revenue Service (IIRS), Justice Remigius Okoye said he was committed to plugging all avenues of revenue leakage in the state, not many were certain he would follow through. But recent events at the IIRS, all happening so fast, suggest that Okoye’s resolve to follow […]
.Tribute to a fallen comrade By Okey Nwanguma The news of the death of Uche Wisdom Durueke on the afternoon of 14 May, 2020 hit me with a devastating suddeness and benumbing shock. Words are not enough to adequately convey the enormity of my grief. My last communication with Durueke was on May 3, during […]
A Permanent Secretary in the Imo state Ministry of Works, Engr. Egbuka E.C has come under a barrage of criticisms for allegedly taking sides in a dispute concerning two rival hoteliers. The senior civil servant who was expected to have fairly mediated in the dispute was rather found attempting to intimidate and wield the influence […]
The Imo state government has slammed an indefinite suspension on a nursing mother, Mrs. Vivian Ottih for sending an open distress call to his kinsman who is an appointee of government, lamenting her condition following the inability of government to pay her salaries in the last three months. Ottih who is a staff of the […]
Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has said it will not judge the new Chief of Staff to the president, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari by his actions in the past but will hold him responsible for every action he takes in his new office as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement signed by the […]
… Says: ‘FG importing coal into Newcastle’ The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has condemned the recent move by Nigeria’s Federal Government to import the Madagascar-made herbal remedy for Coronavirus, COVID Organics. In a press statement by the President of the association, Pharm. (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa, the PSN dismissed the decision as ‘distasteful’ and likened […]
An advocate for constitutional democracy and Executive Director, Legislative Watch, Hon. Ngozika Ihuoma wants the judiciary to explain what remedies there are for Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who was held unlawfully for five months before his acquittal. Ihuoma who spoke to our correspondent in Owerri the Imo state capital said in near similar scenario, Chief Bode […]
Former governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has praised the sterling qualities of Nigeria’s late former president, Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’Adua Ibori in remembrance of the 10th year anniversary of the demise of the late statesman, eulogized Yar’Adua’s personality, academic credentials and leadership qualities. Posting via his twitter handle, @JamesIbori6, the former governor […]
.Say: ’19 agencies owed since February’ Civil servants in Imo state has told Governor Hope Uzodinma that the period of COVID-19 lockdown is a terrible time to owe workers’ salaries. While stating that the lockdown has further deepened the pains of civil servant, the workers begged Uzodinma to defray their thee months of unpaid salary […]
No fewer than 10 corpses being transported into Ivo council area of Ebonyi state through various boundary communities have been denied access into the state. The Chairman of the local government, Chief Ogbonnaya Ude disclosed this to newsmen at Ishiagu while monitoring the boundary areas of the council. He lamented that foreigners have been entering […]
