COVID-19: 25 new cases ascribed to Imo, not resident in the state – Iwu
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…
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- Corruption , News
- May 24, 2020
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Imo: Activist wants EFCC to recover pensions paid to ex-Speakers, their deputies
…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…
Imo: Uzodinma signs law stripping ex-Governors, ex-Speakers of pensions, gratuity
The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has assented to a Bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former Governors, Deputy Governors, Speakers and Deputy…
Outrage as pregnant woman dies at Police checkpoint
Aggrieved youths Thursday staged a protest in Abigi, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, following the death of a pregnant woman at a police checkpoint, New Telegraph reports.…
- Human Rights , News
- May 18, 2020
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For insulting elders, cleric gets 36 strokes of the cane, buys-off 18 strokes with N9,500
A cleric and social critic in Amasiri community, Afikpo North council area of the Ebonyi state, Pastor Oko Chukwu Obeni, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his kinsmen…
- Corruption , News
- May 16, 2020
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Business Rivalry: Imo Perm Sec under fire for alleged influence-peddling
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…
- Human Rights , News
- May 15, 2020
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Imo: Nursing mother who sent SOS message over 3 months unpaid salaries, suspended
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…
Gambari:We’ll not judge him by his past, but by his actions in his new office – CUPP
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…
Madagascar’s COVID Organics: PSN kicks as FG snubs Nigerian scientists
… 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, …
- Human Rights , News
- May 12, 2020
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Orji Kalu: Activist demands remedy for 5-month illegal detention
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…
Workers’ Day: Pay us our salaries, Imo workers beg Uzodinma
.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. …
COVID-19 Lockdown: 10 corpses ‘denied entry’ into Ebonyi state
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…
COVID-19: Civil Society groups petition SGF, demand ‘decisive federal action’ in Kano
.Say: “Lives of 13 million Nigerians in Kano at risk” “Reports making the rounds indicate that strategic meetings of the dysfunctional Kano State Task Force on COVID-19 as well as…
COVID-19: Uzodimma signs into law, bill to enforce preventive measures
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has signed into law, a bill to introduce and enforce measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease and other dangerous infectious diseases and…
- Human Rights , News
- April 22, 2020
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Facebook Comment: Sad tale of young Fulani graduate languishing in prison without trial
The Fulani ethnic nationality is considered one of the academically disadvantaged segment of the Nigerian nation but Abdullahi Aliyu defied the odds to go to school and graduate with honours…