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Ihedioha must probe Okorocha –Udenwa Ndigbo should expect nothing from Buhari 23rd March 2019 in Politics  (FOR THE RECORDS) Former Governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa has called on the state governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha to ensure he probes Governor Rochas Okorocha when he assumes office on May 29. In this interview with WILLY EYA , he said such a probe is imperative because the mood of the people in the state supports such a move. What is your reaction to the outcome of this year’s general elections? My impression is that the election did not meet the expectations of Nigerians. You can see that we have not yet got it rig...

Pulse Opinion: Onnoghen’s disgrace should begin the process of sanitizing a corrupt judiciary 04/18/2019   Don't cry for Onnoghen. Cry for the judiciary. Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen [nan] ...

  GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE SUBJECT : GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA SETS UP 21-MEMBER TRANSITION COMMITTEE The Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has set up a 21-Member Transition Committee, with the following people as members: (1)     HON. ENGR. MARK UCHENDU                      -         CHAIRMAN (2)      HON. ADAORA IJEZIE (3)      HON. EMMA BUKAR IWUANYANWU (4)      HON. SIMEON IWUNZE (5)      HON. NKEIRU OLUEHI (6)      HON. ANGELA UWAKWEM (7)      HON UGOCHI NNANNA OKORO (8)      HON. IYKE NJOKU (9)      HON. CHINYERE UWANDU (10)    HON. NGOZI NWAMERENINI (11)    PROF. EDNA NJOKU (12)    ...

Tinubu Boycotts as Buhari arrives Lagos to Commission Projects 24/4/2019(for the records) Barring any last minute change of heart; and except he changes his mind and flies back home, it is all but certain that the national leaders of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) will be absent when President Muhammadu Buhari arrives Lagos State today, Wednesday morning, ostensibly to commission five projects, two of which are reportedly incomplete. At press time, Tinubu was reported to be out of the country and APC sources told Huhuonline.com that Tinubu’s absence, just like Buhari’s presence in Lagos was the by-product of intrigues and 2023 politics. The Lagos State government said yesterday that the president, during the visit, will be commissioning the projects which include the rehabilitated 10-lane Oshodi – Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, the 170-Bed ‘Ayinke House’ (Maternity Hospital)) at the Lagos State Uni...

GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Following the establishment of Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at the premises of the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, with campus at Aboh/Ngor Okpala, the Imo State Polytechnic is hereby relocated to Ehime Mbano with a campus at the site of Ahiara Polytechnic, Ahiara, and another campus at the site of the Imo State University of Medical Sciences pending their recognition. The Imo State Polytechnic campus, Orlu is named Bishop Shanahan Polytechnic, Orlu with a campus at the site of Mbonu Ojike Polytechnic, Arondizuogu. And to ensure the smooth-take-off of these laudable new institutions, the following persons are hereby appointed as members of the Governing Councils. IMO STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES VICE CHANCELLOR:   PROF. PETER AKANWA CHAIRMAN:                 REV. FR. WENCESLAUS M...

Buhari leaves for London on a private visit Publisher 26 April 2019 After a hectic official engagement, President Muhammadu Buhari was scheduled to jet out of the country to London, for a private visit; the 11th time in four years. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said in a statement, Thursday that President Buhari would leave Nigeria after a visit to Maiduguri, the Borno capital to commission projects in the sectors of education, healthcare and roads. Adesina said: “Further to the official visit by President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos Wednesday where he commissioned a number of projects executed by the State Government, the President is scheduled to depart for Maiduguri, the Borno State capital for another official visit Thursday. “He is expected to commission developmental projects especially in the sectors of education, healthcare and roads. “At the end of the visit, President Buhari will be proceedin...

Judge indicted for allegedly sneaking immigrant out of courthouse to thwart ICE Caitlin Dickson Reporter , Yahoo News • April 27, 2019 .A Massachusetts District Court judge has been charged with obstruction of justice and suspended without pay for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid federal immigration agents by allowing him to sneak out the back entrance of the courthouse after a hearing last yearThe judge, Shelley Richmond Joseph, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday, along with Wesley MacGregor, who retired last month after 26 years as a Massachusetts Trial Court officer. U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling  announced the indictment at a press conference  alongside top officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Boston field office.“This case is not about immigration,” Lelling insisted. “It is about the rule of law.” However, the apparently unprecedented action against Joseph, a sitting judg...

Atiku is a Nigerian, says Yakasai April 16, 2019 in News , News Update 0 The Second Republic Presidential Adviser, to former President late Shehu Aliyu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has stated that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar remains a Nigerian citizen and is qualified to contest for any elective position in the country, including the office of the President.Yakasai,who was reacting to recent application by the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Presidential Election Tribunal, alleging that Atiku is a Cameronian and as such, unfit to contest for the office of the President of Nigeria in the 2019 presidential election.The former member of Board of Trustees of the defunct All People’s Party (APP) in a statement he personally signed and made available to reporters in Kano, berated APC for holding such opinion that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not a Nigerian.To my astonishment, “it is t...