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By Mandy Park Gunmen in the wee hours of Saturday attacked and set ablaze the high court in Orlu LGA of Imo state. The gunmen were said to have attacked the complex which houses a magistrate court and the high court on the fateful day. Files were reportedly destroyed in the incident, but it is not yet clear if there were casualties. Michael Abattam, Imo State police Command spokesperson, did not respond to calls or messages when contacted to comment on the incident. The development came four years after a…

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By Mandy Park Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma, has blamed frequent building collapses in Nigeria on poor engineering quality. As a result,he advocated that members of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) should be allowed to discharge their duties like other professionals. The governor spoke, when he received the president and top executive members of NSE in Nigeria, on Friday, who paid him a courtesy call at Government House, Owerri. Said Uzodimma “The innocent lives we lose every time there is building collapse could be avoided if engineers were allowed…

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Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has accused Simon Ekpa of behaving like a paid agent. Mr Ekpa, a self-acclaimed IPOB leader who is reportedly based in Finland, declared a five-day sit-at-home in the south-east from December 9 to 14. His declaration caused commotion in the region and resulted in the death of several persons including the brother of actor Osita Iheme. Condemning the order, Kanu said, “Whatever has happened was completely wrong. There was no order issued by the…

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Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain Ademola Seriki has died in the Spanish capital of Madrid at the age of 63. In a statement signed by his children, the former minister passed on “surrounded by his family” on Thursday, December 15. The statement read, “It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude to Almighty Allah that we announce the loss of our much-loved and admired patriarch, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, His Excellency, Ambassador Demola Seriki, on December 15, 2022. “He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Madrid,…

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…say he has capacity to lead the state … pledge to buy re-election form By Mandy Park Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Imo State chapter, have rejoiced with their State Governor Hope Uzodimma on his 64th birthday, while pledging to buy the re-election form for the governor next year.Also the students affirmed that Uzodimma has the capacity and competence to lead the state into greater achievement considering his legacy projects. The students Said ” Uzodimma has demonstrated that he has the capacity to lead the state…

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…I will give Uzor Chikere trouble till he enters grave–Pretty Okafor Omocho Kalu The life of Mr. Uzo Chikere, publisher cum Editor-in-Chief of www.beats-onit.com, an online news platform, has come under grievious threat as  Pretty Okafor, who parades himself as President of the Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has vowed  to “deal mercilessly” with him. Pretty is irked owing to a news story published in the Journalist’s online news platform concerning the unclear circumstances surrounding the purported acquisition of a property now called PMAN Nigerian Music House, situated at…

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Director of media and publicity of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council Bayo Onanuga has alleged that his car was on Sunday night hit by a vehicle in the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in Abuja. Onanuga stated this in a lengthy post on Facebook. He said, “I had a close shave with death on Sunday night in Abuja as I was returning home at about 9pm after a visit to Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi. I was driving on the first lane of…

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