(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers and deputy speakers. Signing the bill into law in Owerri on Friday, the governor noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which stipulates […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has apprehended 12 suspected internet fraudsters in Ishuizo, Egbu in Owerri, Imo State, South- East Nigeria. According to the Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the suspects are, Samuel Chimaobi, Alex Udodiri, Ejike Chikamso, Nwanchukwu Michael and Obialor Samson. The organization’s Acting […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than 48 hours that the Imo state chairman of the opposition People’s Democratic party PDP, Chief Charles Ezekwem, defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC, eight members of the state Assembly elected under the party have followed suit, as they dumped the PDP for the ruling party. The […]
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo has renamed Jacob Zuma Road in Owerri after First Republic parliamentarian and minister, Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi in a move that appears as an attack on the legacies of his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha. A statement issued in Owerri by Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, the Chief Press […]
9AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, December 13, 2019, arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters, better known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys in three different locations in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The haul included a 16-year-old undergraduate. The suspects, who are believed to have used different pseudo names to defraud […]
By Ignatius Okpara IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Rochas Anayo Okorocha, has sacked his Commissioner for Information, Dr. Vitais Ajumbe as well as two other aides. The affected Special Advisers included that of Public Enlightenment and Strategy, Mr. kelechi Okpalaeke and his counterpart on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Justice Odika. A statement […]
