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...... As Customers in Nnewi Insist they won't subscriber to MAP. The EEDC customer forum, which was supposed to be an interactive section with the management of EEDC and there customers in Nnewi district was yesterday stalemated as customers in Nnewi rejected the offer of subscribing to the proposed regime of changing new meters for there old ones, which the customers said were still active, but where deactivated, as a measure to rip them off, and for EEDC to sell new ones to them. In the question and response answer section, where most notable Nnewi indigenes spoke, bashed the team that came, whom they described as being on a mission to insult their sensibilities. They wondered how, they asked them to come for a town hall meeting, without adequate preparation to address Ndi Nnewi, in an important issue as electricity. In his submission, Ambassador Odi Nwosu, lamented the lackadaisical attitude of the staff and management of EEDC towards the issue of metering, which a pe...

The Federal Government has approved the payment of N33,000 as monthly allowance for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, disclosed this during a session with some corps members at the service’s Bauchi State Secretariat. Brigadier General Ibrahim, who was on a working visit to the state, cleared the air on the amount approved as monthly allowance for corps members. He explained that the approval was made in line with the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage by the Federal Government. Ibrahim noted that contrary to the various amounts being circulated on social media, the sum of N33,000 had been approved as the new rate. He stressed that provision had been made for the new allowance in the year 2020 Budget, adding that payment would commence as soon as funds were released by the appropriate authorities. The NYSC boss advised the corps members to be security conscious at all times, ...

Hon. Obinna Okechukwu, the Chairman of New Motorcycle Spare Parts Association Nnewi (NASPA) and the Vice Chairman ASMATA, has commended Governor Willie Obiano for his efforts at stabilizing the markets in the state. He made this assertion recently in his office while interacting with newsmen. He said the Governor has done very well in making sure that all they require in the markets in the state is provided for. He also commended the Governor on his  enthronement into the prestigious order of the Knighthood of Commander of Pontifical Order of St Gregory the Great (KCSG) by Pope Francis, the Catholic Pontiff in Rome. In his goodwill message, Hon. Obinna Okechukwu stated that Governor Willie Obiano has shown goodwill and sagacity in piloting the affairs of the state, no wonder he is getting recognized world over. He thanked the Governor for putting in place adequate measures, which saw to a peaceful and eventful Christmas and New Year Celebrations in the state. Hon. Obi...

Prophet Chika Emedo is a man of God with special anointing. He was the first to inform H.E Senator Hope Uzodinma six years ago in his Abuja residence, that he will be the next governor after Rochas Okorocha. He went further then, to tell him,  according to God's revelation, that he will get the mandate of IMO people in a different party, aside from the party he was in, that is the PDP, and that his group then with H.E Ali Modu Sheriff will loose to Dr Ahmed Makarifi, a message that did not go down well with H.E Hope Uzodinma then. Today, H.E Senator Hope Uzodinma is the 6th Governor of IMO state. In this exclusive interview, he went down memory lane to highlight on the reasons why H.E Senator Hope Uzodinma should be supported by IMO people because of his divine call to govern Imo Excerpts: Q: Please for the reading public, lets know you Sir. Ans: I am Prophet Chika Emedo, the Senior Pastor Jesus Must Come Fire Ministry Lagos, Nigeria. Q: Today H.E Senator Hope Uzod...

It's no longer news that Abuja High Court in Kubwa, presided over by Justice Bello Kawu dated 11th day of April 2019 marked as suit No: CV/3044/18, purportedly annulled the Senatorial ticket of Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South based on the grounds that he presented a forged NECO certificate to INEC prior to the 2019 general elections. The unfortunate judgment came as a surprise to many Nigerians including the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria(HURIWA). Recall that HURIWA recently wrote to NECO as part of their investigation to authenticate the result of Senator Ubah which one Mr. Obinna Uzoh claimed as forged. In a letter with the particulars as follows: NECO/R/LGS/20/003, dated 23rd January 2020 and addressed to HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), led by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the examination body released Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah's result details and cleared the air about Statement of Results and NECO Cer...

It was indeed a tragic Sunday as an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, was said to have shot the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance in Imo North Senatorial District, Ndubuisi Emenike at close range, going by an eye witness report. The incident which took place at about 5 pm on Sunday, was during a victory party for Princess Onuoha, the APC candidate  in the Okigwe North Federal Constituency election held on Saturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced her as winner of the election. The tragedy happened at the newly elected APC's candidate house in Umunachi of the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state. It was however gathered that the NSCDC officer who shot the the AA Senatorial Canfidate was an ordeal from another person and not the aide attached to the AA senatorial candidate who had escorted him to the victory party. The officer was said to have been shooting consistently into the air and in the process...