By Femi Anamelechi This certainly is not the best of times at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), as the citadel of learning wielded the Big stick during the 8th Governing Council meeting of the University as the dismissed five staff members for gross misconducts Those dismissed for misconduct include; Prof. C. C. Nwabachili, immediate past…
From Marcel Duru, Owerri. Imo State Police Command under CP Audu Garba Bosso has decried high rate of Crime for arrested over 559 suspects in Imo State describing it as very disgracefully unfortunate.Speaking with Journalists at Imo State Command Headquarters he vehemently said thatForest raids in Owerri West LGA -with Imo Security Organisation Vigilantes combed…
By Femi Anamelechi Barely six months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 31.5 kilograms of cocaine from Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel marked MV Aruna Hulya have been convicted and fined a total of…
By Christian ABURIME Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has officially inaugurated the eighth Governing Council of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), tasking the newly appointed members with the rigorous mandate of institutional reform and the pursuit of academic excellence.Addressing the council members at the Light House in Awka, Governor Soludo acknowledged the gravity of their…
From Marcel Duru, Owerri. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare in Imo State Hon.Nkechinyere Ugwu has debunked allegation levelled against government of Senator Hope Uzodimma of being Gender Insensitive in Imo State. Speaking recently at the State Secretariat in Owerri, Imo State she highlighted that Governor Uzodimma has fought gender insensitivity in Imo State…
By Cosmas Okereafor Boeing has commenced its first tranche of advanced technical training program in Lagos for Nigerian airline engineers as part of its continued commitment to strengthen aviation safety, operational readiness and workforce development across Africa. The training, taking place from June 16 to July 29, will instruct 16 engineers from Nigerian carriers, United…
By Cosmas Okereafor The first batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa by the federal government arrived this morning aboard special flight belonging to Airpeace, a major carrier in the Nigeria airspace.The flight touched down at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, this thursday morning, in accordance with the FG promise.The Director General of Nigerians in Diaspora…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has received preliminary reports concerning an occurrence involving a privately operated aircraft in the vicinity of Asaba, Delta State, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Preliminary Information available indicates that the aircraft conducted a missed approach at approximately 0743 local time while attempting to land at Asaba. Subsequently, the aircraft…
By Femi Anamelechi Drama unfolded at the Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers grilled the Managing Director of the South-East Development Commission (SEDC), Mark Okoye, over the commission’s claim that it spent N153 million to rent a one-room liaison office in Abuja. The Senate Committee on SEDC, chaired by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, raised concerns over…
By Femi Anamelechi The table seems to have turned against Doris Ogala in the case between her and a popular Lagos basd televangelist Dr. Chris Okafor at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos as the case, could not take place because the representative of the actress cited another hospitalization following alleged collapse just days before…
