A Chinese firm, Golden Tripod Company has been permanently closed down by the Akwa Ibom State government over environmental pollution. According to a report, the state government had in August, ordered the relocation of the manufacturing company out of the city centre, along Ikot Ekpene road, Uyo, to a suburb over environmental pollution. However, the…
In a response to the directive of the Labour Union, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) following last week’s brutalisation of the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, unions in the aviation industry on Wednesday, directed the withdrawal of all flights to Owerri, Imo State, from all airports in Nigeria….
In a further measure to protest the brutality of Joe Ajaero, the President of Nigeria Labour Congress by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, the organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Tuesday, ordered a shutdown of electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State, while also directing aviation workers…
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, has mourned the death of three pupils of Tansi International College, Awka, who died while playing football on the school field on Saturday, while also cautioned against future occurrences, just as he advised the youth to always abstain from outdoor activities once the rain begins to fall, as…
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State governor, has lost his father, Simon Soludo. The Informant247 gathered the nonagenarian passed away in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness. However, no official announcement has been made about the demise. When contacted on the telephone, Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, said, “Yes it is true….
In preparation for the November 11 governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State has again urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to redeploy the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Sylvia Agu. In a statement released by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Monday, the PDP said…
The allegations of forgery of a discharge certificate brought against Barrister Peter Mbah, the Enugu State Governor, by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was on Monday, dismissed by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The Informant247 gathered that Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo threw away the allegations following the inability of the Corps to…
In preparation for the November 11 governorship election in Imo, the inspector-general of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the redeployment of Mohammed Barde, the commissioner of police in the state. The Informant247 had on November 1, reported how the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero was picked up from the Imo…
The presence of the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the state capital, to lead a protest was in defiance of a court order, the Imo State Government has said. The government, in a defensive statement on Thursday, also denied involvement in the arrest and brutalisation of the labour leader….
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in the last election, has reacted to the comments credited to Governor Alex Otti of Abia, claiming that 20 headless bodies and countless human skeletons were found around Lokpanta cattle market in the state. The former Anambra state governor, while reacting to the development,…
The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday, denied the arrest of the Nigerian Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero in Owerri. In a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Okoye Henry, on Wednesday, said the NLC president was in Warri as part of the Congress’s plans to organise labourers for a massive protest…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned hearing on the application by the All Progressives Grand Alliance seeking to sack Hope Uzodinma as the Imo State Governor to December 5. It was gathered that the apex court had fixed October 31, 2023, for the commencement of a hearing on the matter. It would be recalled that…
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, during a monthly media parley at the Government House in Umuahia, claimed that over 80 bodies were recovered from kidnappers’ den in the state. The governor, while giving an account, said that the security intelligence showed the ransoms paid for kidnapped victims were always dropped off around Umuchieze Cattle…
After three years of applying, the Supreme Court, on Friday, fixed October 31 to hear an application filed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) seeking to remove Hope Uzodinma from office as Imo state governor. The hearing is coming three years after the party filed the application in July 2020. The application, filed in…
In preparation for the governorship election in Imo State, scheduled for November 11, the Independent National Electoral Commission, on Monday, lamented that the commission had recorded a shortfall of 6,154 ad hoc staff for the exercise. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of INEC, stated this at a two-day capacity workshop for members of the INEC…
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, on Saturday, declared war against street urchins in Onitsha, the commercial city of the state. Soludo made the declaration when he attended the Ofala Festival of the monarch of Onitsha Ancient Kingdom, Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, who is popularly addressed as Agbogidi, saying what used to be known…
Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah-led three-man panel of the Abia State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Friday, dismissed Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) election petition against the governor of the state, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP). Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah, in a three hours judgment, struck out the petition on three grounds:…
Abia, Nigeria – The Abia State Police Command announced on Wednesday the arrest of a former police officer who was caught in the act of trying to steal an electricity transformer at the National High School on Port Harcourt Road in Aba. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moureen Chinaka, who spoke on…
The tranquil town of Ezzamgbo in Ebonyi State was shattered by the sound of gunshots as suspected militants from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) unleashed chaos on Monday. This incident occurred in the hometown of Friday Ekpa, who is based in Finland and has been perceived as a leader of the outlawed group in…
Anambra, Nigeria – In a significant turn of events, Rev. Fr. Samuel Aniebonem, a Catholic Priest serving at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Awka, Anambra, who had been reportedly detained by the police, has been released, along with seven other individuals. They had been taken into custody on September 27, with allegations of being members…
