NIGERIA: Imo State Weekly, September 28-October 4, 2012

COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM

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Threatened By Erosion - the Traumatic Experience of Imo Communities

Owerri — APART from periodic political upheavals and serious crimes like kidnapping and armed robbery, Imo State is faced with a number of other problems. Gully erosion is one of them. As at the last count, there are over 401 identified erosion sites scattered in all the 27 local government areas of the State.

NAPTIP Smashes Baby-Selling Syndicate

Peace Asugwo is a teenage mother whose grandmother, Antonia, felt had disgraced the family by getting pregnant out of wedlock. An indigene of Agwa Village in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, she was impregnated by her boyfriend, one Johnson.

I’m Ready To Hang My Boots

I feel so great. The award that I won last year was the fourth time I am winning it, and I am very grateful to God for making it possible. It was another way for me being able to confirm that I am still playing well.

ANA Commissions Arts Centers in Owerri

The National Vice President and the General Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Mallam Denja Abdullahi and B. M. Dzukogi have called on elders to always give younger ones the opportunity to develop their talents.

Okorocha Calls For Renewed Commitment To Nation’s Progress

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on Nigerians to renew their commitment to the nation for progress and development. Okorocha made the call while addressing children at a match past to mark the nation’s 52nd Independence celebration in Owerri on Monday.

Aba Renewal and Gov Orji's Transformation Agenda

When professional faultfinders lampoon the Abia administration, with not very choice words, about the state of infrastructure in Aba, little do they realise that the level of degradation that has ravaged Enyimba city for decades does not call for quick fixes or cosmetic remedies which they are wont to proffer.

We Got N20m Ransom From Kidnapping —Suspects

The leader of a kidnapping gang operating in Festac, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Henry Emenike, 30, has confessed that his gang has made more than N20 million since they started kidnapping people in Lagos two Months ago.

Sad End Of An NYSC Corper, She Survived Boko Haram In The North To Be Gunned Down In Onitsha

It was quite sad that Augusta, who had survived a series of hostilities and bombings by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in Adamawa State, where she observed her one-year mandatory national youth service, would painfully meet her untimely death in a place she felt was her home.

Okorocha lays foundation stone of 5,000 housing units

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State at the weekend laid the foundation stone for 5,000 Diaspora Village Housing Units. The event took place at Azara, Obiato, Mbaitoli Local Council of Imo State. According to the governor, the houses to be built in partnership with Imo persons residing in other countries would be fitted with facilities comparable to those in other advanced countries, urging the hosting communities to guarantee the security of those who would reside there.

Imo Govt Implements Teachers Special Allowance

The Imo Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Sunday said the state government had implemented the Teachers Special Allowance (TSA) of 27.5 per cent of basic salary.

NCF Holds National Women's Cricket Championships

The 3rd National Women's Cricket Championship and the maiden edition of the Regional U-17 Boys Championship will end this weekend to mark the end of activities of the Nigeria Cricket Federation in the3rd quarter.

ANA Commissions Arts Centers in Owerri

The National Vice President and the General Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Mallam Denja Abdullahi and B. M. Dzukogi have called on elders to always give younger ones the opportunity to develop their talents

Owerri Diocese Synod Holds Oct 4

THE first session, 19th Synod of Anglican diocese church will hold between October 4 through October 7 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Obazu Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local Council of Imo State.

Iwuanyanwu Dismisses Igbo Presidency In 2015

A Peoples Democratic Party leader in the South-East, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Thursday dismissed the possibility of a president of Igbo extraction emerging in 2015. The former presidential aspirant said this at a press conference in Owerri, Imo State, where he advocated the inclusion of zoning of political offices in the constitution.

Hostages rescued by Imo police

Officers of the Imo State Police Command has rescued two kidnapped victims, a man and a woman. The victims were abducted in the early hours of Thursday along Control Junction in Owerri.

Rediscovering the Igbo

BEFORE Reverend George T. Basden arrived in Onitsha at the turn of the 19th century, the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria had long been “discovered”. Thanks to the apocryphal “discovery of the embouchure of the Niger” by the Lander brothers.

‘Shipping Business Key To Nigerian Economy’

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, has stated that shipping business remains a key sector for the country to harness her enormous potentials in the maritime sector.

Gov Okorocha lays foundation for hotel in Okigwe

The Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to develop Okigwe, to bring it out of the of underdevelopment it suffered in the hands of past administration. He said this at the foundation laying ceremony of the proposed ’5-star Princess Hotel’ in Okigwe.