#Nigeria: Presidential Panel set to investigate Magu.

News making the rounds on social media indicates that a 7man presidential panel had been set up to investigate allegations of discrepancies in the reconciliation of financial records of the EFCC and other alleged offences against the acting Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

Genevieve Nnaji: appointed Oscars voting member.

Genevieve Nnaji an Imo State born Nigerian Nollywood actress has reportedly been appointed as an Oscars (Academy Awards) voting member.

This is according to information shared on social media by different media sites like the one below as shared on twitter.

We say congratulations to Genevieve Nnaji MFR, keep making us proud. 

'Looted Biafra Artefacts' Sold for $238,000

News making the rounds have it that a Nigerian-Born Princeton Professor Chike Okeke-Agulu has Kicked against the auctioning of a supposedly 'Looted Biafra Artefacts' which was being Sold at $238,000 At a Paris Auction.

The auction house Christie had said that the collector acquired them from an African dealer in 1968 or 1969, either in Cameroon or Paris, before they were later acquired by another private collector and that the auctioning is perfectly legal. 

The wooden carved supposedly Igbo deities which is about 1.5m tall is believed to have been stolen from Biafra or South Eastern Nigeria. 

News about the auction is all over the social media. 

Obaseki wins PDP ticket

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Nigeria have emerged the winner of the PDP primary elections after his closest rival stepped down for him. 

He is now officially the PDP flag bearer in the upcoming governorship election in the State.

Ajimobi, ex-governor of Oyo is dead

Former Governor of Oyo State Nigeria, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi  is  dead, he was reported to have been on life support machine since last Friday after slipping into coma as a result of a cardiac arrest. 

News about his dead has been carried by so many online media, including the popular, Sahara Reporters. 

What about Rape?? A must read.

Rape is rape, it means having a sexual intercourse with someone without his or her consent, any one can be raped, men can rape women, women can rape men, men can rape men and women can rape women. 

    There is no excuse for rape, nothing justifies rape, if you rape someone,

Maaad people every where!!!

Before the COVID-19 lock down, I was in Aba, had a heated argument with a commercial motorcyclist at Osisioma, other people supported me and asked him to give me my balance. 

The argument was in English language, the young man looked at me from head to toe, not knowing what else to say, he scratched his head, dipped hands into his pocket brought out my balance angrily and gave it to me. 

I stretched my hands and as soon as I collected the money, He said, looking at me,

"Zoo janjaweed, maaaaaad people every where", my anger evaporated, I started laughing, tried to stop him but he zoomed off. 

I repeated the words to myself, shook my head in laughter, the expression on his face when he said it made me laugh the more. 

If you no know, you no know... 

Umuchineke!!!

Majek Fashek is dead

News making the rounds has it that legendary Nigerian reggae star Majekodunmi Fasheke also known by his stage name Majek Fashek is dead. 

It was widely reported that he passed away in the United States of America on the 1st of June, 2020. 

...#Biafra... Mum choked on her food...

The first time I heard the word Biafra, I was in Primary 5, I had gone on an errand for my Mum to buy something for her from a local nearby store. 

It was there that I over heard an old man 

(Papa Christian) chatting with his equally old men friends about their roles during the Biafran War, watching them chatting and laughing over a bottle of wine, while i waited for my turn to be served of what i requested, got me fascinated, especially when the old man drunk with wine, suddenly stood and started marching while others bursted into laughter.  

I was spell bound, he sang two war songs to the admiration of his friends before a left, the first song said: 

COVID-19: Catholic Church donates 425 Hospitals in Nigeria

It is been reported by major online news outlets that the Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria through the Conference of their Bishops has donated a whopping 425 Hospitals

to the Nigerian Governments. 

The Hospitals are reportedly to be used as isolation centers in the fight against the Corona Virus Pandemic in the country. 

Liverpool set to be crowned Champions

According to SkyNews Sports correspondence, Martha Kelner, the FA had warned Premier League clubs that the 2019/20 season will be decided on merit, putting to rest the possibility of declaring the season null and void. 

The FA categorically stated that the future of the league must include promotions and relegations.  

This decision brightens the chances of Liverpool lifting the trophy this season needing only six more points. 

Gov. Nwike reacts to public statements on demolition of hotels in Eleme.

Gov. Wike has reportedly said on his official twitter handle that he doesn't not understand why people should attach so much of emotions on the demolition of the hotels that contravened the State's Executive order on COVID-19, this was his exact words as seen on his twitter handle: 

"One thing i fail to understand is why we must attach emotions when expressly exercising what the law states. A law was passed in the state and people who break the law NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE must feel the penalties that the law provides. Even PDP members. https://t.co/nTrm0hSQkO 

Breaking: FIFA approves five substitutions in matches.

FIFA and the International Football Association Board has agreed to allow for five substitutions in a single game according to reports making the rounds. 

NEW IMO STATE COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR PORTFOLIOS.

www.afrobaisms.com

S/NO                            NAME                                 MINISTRY

1      Dr. Mrs. Damaris Osunkwo                              Health

2      Dr. Iyke Njoku                                                   Environment

3      Prof. B.T.O. Ikegwuoha                                     Education

4      Raph Nwosu                                                      Works

5      Tony Umezurike                                                 Public Utilities

6      Dr. Love Ine                                                       Housing

7      Dr. Elias Martins Emedom                              Social Welfare and Sanitation

8      Fabian Ihekweme                                                Foreign/Int’L Affairs

9      Hon. Declan Emelumba                                      Information and Strategy

History of Owerri Province, Eastern Nigeria

The former Owerri Province was created towards the end of 1913, though it effectively took off in 1914, with headquarters at Owerri. 
It then, included the following districts, Aba, Opobo, Degema, Owerri, Bonny, Okigwe (including Orlu), and Bende (including a portion of the Aboh district lying east of the Niger).² 

Breaking: HE Uzodinma makes first appointments

Information reaching us is that 

His Excellency, Sen. Hope Uzodinma (Onwa Oyoko) Governor of Imo State has graciously approved the appointments of the following persons into his cabinet:

1. Chief Cosmas Iwu.... Secretary To The Government of Imo State ( SGI)

2. Bar. COC Akolisa, Attorney General & Commissioner of Justice

3. Sir Nnamdi Anyaehie....Chief of Staff and

4.  Mr. Oguike Nwachukwu.....Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser

 

The appointments are with immediate effect. 

Congratulations gentlemen🤝🏽

What do Igbos want??

A MUST READ !

"What do the Igbos want?",Buhari asked during his media chat.

Obi Nwakamma answers him.

And now, Obi Nwakanma, a Poet, journalist, biographer and literary critic, has written an article in answer to the question, "What do the Igbos want?"

Enjoy:

In Biafra, under three years, they were making their own rockets and calculating its distances; distilling their own oil and making aviation fuel, creating in their Chemical and Biological laboratories, new cures for diseases like Cholera, shaping their own spare parts, and turning the entire East into a vast workshop, as Ojukwu put it.

At the end of the war, the Ukpabi Asika regime brought together these Biafran scientists and set up PRODA. The initiative led, in the first five years between 1970-1975 under the late Prof. Gordian Ezekwe and Mang Ndukwe, to designs of industrial machinery models and prototypes for the East Central State Industrial Masterplan, which remain undeveloped even today. The Murtala/Obasanjo regime took over PRODA in 1975 by decree, starved it of funds, and basically destroyed its aims.

Secondly, Federal government policies centralized all potentials for innovation and entrepreneurship. Before 1983, states had their Ministries of Trade and Industry. These were charged with local business registration, trade, and investment promotion, and so on. But today in Nigeria, if you wish to do any business, you'd have to go to Abuja (it used to be Lagos) to register under the Corporate Affairs Commission. It used to be that local business registration was state and municipal functions. The concentration of the leverage for trade utterly limited Igbo entrepreneurs, particularly in the era of import licensing, once your quota was exhausted, you could not do business.

Gov. Ihedioha's farewell speech

STATEMENT FROM HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA, CON, ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING ON IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION OF THE MARCH 9, 2019.

JANUARY 15, 2020

My dear good people of Imo State,

I address you today, following the recent developments affecting our dear state, and in particular the Supreme Court judgement of 14thJanuary 2020.In my relationship with you as Governor of Imo , I had employed regular consultations and dialogue as a tool of political discourse. This informs this course of action.

2. I am reporting back to you our great Imo people on the fate of the mandate you freely gave to me as Governor and Engr. Gerald Irona as Deputy Governor. This mandate has now been truncated and cut short by the Supreme Court, in contravention of the will of the people.

3. We shall always cherish the tremendous goodwill and support you gave us as we grappled with setting up a new administration to rebuild a state that was devastated by bad governance.

4. In the last seven months we sought to elevate merit, unity of purpose, honesty, transparency and an inclusive approach to governance, as the hallmarks of our administration. We sought to restore once again, the pride and dignity of Imo people. We worked very hard to re-engineer the Imo renaissance. But God knows why he has allowed this current state of affairs.

5. No doubt, yesterday’s Supreme Court verdict, came to us as a rude shock and surprise considering the facts on ground,

Views on Imo State Governorship Supreme Court judgement Part 1

*_Can Somebody Tell The Supreme Court That Things Should Always Make Sense?_* 

By Tai Emeka Obasi. 

```According to the report from Vanguard's Ikechukwu Nnochiri, who was at the Supreme Court, the apex court declared Hope Uzodimma the new governor-elect based on the results he got from 388 units, which was earlier cancelled. Those results cumulated to 213, 295 votes.

INEC had said the reason they cancelled the results from those polling units was because of over voting. 

Now, I don't trust either of INEC or the Judiciary in Nigeria. 

But in matters like this, I use my brain to find out who is making sense. 

I was deeply involved in the last general elections and we had very well-structured training for all PDP agents in my Local Government Area of Ekwusigo. One of INEC's most effective rigging gimmicks is the voting point. In the last general elections, INEC created a voting point once the registered number of voters in any particular voting unit exceeded 500. 

All our agents were instructed to check the total number of registered voters from the INEC register whenever they arrived at any polling unit of posting. If the number reached 500, that they must demand to see the voting point created out of that particular unit and monitor accordingly. 

Now, let's get back to Uzodimma's votes from 388 units. A total of 213, 295 votes puts the average number at 550 votes from

New Year Broadcast of Imo State Governor

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NEW YEAR BROADCAST DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA, CON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020. 

FELICITATIONS

Umunnem ndi Imo. On behalf of my family and the government of Imo State, I am most delighted to bring you our New Year greetings. We give thanks to Almighty God for bringing us into the New Year in good health, full of hope again and having faith in a prosperous 2020.