March 14, 2020

Uzodinma Swears In First Female Chief Judge

March 14, 2020 5:27 am

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Friday, sworn in Justice Ijeoma Agugua, as the first female Chief Judge of the state.

Agugua replaces Justice Paschal Nnadi, who retired from service.

Speaking at the ceremony in Owerri, Uzodinma assured that judiciary under his time will be different.

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He vowed to make the Imo State judiciary one of the best in the country and also make it autonomous.

“Judiciary is an important arm of government, and if our democracy must grow with its attendant dividends, we must have an efficient judiciary”, he

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Uzodinma Recalls 3,500 Civil Servants Sacked By Ihedioha

March 14, 2020 5:27 am

No fewer than 3,500 civil servants in Imo state recently sacked by the immediate past Government of Emeka Ihedioha have been reinstated.

Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma Friday, approved the release of their appointment letters and instructed that they are remunerated as at when due.

According to our correspondent in the state, the Governor has charged the Head of Service, Camillus Chibuzor Nwagwu to integrate the reinstated civil servants in the scheme of things, insisting that the government is poised to creating more job opportunities rather than disengaging the people.

In his reaction, the former Transition Committee chairman of Nkwerre local

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There Are Christians In The Boko Haram Sect – Gen. Shafa

March 14, 2020 1:11 am

Major General Bamidele Shafa is the Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, saddled with the responsibility of deradicalisation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members into the society. In this interview with MOLLY KILETE in Abuja, Gen. Shafa defended the federal government’s policy of rehabilitating insurgents who voluntarily surrender their arms and renounce terrorism. He equally added that, against popular belief, some Christians are also members of the terror gang.

Many Nigerians see Operation Safe Corridor as political especially when the beneficiaries are people that had killed innocent citizens. How do you respond to that?

Let me quickly correct one …