NIGERIA: Imo State Weekly, August 31-September 6, 2012




COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM

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Ideato South women carry Imo 1st lady’s trophy on August meeting

The women of Ideato South council Area of Imo State have won the Imo State first lady’s trophy as best performing council area during the concluded August general meeting which held at Orlu Township Stadium...FRONTLINE EXPRESS

FRSC Threatens Motorists

Owerri — IMO State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, weekend threatened to impound any vehicle that was not road worthy, during these ember months...ALL AFRICA/VANGUARD

More People Commiserate With Ogbonna's Family

In their own tributes, some Bongo musicians in Owerri, Saro Wiwa, King Owigiri and Eligwe Nwa Ugorji, prayed God to give his wife, children, relations and friends, especially the Vanguard family, the fortitude to bear what he termed "this irreparable loss"...ALL AFRICA/VANGUARD

Keshi Drops Nine Eagles Ahead of Liberia Clash

The Pillars defender who has been battling a knee injury for sometimes now is joined on the sidelines by Heartland of Owerri duo of Benjamin Francis and Kabiru Umar, Saviour Fidelis of Taraba FC, Rising Stars, Henry Ezekiel, Christian Ofili of ABS Fc, Chibuzor Onyekwelu of Fame fc, Femi Ajayi of Crown FC and Rangers International's Ogochukwu Ugonna. The players have since left the Bolton White Apartment of the team, as the 10 Europe based players invited are expected to start arriving Nigeria from Sunday evening...ALL AFRICA/VANGUARD

Millions For Millionaires

Cup holders, Heartland have been told their arrears of signing-on-fee for 2011/2012 season will be paid off latest next week. This was the fall-out of Friday's grand reception to the newest champions by the financiers, Imo state government at Governor's House, Owerri...SUPER SPORT

My Rise From Grass to Grace - Cosmas ILO

I came from a very poor background. My father died while I was three years old . There was nobody to send me to school. I struggled to complete my secondary school education. But today, I'm a proud graduate of Tourism Management of the Imo State University...ALL AFRICA/VANGUARD

Imo Police Smash Child Trafficking Syndicate

Parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Owerri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Vitalis Onugu, told Newsmen that the suspects, after stealing the two children, sold them to one social worker, Mrs Ngozi Ukonu for N450,000. He narrated that the said Ukonu later sold the children to two other women who bougth them for N450,000 (male) and N400,000 (female)...THE NATION

Cleric Decries Nigeria’s N2b 2012 Olympics Waste, Donates Sports Ground

ARCHBISHOP of Owerri Ecclesiastic Province, Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has decried the about N2 billion Nigeria spent on the recent 2012 London Olympic games without clinching any category of medal in the international competition...NIGERIAN GUARDIAN

‘Onitsha Port’ll reduce traffic in Lagos ports’

Founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) Dr. Boniface Aniebonam said: “The un-integrated system of transportation in Nigeria is not quite encouraging. Our ports are not linked up with rail so that goods can move quickly. That is why our roads get easily damaged.”...THE NATION

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