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07:44 ,


No fewer than 25 women suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra being detained in the Owerri federal prison facility have been moved out of the town .

A source in the prison confided in our correspondent on Thursday that the women were moved out to Okigwe prison on Wednesday and Thursday , respectively.

He said the development became necessary following the congestion of the female cells in the Owerri federal prison .

The source said the 548-capacity prison had 2, 253 inmates because of the presence of the 127 IPOB women and 74 suspected cultists.

He said, “ The Owerri prison authority has transferred 25 IPOB women to Okigwe prison . Ten were taken to Okigwe prison on Wednesday.

We are having space problem . The female cells are filled to capacity . There are no places they can stay.

The authority has to move them to another nearby prison .”

The Public Relations Officer of the Owerri Federal Prison , James Madugba , who confirmed the development in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, said that only 10 IPOB women were transferred to Okigwe prison as of Wednesday.

The prison spokesperson said the reason for the transfer of the women was to guarantee their safety and welfare.

He acknowledged that the prison facility was congested and that the female cells were pressured because of the number of female inmates in custody .


Meanwhile, 15 more women suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra were on Thursday remanded in the Owerri federal prison by a magistrate ’s court in Owerri presided over by S.K Kadurumba .

The development has increased the number of IPOB women remanded in custody by the court to 127 in the last four days .

Arraigning the fifteen women, the police prosecutor , Caleb Achi , told the court that the women committed the same crime the other 112 earlier remanded by the same court committed .

Achi explained that the accused were not arraigned the same day the others were arraigned because of exigencies.

He explained that while two women who slumped before their arraignment on Monday were rushed to the hospital for resuscitation and their names removed from the charge sheet , the other 13 w
ere not brought to court earlier because the unit of the police handling their matter was not ready .


The police prosecutor gave the names of the women as Chinyere Ubani , Precious Anyanwu , Nwaka John , Nwadike Chinyere , Chika Uruagwu, Ifeanyi Florence, Chinedu Chibuzo and Cynthia Okoroagwu .

Others are Paulina Iroanya Ntizi Josephine , Blessing Nwelele, Chinyere Achonna, Nneka Okoro , Magrate Eze and Ijeoma Nwafor .

Some of the charges read, “That you conspired with others now at large to commit misdemeanor to wit; conduct likely to cause a breach of peace and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 517 of the Criminal Code .. 


“ That you and others now at large did in a public place , conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by unlawfully obstructing the flow of traffic and other business and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 249 (d ) of the Criminal Code Act .

“ That you did assemble yourselves together and publicly exhibited banners , emblems , flags or symbols of Indigenous people of Biafra and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 88 ( b ) of the Criminal Code .”

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08:22 ,
There was drama in Owerri , the Imo state capital , on Friday when operatives of the state police command intercepted a convoy carrying the corpse of a 39 - year -old man, Kingsley Egwim, home for funeral rites.

The convoy, which was conveying the corpse from Rivers State to Amauziri in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, was accosted at Tetlow by Bank Raod in Owerri by cops who were on a stop- and- search duty.
On being searched, a pistol with some live bullets was discovered in one of the buses in the convoy.

Upon the discovery, the police arrested the corpse and the mourners and marched them to the state police command headquarters.

The development attracted residents, who trooped out to watch the drama. A police source told Ameborave that the testimony of one of the arrested persons made the operatives to force open the casket, leading to the discovery of a pistol with police insignia.

The source said, “While on a stop-and-search duty, the operatives of the command intercepted a convoy conveying a corpse home.

“Their attire and disposition raised the curiosity of the men and we quickly flagged them down. While their vehicles were ransacked, a pistol and bullets were recovered.
“We quickly marched them to the state command headquarters , where we forcefully opened the casket and found a pistol with police insignia on it. The pistol was with the corpse inside the casket.

“From preliminary investigation, the youths, numbering 72 – both male and female – are members of a cult group from Rivers State, who were possibly attending the funeral of one of their members.

“ What a pistol was doing inside a casket is what we do not understand. The pistol has police insignia , meaning that they might have killed a police officer and took his pistol or they stole it from policemen after attacking them.”

When our correspondent visited the command headquarters, the suspected cultists were seen being interrogated by operatives of the command.

Another source told our correspondent that the tattoos and knives cults on the bodies of the suspects indicated that they were dreaded cultists.

Ameborave.com gathered that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Dansuki Galandanchi, ordered the release of the corpse around 4 pm for funeral rites when the widow and father of the deceased came to the police command to identify the deceased.

Our correspondent saw some relatives of the deceased carrying the casket out of the command headquarters while police impounded the ambulance and other vehicles the suspects were arrested in.

The wife of the dead and her father were seen walking behind those carrying the casket out from the police premises.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem, said two pistols, one with police insignia, and 44 rounds of live ammunition, were recovered from the suspects.
Enwerem, who said the arrest was as a result of the community policing strategy of the CP, gave the assurance that the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigation.


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13:31 ,
Suffering from corruption stigma placed on it, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to change its name, a rebranding measure ahead of 2019 general election.

ThisDay reported that the party had suffered a string of losses in the last four governorship elections – Edo, Ondo, Anambra and Ekiti.
The newspaper reported that the decision of the party for a change of name was taken on Saturday night.

The party noted that the move was pre-emptive to prevent the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from tagging it as corrupt. PDP, which planned to announce the decision to change its name, had also pencilled down Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as the one to head a committee that would walk the party through the procedure.

Many of the party’s stalwarts have been worried by how the ruling APC had successfully branded the party as corrupt in the eyes of Nigerians and admitted that, a rebranding was imperative to mount a successful challenge in 2019.

PDP had become damaged goods that must be changed to give the party a fresh start.
The decision by the PDP to change its name might have stemmed from last Thursday’s meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki.

Though, details of their discussion were not made public, many in PDP believed that with such sessions, the chances of bringing Saraki back to the PDP could be hampered. The opposition party had long mooted the idea of name change, but had slowed down on the decision because a majority of its members were not disposed to it, and those who wanted it could not convince the others.

Besides, it was thought that even though the party had switched positions and had become an opposition party, PDP was still the only party with membership in the remotest parts of the country, and the name resonated with a majority of its members and admirers, particularly among the teeming illiterate populations.


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10:21 ,
Redefining Africa to the world through beauty and creativity.

The organisers of  Face of Arise Africa Pageant last weekend  impacted the contestants with various skills.

They were taught skills like blogging, Ankara shoes and hand bag, Public Speaking and Entrepreneurship. 

The (Ceo/Publisher Face of Arise Africa Magazine), Ikechukwu Anyanwu  taught the contestants  on Business Start Ups: How to Become A successful Entrepreneur.

Miss Ebube took them up on the practical aspects on making of Ankara shoes and hand bag.

Miss Innocent Miracle and Onyedikachi Chimezie taught  Levels of Leadership, Hardwork.

Miss Aham Nancy and Desmond  Channels Imsu took the contestants on ethics and importance of having good strong moral values.

Miss Adaku CEO  Quingist  and Tim Uwakwe of Navicorp  handled Blogging and how one can make money online.

The upcoming event  which is scheduled for  28th July at Rockview Hotel would also feature Distinguished Personalities & Best Brand Awards.

According to the leadership coach and founder of Arise Afika Blog, "this year's edition of Face of Arise Africa pageant is not just about being beautiful, having poise, dancing/dressing well, and have the curves, glam/glow physically. It's all about having all these in your brains too. The edition is all about  intellectual boldness, courage and strength."

"Ability to speak in a manner that would cause actions to be made."
"Women are the most powerful beings in the world, not by physical strength, but by our internal strength. A woman can lift up or bring down kingdoms. If the young ladies can only understand the power that they wield, then truly you are a Queen, with or without a  Crown and a Sache."

In this edition, the body is not the deal here, the brain is.
Contestants of the 2nd Edition of Face of Arise Africa Beauty Pageant are so excited.
The event would be anchored by Vickylonia,  Petronila and É Berry.

As part of their camp activities, they had a photoshoots in preparation for the grand finale in Owerri, the Imo state Capital.

This years edition of the pageant will hold on 28th July 2018, at Rockview Hotels. Owerri. 

To Reserve your table:
Tickets are available
Regular: N1,000
VIP, N5,000
Classic: N25,000
VIP N50,000
Vvip: N100,000

Make a transfer  to Any Zenith Bank Account number: 1015290631
Account name: Face of Arise Africa

After payment, Text Name, FAA to 08178497715.
For more inquiries call
08037512288 08178497715. 



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09:56 ,
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), says Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, was not pushed out of the party.

He said this on Monday at the party secretariat in Abuja while responding to questions on the withdrawal of Ortom.

Ortom had announced that APC had given him a “red card” and this would enable him to join any political party that has an ideology worthy of being adopted by his administration.

But the party chairman said he could not comment on the basis of rumour, saying APC would dig into the matter and react accordingly.

“This party will not comment on the basis of rumours and I am sure eventually we will find out the fact of the matter and base on those facts, we would act,” he said.

“I know that Ortom is a prominent member of the party. He has said repeatedly to me one on one that he will not leave the APC unless he was pushed out.

“I have since assumed the chairmanship of this party along with my brothers and sisters in the national working committee and I know that we have not shut out any governor, certainly not Ortom.”


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08:23 ,
The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, has said that he was never imprisoned for theft in the United States of America.

The state House of Assembly, which commenced impeachment against him on Tuesday during plenary, had accused him of being an ex-convict, among other allegations.

The impeachment petition, which was signed by 14 lawmakers, was moved by the deputy speaker, Ugonna Ozuruigbo.

But a statement issued shortly afterwards by the deputy governor’s chief press secretary, Uche Onwuchekwa, said that Madumere was not guilty of any of the allegations.

The statement said that the deputy governor had not been convicted anywhere in the world of any civil matter, not to mention a criminal one.

Madumere said that the two times he had been clamped into detention were mainly to save Governor Rochas Okorocha from embarrassment.

According to him, the allegations “were just to call the dog a bad name in order to hang it.”

The statement reads in part, “By our records, the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has never abdicated any of his responsibilities.

“There are laid down procedures through which a Deputy Governor or any member of the executive Council can be invited for Executive Council Meeting. We hereby state that the Deputy Governor has never been invited for such meetings, either through a memo or via any official notices and thereby cannot stand against the deputy governor within the period in review.

“Refusal to attend, and to hold meetings with the governor is, to say the least, another exercise in triviality as the deputy governor cannot force himself on the governor, especially when he has been tagged a pariah in the government circle.

“To this extent, where the Deputy Governor’s inputs are needed, there are right procedures through which he could be reached.

The most embarrassing among the spurious allegations is the annoying allegation of concealment of felonious conduct affecting the presentation of self as eligible candidate of office of Deputy Governor of Imo State.

“The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has never been convicted of any civil matter, let alone, theft.

“We are pained to state that the two occasions that the Deputy Governor had to go through the pains of losing his freedom in detention were all in the course of saving Owelle Rochas Okorocha from public disgrace.

“It will be recalled that Prince Madumere, shortly after Achike Udenwa’s victory at the polls in 1999, had to face contempt of Court for failure to make it to the court.

“He was in detention in the United States for about one month all because he was delayed by Governor Okorocha. To the glory of God, Prince Madumere was acquitted of any wrongdoing.

“The second time he had to stoop low so that Governor Okorocha might be spared the humiliation of getting incarcerated, Prince Madumere again yielded and was detained for almost two months on phony charges, which he was also absolved of.”


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