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Imo Govt moves against developers operating without approval

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8 months ago

August 28, 2024

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The Imo State Government has activated a mechanism to go after developers acquiring lands and erecting structures without approval.

The move became necessary following a series of reports from members of the public about individuals and corporate bodies encroaching on people’s land using the name of the state government.

In response to the development, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Imo State Geographic Information Service, IGIS, Chukwunyere Amaechi, has issued a press release informing members of the public to demand copies of the approved private layout plan issued to developers by the relevant authorities or alert the body through its customer service number, 0809816381.

The IGIS DG stated: “It has come to our attention that several organisations and companies are currently partitioning, consolidating and selling plots of land located within estates in the above-stated areas.

“We wish to inform developers, investors in the built environment, and the general public that we have not issued any private layout planning approval to any organisation or registered any estate development scheme in line with our extant laws in the following areas: Ngor Okpala/Airport Road axis; Obinze/Army Barracks/Umuokanne/Oforola axis; Mgbirichi/Umuapu axis.”

Amaechi pointed out that there is a guideline for the issuance of private layouts in the state, maintaining that any estate development scheme that fails to comply with the requirement as dictated by law is acting improperly and putting investors and the general public at risk.

Amaechi further stated that anyone who buys or transacts land without verification from the body is doing so at his or her own risk.

She also reaffirmed that the agency is committed to ensuring that due process is adhered to at all times and that developers and businesses involved in property development operate with due regard to state planning laws and applicable neighbourhood or unitary development plans.

The IGIS DG further informed that planning officers will be visiting the locations to enforce compliance.

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Some African countries developing, others in chaos – Rubio

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45 minutes ago

April 25, 2025

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said countries in Africa are going in two directions, with some developing economically while others are falling into chaos.

The American diplomat, in an interview with Bari Weiss Podcast, responded to a question on the United States’ interest in foreign nations — stability or democracy.

Rubio explained that the United States now operates according to the dynamics in each region as current situations differ from what existed in previous decades.

The Secretary of State said 20 years ago, the U.S. was “a unipolar power” and was usually called in to do things because nobody else could or would.

“We don’t live in that world anymore,” he stated. “We now live in a world with a near peer adversary in China.”

“We live in a world where, while Russia’s economy is not large, they have the ability to project power and destabilize.”

Rubio said the world now witnesses a nuclear-armed North Korea, a nuclear-ambitious Iran, and a Middle East with both opportunities and real challenges.

The Secretary revealed that the U.S. national interest in the Middle East is stability, and preventing groups that would attack Americans from taking root.

In Central America, U.S. national interest is migration, drugs, with the hope that countries are prosperous so people don’t migrate and join drug cartels.

“We have to have foreign policies in different parts of the world, and we have to have the regions and the embassies run it,” Rubio noted.

The senior official added that Washington no longer applies the same standard across the board, adding: “That’s not realistic foreign policy in today’s world.”

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Rivers: Tinubu broke Nigeria’s constitution, National Assembly very weak – Amaechi

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April 25, 2025

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Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu broke Nigeria’s constitution by removing Governor Siminalayi Fubara and declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State.

Amaechi also expressed disappointment over the ineffectiveness of the National Assembly in the matter, describing the Red Chamber as a very weak institution that aided Tinubu in instituting an illegal government.

The former Rivers State governor spoke at the 9th Edition of Akinjide Adeosun Foundation, AAF, Annual Leadership Discourse themed: “Fearless Leadership: A Panacea for Sustainable Development,” organised by AAF yesterday in Lagos.

Amaechi said: “For a governor or a president, who subscribes to such a concept, it is what he or she does that is law. It is not what is in the book that is law. There is also the non-observance of the basic principles of law.

“This is where government is not by law, but by the whims and caprices of an individual leader. Like the current pronouncement of an illegal and unconstitutional state of emergency in Rivers State aided by weak institutions like the National Assembly, which is very weak.

“What is even more alarming is that the breach in the situation is not even about law. The president didn’t break any law. He broke the constitution.

“Now, this breach of the constitution is a breach of the sacredness and sanctity of the constitution. The constitution of a country is the Bible of that country. And its sanctity must be protected.

“Can we say the same in Nigeria? Obviously, the response would be a resounding no. The president looked at the whole Nigeria and removed an elected governor in Rivers State and appointed a military man, yet the country continued. Nothing happened,” he lamented.

Ekwutosblog reports that Tinubu had a few weeks ago declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the prolonged political crisis in the south-south state.

The president also suspended Fubara, his deputy, and the members of the state assembly.

He later nominated Ibok-Eke Ibas as the administrator of Rivers State.

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JUST IN: Nigerian born and Australian Politician Bola Oluseye Olatunbosun has been preselected under the Liberal Party of Australia to run in the Federal Elections for a seat in the Australian Parliament.

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2 hours ago

April 25, 2025

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Nigerian born and Australian Politician Bola Oluseye Olatunbosun has been preselected under the Liberal Party of Australia to run in the Federal Elections for a seat in the Australian Parliament.

If she wins, she will be the first Nigerian to be elected to the Federal Parliament in Australia

Report shows that her husband is one of the Resident Pastors of Winners Chapel in Australia.

NIGERIANS are really doing wonders in diaspora