Hope Uzodinma debunk rumours that his administration is filled with looters

 

   Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma has debunked rumours that his administration is filled with looters.

  Speaking in a statement by his spokesman, Tony Oguwike, he alleged that the allegations came from the former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha whom he said is still pained at how he was thrown out of the government house by the Supreme Court.

NDDC gets new MD

   The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been reorganized by President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari on Wednesday replaced Barrister Joy Nunieh with Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, as Acting Managing Director. Buhari also approved the enlargement of the IMC from three to five.

Iran confirms its first two coronavirus cases

 

   Iranian authorities confirmed on Wednesday two cases of the new coronavirus, the first in the country, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, saying also that there was an unspecified number of other suspected cases and that those individuals have been quarantined.

   The report did not elaborate on the nationality of the two people infected by the virus or the state of their health. ISNA quoted an official in the country’s health ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, as saying that “in the past two days, some suspected cases of the new coronavirus were found” in the central city of Qom.

Bayelsa Speaker steps down

  The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Monday Bubou-Obolo, has stepped aside to  pave the way for the emergence of a new Speaker.

Rapper Pop Smoke murdered at home

 

   Pop Smoke, an up and coming rapper, has been shot and killed this morning in what appears to be a home invasion robbery.