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Okorocha Left Nothing But Bitter Legacies – Ihedioha

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Ihedioha - Okorocha Owerri – The Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, on Tuesday, said that he discovered his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, has left bitter legacies, people of the state would not want to be associated with. The governor’s Chief of Staff, Chris Okewulonu, through his Media Adviser, Kennedy Eweama, spoke in Owerri, while reacting to a claim by Okorocha, that the Ihedioha’s government has launched a destruction of his (Okorocha) legacies. Ihedioha insisted that he would follow due process in addressing what he said were the “problems” created by Okorocha as it regards any form of mismanagement of the state resources, adding that by Okorocha’s policies and programmes they people of the state, were further impoverished in eight years. Nursing school students fault Okorocha’s aide on invasion(Opens in a new browser tab) He said that his priority in the rebuild Imo project, included to end the eight years traumatic experience of Imo people in the hand of Okorocha, by reviving

Dana Air overshoots runway in P/Harcourt, all passengers survive

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An aircraft belonging to Dana Air on Tuesday evening overshot the runway in Port- Harcourt, Rivers State. Luckily all passengers survived. The passengers were subsequently evacuated by emergency officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). FAAN said in a statement that the incident was as a result of downpour accompanied by a strong wind and storm. The statement by FAAN signed by its General Manager (Corporate Affairs), Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, read, “A Dana aircraft numbered 9J0363 flying from Abuja to Port Harcourt airport has overshot the Port Harcourt runway. “The incident was suspected to have been caused by a heavy rain, which was accompanied by strong wind and storm in Port Harcourt. “No casualty was recorded, as all passengers on board were safely evacuated.” Dana Air, which also confirmed the incident, like FAAN, attributed it to bad weather occasioned by torrential rain. The Airline Corporate Communications Manager, Kingsley Okwudili, said in a statement, tha