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Commercial activities were again shut down in Owerri yesterday, as more people joined the protest against the continued demolition of buildings by the state government.  The protest march, which was started Wednesday, by scores of artisans from the Orji Mechanic Village in Owerri North local government area, attracted more aggrieved people yesterday.  At the Eke Ukwu Owerri Market, scores of angry women were seen spotting black blouses and uniformed wrappers, protesting the planned demolition of the ancestral market.  Some of the women lamented that Governor Rochas Okorocha was stretching his anger against Owerri people too far.  “There is no doubt that the Governor is dragging his hatred against Owerri people too far. It was under his regime that our late royal father, Eze Emmanuel Njemanze, was suspended for no just cause. Government never withdrew that suspension until he died,” an angry woman said.  Continuing, the woman said that Owerri indigenes ...

Some protesters stormed the National Assembly on Wednesday and demanded a legislation that would prescribed death penalty as punishment for corruption in the country. Speaking under a group, Voice of the Voiceless, they said there was no way Nigeria would made progress if corruption in public office was not brought under control. They wrote separate letters to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara. In the letter to the House, which was signed by the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oliver Ezeala, the protesters wrote, “Corruption, as we are all aware of, has eaten so deep into the fabric of this great nation and we are strongly advocating the death penalty to anybody who is found guilty of corrupt practices, no matter how highly-placed such an individual is in the society. “Nigeria has tried every other measure of deterrent but to no avail. “We want this great nation to toe the path of countri...