It was like a football match, as the people of Obube-Agbala-Ulakwo (OAU), Ward, trooped out in their numbers to witness and as well receive one of its illustrious sons, High Chief Mike Nwachukwu, as he declared his intention to run for Senate of Owerri Senatorial zone of Imo State. Chief Mike Nwachukwu, in his speech challenged the people the ward to count him fit to represent them in the Senate if elected. He assured them of attracting noble projects to Owerri Zone and appealed for their prayer and support. Among…
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I support credible primaries in APGA – Okey Ezeh
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State, Mr. OkeyEzeh, has pointed out the importance of internal party democracy to the electoral fortunes of every political party. He said transparency in the nomination of candidates is key to ensuring intra-party cohesion and in emerging successful at the polls. Speaking in Owerri on Monday, the management consultant assured that he will lend support to every process that will ensure that the culture of free, fair and credible primaries is made pervasive in APGA.…
Read MoreGuber: Rochas moves to frame-up his deputy
While fiercely plunging Imo State and All Progressives Congress into crises with draconian policies, there are claims that Governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Okorocha’s search for means to dent the image of his Deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, over refusal to support Okorocha’s son—in-law and stance against anti-people policies of the Governor . Source close to government house alleged that in a bid to whittle down the credibility and integrity of his deputy, Prince Madumere, Governor Okorocha has allegedly detained some staff of Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP),…
Read MoreCleric joins Ihitte Uboma Assembly race …Assures, effective representation
A United States based cleric, Bishop Emmanuel Okereke, has declared his intention to vie for the Assembly seat of Ihitte/Uboma state constituency in the Imo house of Assembly in 2019, under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. The Bishop who made the declaration in an interview with Journalists, stated that he was propelled by the zeal to join in the redirection and enlightenment of his people, as according to him, politics is a serious business which cannot be left to politicians alone. The cleric who is the presiding…
Read MoreSoul of Imo APC: Okorocha’s Camp panics as Uwajumogu takes office as APC convention Scribe
The battle of wits and attrition which has been raging between the camps of lmo State Governor, Rochas Anayo Okorocha and that led by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume appear to have gone a notch higher with last Monday’s swearing in of Sen Uwajumogu as Secretary of the APC congresses and convention committee of the ruling party Sources close to Imo State seat of power reveal that the governor and his camp, despite pretences are seriously tensed up by the development which they see as ominous. Nigeria Newspoint gathered that this is…
Read MoreSorting: The source of unemployable graduates
By Chuks Osuji Undoubtedly, there are some social, political and economic issues which often dominate public discourse. Whether in the print media, electronic or social media, these issues tend to be recurring decimals in our society. Although these issues are too numerous to be mentioned here, there are some that have assumed prominence in our daily lives as citizens of this our country which many of us love but which of course do not love many of us because of one reason or another. Some of these issues are corruption,…
Read MoreImo guber: Nwaigbo charges Ugwumba Ambassadors to mobilise for Nwosu
As the 2019 general elections draws closer, the commissioner for Intergovernmental Affairs and Donor Agencies in Imo State, Dr. Ernest Nwaigbo has urged youths of of the state to make effort to mobilise the rural people in their respective communities in support of the governorship ambition of the Chief of staff to the governor, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu. Speaking when the youths under the auspices of Ugwumba Ambassadors, Nkwerre LGA branch, paid him a courtesy visit and installed him as their patron in his office in Owerri, Dr. Nwaigbo described Chief…
Read MoreTambuwal partners Nwachukwu on hospital development
Newly appointed Board Chairman of Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Kware, Sokoto State, Dr. Iheanyi Nwachukwu has paid a courtesy visit on to Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal. Nwachukwu who was in the Sokoto to seat of power alongside members of the board commended Governor Tambuwal for his open-door and human-oriented policies in governance, adding that the governor has made governance in Sokoto State participatory and all-inclusive. He then thanked the governor for giving them audience despite his tight schedule and applauded him for assisting the Neuro-Psychiatric hospital in…
Read MoreCab Painting: Okebaram urges drivers to support govt’s policy
The Imo state chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, Comrade Izuchukwu Okebaram (Bora) has appealed to his members to embrace the ongoing painting and fleeting program of the state government since it is in their own interest. The state chairman who spoke weekend in Owerri while addressing drivers in the state stressed that every Imolite should support the project because it would improve security and restore sanity and order to Owerri. According to him the painting and fleeting are in line with the urban renewal program…
Read MoreAbundant Nigeria Renewal Party: ANRP bemoans poverty, sufferings of Imo citizens …Flays Governor’s anti-people’s policies …Assures Imolites of better days …As Party Conducts state Congress
By Paul Chukwu The Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP, has expressed dismay over what it described as “the astronomical rise in poverty and sufferings” people of the state are subjected to by the Rescue Mission administration led by Governor Rochas Okorocha. The party however attributed the high level of sufferings in the state to what it explained as the “crass insensitive and anti-people policies and programs of the Okorocha led government which runs contrary to the wishes of the people of the state. The newly elected Chairman of the…
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