Motorists across the country will be getting a great relief with the invention of an automated motor vehicle Jack by a student of Imo State University, Owerri. The device which, at the click of a button, is capable of lifting a 5 tonnes vehicle in 15 seconds is the brainchild of Mr Amaefule Nnaemeka. At an exhibition with newsmen yesterday, the student of philosophy stated that his invention will reduce the strain motorists pass through due to flat tire. Explaining his motivation for developing the product, the Abia State born…
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2pm banks daily closure is economic sabotage to Orlu -Nwadike
The United Progressive Party, UPP, senatorial candidate for Imo West, Comrade Precious Nwadike has said that those contesting with him, inspite of all the money they made in the previous offices and positions they held, do not have investments in Orlu and are not perturbed by the level of unemployment which has obviously heightened insecurity of lives and property in the zone. He stated this while fielding questions from journalists, shortly after receiving an award from Alvan Ikoku Federal college of Education Alumni Association on behalf of Community Watchdog Newspaper…
Read MoreVery many killings in Imo: The police challenge
With the latest round of assassinations in Imo State, it is now crystal clear that the state has come under the siege of assassins and kidnappers. Imolites are still shocked by the dastard assassination in Obowo LGA of retired police officer and his wife. And just in the wake of that gruesome killing reports again filtered about the murder of a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, women leader in Ideato North Local Government Area. These three recent cold blooded killings according to investigation have brought the number of Imo citizens sent…
Read More2019 Imo guber: Ihedioha takes campaign to those in diaspora
As the 2019 general election draws very close, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Guber candidate and the recently adopted candidate by Owerri zone, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, the former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, carried his message on how to rebuild Imo State to Imolites in the United States of America. Our staff who monitored the US tours confirmed the foreign tour by the former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives took him to about five states in the United State from the 2nd of December to about 10th…
Read MoreAPC, PDP, APGA, others plan coalition …No political party can win with out coalition
Perhaps, trying to learn from the experiences of the bloody nose which Imo State Governor,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha suffered in the hands of the coalition forces in both APC Congresses and governorship primary election, the big political parties in the state and their candidates are said to be strategizing on plans to form coalition with other parties ahead of 2019 elections. Nigeria Newspoint findings revealed that the parties rooting for coalition and alliances are doing so based on their conviction that only such platform can guarantee victory given the large…
Read MoreAn open letter to Bianca Ojukwu
Since you walked the red carpets as a beauty queen, many of us have followed you. Though beauty contest is a mere competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, most contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges’ questions as judged criteria. So, becoming the African queen of your time, and even now, was no mean feat. It comes with real beauty, brain and brawn, no doubt. You really didn’t need any contest to prove you…
Read MoreImolites mock, boo Nwosu at “send Down Your Glory” gospel crusade
Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, former All Progressives Congress, APC governorship aspirant who decamped to a new party, Action Alliance, AA and apparently is struggling to be its standard bearer for 2019 Imo governorship election allegedly received showers of humiliation from Imo people at the music crusade organized by the Assemblies of God Church, Owerri, at the weekend. Ugwumba Nwosu, who represented Gov Rochas Okorocha and was accompanied by his wife, and deputy governorship candidate and Speaker Imo House of Assembly, Hon Acho Ihim received shocking and humiliating reception from worshippers who…
Read More2019: Imo YPP candidate- Okorie unveils deputy
The Imo State governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, (YPP), Hon. Linus Okorie has presented his deputy, Mr. Ugochukwu Ezekwesili to the state leadership of the party. The unveiling ceremony which took place at the party secretariat, Okigwe Road, Owerri, was attended by party leaders and supporters of the guber candidate. In his speech, Hon. Okorie noted that the decided to pick Mr. Ezekwesili because of his track records. Mr. Ugochukwu Ezekwesili hails from Obazu Mbieri, Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State. He pointed out that Mr. Ezekwesili has proven…
Read MoreUnion Election: Imo NUJ set to erupt in violence …National President fingered …Journalists vow to resist imposition
The National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Christopher Isiguzo is on the verge of setting Imo State council on fire. Any man who claims or pretends to be so self-sufficient to the extent that he needs only himself to survive or rule a set of intelligent people is no human being, such a man could be seen as playing god. NUJ, Imo State council recently had a problem which emanated from an attempt by the National President, Christopher Isiguzo and the past state chairman Innocent Igwe who plans…
Read MoreBiafra: Nigeria Army Allegedly Kill Over 3 IPOB Members
Residents of Umuahia have lamented as tragic and ugly the recent incident that took place at Umuahia, the capital city of Abia state, especially at a barbing Salon, said to belong to one of the IPOB flag suppliers, Mr Stanly Irokwe, along Hospital Road, Umuahia on December 12, 2018, where three IPOB members were shot dead by the Nigeria Army. Our correspondent reports that beyond the unfortunate, three persons who were shot and killed ,the owner of the Salon, including scores of other key IPOB members had taken to…
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