Tragedy struck in Nkwerre in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo state, Monday night after car-snatching gunmen gruesomely murdered a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr Jude Egbuom and made away with his vehicle. The gunmen equally murdered a young man whose identity could not be ascertained immediately. The man was reportedly with the priest in his vehicle when the criminals struck. A native of the community told our correspondent on Tuesday morning that the priest, identified as Rev Fr. Jude Egbuom was till his untimely death, the priest in charge…
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2019 Guber: Okey Ezeh assures Imolites of accountable stewardship …Says: As a technocrat I can redeem Imo
The APGA governorship frontrunner in Imo state, Sir Okey Ezeh has assured Imo people that when elected his administration will make accountability an article of faith. Ezeh gave this assurance while addressing leaders of the Imo Good Governance Initiative in Owerri on Friday. He decried the unaccountable manner in which Imo state resources are being managed by the outgoing government, and said that such lack of accountability is one of the major factors which have hampered the viability of the state. For him, “Accountability and viability are two sides of…
Read More2019: “I will turn Imo to Cannaan Land”, says CAP guber flag bearer
Rev. Barr Ikenna Emmanuel, who dumped Young Democratic Party due to anomalies that arose has emerged the first Guber flag bearer in the state under Change Advocacy Party. Following unwelcome and uncomfortable development in his former party YDP, sources gathered that he decamped despite donating a party office and publicizing the party on print media, social media and on air. His new party CAP held their congress and primary held on 5th September 2018 with delegates from the 27 LGAs fully represented. The legal expert stated “When I become Imo…
Read More2019: Enugu market women endorse Ugwuanyi for 2nd term
Jubilant market women in Enugu State on Friday converged on the Government House, Enugu to express their firm support for the re-election of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in 2019 for entrenching peace and good governance in the state, and assisting traders in the state grow their businesses. The traders, who described Gov. Ugwuanyi as “the most trader-friendly governor”, disclosed that “we have never had it so good like this since the inception of civilian regime in 1999”. The women added that Gov. Ugwuanyi was the only governor of the state, who…
Read MoreOwerri Senate:We’ll take one step at a time, on the road to Abuja, says Ojinere
The founder of McLatek Nigeria Ltd, an indigenous Oil Servicing, Engineering and Construction company, Chief Engr. Emma Ojinere has picked his Expression of Interest and Nomination form, as the best Possible Senator for Owerri zone, come 2019. Engr. Ojinere, Akajiugo Mbaise, apart from his vast working experience as a technocrat, has cut his administrative teeth in Governance as immediate past Special Adviser to Imo State Governor on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, and currently, the Honourable commissioner for Trade and Investment.
Read MoreSecurity Agencies and 50 Naira Extortion from Motorists
Nigeria security agencies the Police, Armed Forces and Para Military agencies were created by the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria for the purposes of providing security of lives and property of Nigerians from both internal and external aggression. The same constitution in realization of the primary, importance of the duties and responsibilities of these agencies placed them on first line charge in terms of payment of salary, allowances and other performance enhancing emoluments. Primarily the major reason for this prioritization is to ensure that personnel of these agencies…
Read MoreImo Governorship: Okorocha dumps son in law, settles for SGI-Eche …Nwosu runs as deputy…Presidency influenced change in China…Opposition says decision quite late
There are strong indications that Gov Rochas Anayo Okorocha has at last jettisoned the idea of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu,his son in law, succeeding him in 2019. Nigera Newspoint authoritatively gathered that the embattled governor has at last settled for Secretary to the Government of Imo State, SGI, Sir George Eche, instead. The governor’s turn around it was learnt came after the presidency told the governor openly that it is opposed to the cloning his son in law as his successor, an agenda which it reportedly claimed will never fly in…
Read MoreHigh cost of nomination forms: PDP, APC, others institutionalizing corruption in Nigeria, says Nwadike
A frontline Senatorial hopeful in Imo state on the platform of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Comrade Precious Nwadike, has taken a swipe on the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and other major opposition political parties in Nigeria, over the high cost of Nomination forms which he described as outrageous, unpatriotic and targeted at frustrating young people with decent background from effectively participating in politics. Comrade Nwadike stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, over the weekend. He said that these parties through their actions encourage corruption…
Read MoreImo Governorship: PDP set to implode over delegates election
The relative peace being enjoyed by Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may soon give way to crisis as tension continue to mount ahead of the party delegates election. The party is scheduled to elect three delegates from each of the three hundred and five (305) electoral wards of the state ahead of it’s primary elections to elect candidates for the 2019 election. Those elected delegates would become part of an electoral college or delegates on whose shoulders electing the party candidates would lie. Given the important…
Read MoreRevealed:Imo Lawmakers received N135m to plot Madumere’s impeachment – Bob Njemanze…Drags IMHA to court, seeks nullification, contempt
Against the backdrop of the recent reported ‘impeachment’ of Imo Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere by the State House of Assembly presided over by Speaker Acho Ihim, a legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Barr Ken Njemanze has approached an Owerri High Court for an order setting aside the action of the Imo House of Assembly’s “purported removal of Prince Eze Madumere from office as Deputy Governor of Imo State having not received any report from the panel of seven (7) set up to investigate the alleged gross…
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