Imo State deputy governor, Prince Ezeakonobi Madumere has come out to publicly declare that there is no vacancy in the office of the state deputy governor in spite of alleged purported impeachment by the Speaker Acho Ihim led House of Assembly. Prince Madumere who made this declaration in a release issued by his media aide,Mr Uche Onwuchekwa in Owerri further revealed that an Owerri High Court presided over Justice Benjamin Iheka’s order which restrained the state Chief Judge Justice Paschal Nnadi, Speaker Acho Ihim and his colleagues from going ahead…
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Nwachukwu to Owerri Zone, I’ll surpass past Senators,
The senatorial aspirant for Owerri zone on the platform of APGA in the forthcoming election, Chief Mike Nwachukwu, has promised to cause a stir if elected by his people by offering unrivalled representation never experienced in the history of the zone. Chief Mike Mwachukwu who stated this during the last leg of Ikeduru local government ward tour, said he will push vigorously to attract the rehabilitation and constructions of network of roads within his first 3 years. The last lap of the ward tour in the local government included Ama-Imo,…
Read MoreLight House Gospel Center holds Glory Convention
A three-day Glory to Glory convention of David Eze World Evangelism has ended with a thanksgiving and miracle service held on Sunday. The event which started last Friday had the theme: “Not By Might nor by Power” and was also used to mark the 1st year anniversary of the outreach. The programme featured prayers, praises, worship healing and miracles with Apostle Paul Abanigbo ministering while Pastor David Eze was the host.
Read MoreRotary Club, Owerri Central holds installation ceremony
It was jubilation galore as the Rotary Club of Owerri Central installs Rtn Modestus Okeke as the 18th President of the club. The 2018/2019 installation ceremony, which took place at the Roselife Hotel, opposite Villa Garden Hotel, New Owerri, last weekend, was attended by people from all walks of life, including the government officials, technocrats and captains of industries. In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the occasion, Prince Chinedum Jovita Okeahialam, the Regional Manager, Local Corporate South-South and South-East, Eco Bank Nigeria Plc, commended the Rotary Club for being…
Read MoreWe shall revamp Imo ailing healthcare –Ezeh
Governorship of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Imo State, Mr. Okey Ezeh, has assured Imo people that the comprehensive health policy which his blueprint for the rebirth of the state named the Imo Marshal Plan has articulated will promote wellness, stop disease and restore the collapsed health care system in the state. Speaking on Sunday in Owerri as Special Guest of Honour at the 2018 Family Day Celebration of the Nigerian Medical Association, Owerri Zone, Ezeh who was represented by the Director of Media and Publicity in his…
Read MoreMadumere Impeachment: confusion in Govt House, as court stops swearing in of new deputy
It was a day of anguish and disappointment for Gov Rochas Okorocha and his supporters who had thronged the venue of the swearing in Mr Callistus Ekenze, as the Imo State new deputy governor, following the halting of the inuaguration by a High Court in Owerri. Gov Okorocha, his would be deputy, Mr Callistus Ekenze, other government functionaries, members of the State Assembly who had impeached Prince Eze Madumere on Monday, and other members of the APC faction loyal to the governor were left dejected and disappointed after waiting in…
Read MoreGovernorship declaration: Nigerian legion hails ex-Imo gov, Ohakim “We’ve not received subvention in 7years” …I’ll probe Okorocha if I return as governor
The Nigerian Legion Imo State Command on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on their Patron, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, after his declaration for the 2019 governorship election on Friday, July 27, 2018. Ohakim was decorated a Patron of the Legion in 2007, while he was Governor and decorated a Colonel. Speaking during the courtesy call, the Chairman of the Nigerian Legion Imo State Command, Chief (Col) Uzoechina, said they came to identify with their Patron and to assure him of their prayers, noting that they will be happy to have him…
Read More2019: Nnaji declares for Isu State constituency seat
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State, Architect Chukwunonso Nnaji has declared his intention to represent the area in the Imo State House of Assembly come 2019. Arc. Nnaji who hails from Amurie Omanze community in the area, declared his interest to represent Isu State constituency in the House of Assembly at the APC LGA party secretariat in Ekwe, Isu LGA, promised to legislate laws that would better the lives of those in his constituency if elected into the Imo State…
Read MoreAPC Congresses: Confusion in Rescue Mission as Oshimhole refuses to inaugurate new exco …Members frown at choice of Nwosu’s aide as Party chair
Uncertainty and Confusion are said to have enveloped the Agburu political family of the Imo State governor ,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, in the aftermath of the seeming refusal of the national chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshimhole to inaugurate the newly elected factional chairman of the party in the state, Mr Dan Nwafor at Abuja,recently. Sources within the state seat of power revealed that the governor’s camp despite the facade of victory being displayed in the open is seriously consumed by the subtle fear of the unknown after the attempt…
Read MoreAfrica is Leaving Nigeria behind
By Simon Kolawole You should have seen me shaking my head in self-pity, as if somebody had just mercilessly slapped me. I had just landed at the “little” Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana, and needed to use the rest room. What I saw startled me. There were about a dozen toilet cubicles. All the doors were standing tall — none was hanging loose. I also saw a row of urinals in sparkling conditions. The rest room was so clean, so odour-free you could comfortably have your lunch in there without…
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