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…
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Soul 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…
Read MoreImo Guber: PDP ticket, Prof Njoku and Ihedioha
By Kelechi Nwaeze Prof Jude Ejike Njoku has become a prime target in the print and social media of late, since he declared his interest to run for the governorship of Imo State in 2019. Prof Njoku made his declaration in a well attended meeting with the leaders of Orlu Zone at the residence of former Governor Achike Udenww at Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government Area on Saturday, April 7, 2018, reminding them to use their numerical strength well as they have prominent roles to play in who becomes the…
Read MoreOkorocha’s son-in-law succeeding him is slap on Imo – APC chieftain
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) and convener, Imo APC Restoration Coalition in Imo state, Dr. T. O. E.Ekechi, has said that it would be a slap on the faces of the people of the state if the governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is allowed to impose his son-in-law, Chief UcheNwosu on the state as his successor. Dr. Ekechi’s comments were contained in a statement signed by Ori Martins, his media adviser, while refuting some media reports which suggested that Dr. Ekechiiwa in a battle either for…
Read MoreAnyone who serves Rochas has no business- meaning in 2019 – Onyeagbako
A political chieftain in Imo State, and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship hopeful for 2019, Chief Barr. Charles Chinedum Onyeagbako has called on those who by one way or the other had served or still serving in the present Imo state government led by Governor Rochas Anayo Okorocha, but are nursing political ambition for elective positions, to drop such ambition, because they do not possess the moral courage to challenge the activities of the government, they were part of. The legal luminary and a successful business man, Barr. Charles…
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