His Excellency Dr Ikedi Ohakim is full of gratitude to the entire Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri and Archbishop AJV Obinna for the Performance Award in Education and Reforms awarded him, at the Protea Hotels, Owerri, on Tuesday 13th February, 2018. The award means a lot to Dr Ikedi Ohakim, not only because it reinforces the essence of the reforms his administration took in the Education Sector, but it also goes a long way to show that there is no love lost between him and the Catholic community, particularly His Grace…
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Non-payment of judges salary: I will go naked before Ohakim does – Uzorma …Asks Okorocha to save Pensioners from untimely deaths
The Mayor of Imo Youths and Isu born Professor of Philosophy, Prof. Protus Nathan Uzorma, who is also the National Secretary of Orlu Elders Council, has threatened to embark on a nude crusade to protest the non-payment of salaries to judges and continued indebtedness to Imo pensioners. In a release titled, “I will go naked before Ohakim does”, which is obviously in solidarity with ex-Governor Ikedi Ohakim, he stated that rather than wait for Ohakim to make good his threat to go naked, assuming that would force Okorocha…
Read MoreTask facing Imolites ahead of 2019 guber election
By Kasarachukwu Ekeh In the build up to the 2011 governorship election, a few strident voices rose against candidate Rochas Okorocha. These voices of reason which were largely outnumbered by the vociferous backers of the then governorship candidate and now governor warned against electing him on the basis that he had no roadmap for the governance of the state. For them, governance is a serious business which only individuals with roadmaps that clearly show how they would take their people to greater heights merit consideration for electoral mandates. But, here…
Read MoreZuma’s disgraceful resignation: Pull down Statue now PDP, APGA, Njemanze, tell Okorocha …Njemanze: I’ll lead pulling down of statues
As the dust raised by the resignation of South Africa President Jacob Zuma continues to swirl within Africa and particularly in Imo State, where he was recently honoured with a statue, political parties and Imo people have called on Gov Rochas Okorocha to immediately pull down Zuma’s statue. Speaking to our correspondent on the trending issue the State Secretary of the People Democratic Party, PDP, Hon Ray Emeana said that since Zuma has been pulled down in his own country those who erected his statue in Imo State should also…
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Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Federal House: Ahiazu Leaders endorse Igbokwe for 2019
With the political situation in the country stepping up as to build up to the 2019 general election hits up, the entire political leaders in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government in unism this week Monday endorsed for third term the incumbent Federal House member representing Ahiazu/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency, Hon Nnanna Raphael Igbokwe, saying this is the best thing that can happen to the Igbo man after 2019. In a meeting hosted by Igbokwe in his Ogwuama Ahiara country home, after going down memory lane on his antecedents right from the State…
Read MoreTony Nwulu’s re-brand Imo project, 2019
By Kennedy Eweama (09030300795) Dynamic, astute, humane, focused, affable and Charismatic are perhaps, apt adjectival definitions of Hon. Tony Nwulu, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Oshodi/Isolo II Federal constituency. Though a native of Eziudo in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, Nwulu’s foray into politics is very significant. His emergence as a member of the National Assembly, speaking the minds of thousands of Nigerians inhabiting the cosmopolitan and vast Oshodi/Isolo II constituency, in an APC firmly controlled State like Lagos, is indicative of his…
Read MoreBlame Buhari, osinbajo, NSA, IG for Benue killings, ortom tells senate
Governor of Benue State, Mr. Samuel Ortom, on Saturday, blamed the Federal Government for the killing and destructions by herdsmen in the state. Ortom, at a meeting with the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Security, which is in the state on a fact-finding mission on the attacks, accused President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.); and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, of ignoring several warnings of the impending attack on communities in Benue. The governor also blamed security agencies for the…
Read More2019 Elections’ll be politics of personality, not political parties -Maduba
Contrary to the insinuation in some quarters that the performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at both the federal and state levels will have negative effects on the people seeking elective offices on the platform of the ruling party, a front-line political godfather and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chief Cosmas Maduba (Odebube Isu) has said that the 2019 elections would rather be politics of personality and their achievements and not political parties. Speaking with journalists recently, Chief Maduba, who is contesting to represent the people of…
Read MoreImo Claretian University Unveiled
By Paul Chukwu Claretian missionary, Brazil, in partnership with the Imo state government, has unveiled a chapter of the university in the state known as Imo Claretian University, amids joy, eulogies and lofty expectations. The university according to reports, is expected to be the 21st century innovation educational system that will incorporate Healthcare, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, inventing technology programs, as well as a unique technology-enhanced learning platforms designed with the learner in mind. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony held at the Imo International Convention Centre, IICC, Annex, Owerri,…
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