So, I can tell you for free that President Buhari is not going to win North-Central. He is not going to win the South-West; he is not going to win the South-East, and he is not going to win the South-South. So, I don’t know where his votes will come from. If it is going to come from the North-West, that is fine. “Completely, President Buhari has no goodwill left. All the euphoria that was felt, I didn’t feel it because I have always known his background. “There was a…
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2023 And Osinbajo’s Song Of …
By Yinka Odumakin A week after he stuttered at the vice-presidential debate in Abuja, as result of functioning in Lai’s lane, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo last weekend to shred whatever vestige of credibility he has left for crass political opportunism. The otherwise cerebral professor did not have to stammer this time around as he sang the scoundrel song his two other Lagos competitors (Messrs Bola Tinubu and Raji Fashola have been miming) for the illusory 2023 presidential slot: a vote for Buhari…
Read MoreChristmas Celebration: Christians Must Follow Christ’s Principle – CAN
As Christians world over celebrate Christmas to mark the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Imo State chapter, Apostle General Dr. Iheanyichi Ibeji has called on Christians in Imo and Nigeria to follow the way and his principles if they must receive pardon for their wrong ways. Apostle General Ibeji who made this call in a chat with newsmen in Owerri also added that Christians must forgive one another and follow the legacies of Jesus who is the reason for the season as anything…
Read More2018 Emume Mbieri: Okwodu Lists Achievements
…As Imo politicians scramble for votes By Ebenezer Ojor The 2018 edition of Emume Mbieri Cultural festival held Saturday December 29 2018, with the President General, Mbieri Nwaotuoke Union, MNU, Deacon Chuma Okwodu describing last years as a period of achievements for the clan. Delivering an address at the event which was attended by top Imo businessmen, politicians and traditional rulers, Deacon Okwodu recalled: “The year 2018 has been good one for Mbieri Nwaotuoke Union”. “We have used it to consolidate our recently found unity in the leadership among others”.…
Read MoreNwosu Indicts Rochas, Says I’ll End Pensioners Sufferings In Imo
The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, Uche Nwosu, yesterday said that he was fully prepared to end completely, the sufferings experienced by pensioners in the state. Uche Nwosu Nwosu spoke through his Director of Media and Publicity, Onwusanya Jones, when the Imo Future Initiative, visited him at his country home Eziama in Nkwerre local government area. However, Nwosu attributed the sufferings of the pensioners to corruption in the civil service, adding that he would step on toes to nip in the bud the pains of the senior citizens.…
Read MoreImo Guber: Linus Okorie As Game Changer
Dr Linus Okorie is God-sent to correct the myriads of problems being faced by the people of Imo State – very high degree of unemployment resulting from the mass sack of civil servants by the APC Government of Rochas Okorocha and no real established employment exercise into the civil service since the inception of this administration, nearly eight years ago; very high level of kidnapping, abductions, killings for money, rituals, loss of businesses resulting from the wanton destruction of long established markets and business places both in Urban and rural…
Read MoreI‘ll Offset Imo’s Huge Debt Burden –Ohakim
The former Governor of Imo State and governorship candidate of Accord party for the 2019 governorship election, His Excellency Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, has called on the people of Imo State not to worry so much about the huge debt profile of the state as a result of the financial recklessness of the present administration, saying that he will offset the debts when reelected for one term only in 2019. Ohakim noted that the N350bn and N150bn debts respectively hanging on the neck of the state are made up of borrowings…
Read More2019 Governorship: Araraume Splashes 157 Buses To Coordinators
“APGA set to win Imo” …Promise to give quality education, infrastructure …Says: Imo free Education is fluke The governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State, and a former two term Senator of Imo North (Okigwe zone), Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume has berated the incumbent administration for running policies and programmes without human face, describing the state free education under the incumbent as a fluke. Senator Araraume who made the observation during the formal inauguration of the state Campaign council of Araraume/Nwoga joint ticket held on the…
Read MoreFear Grips Okija Residents, As Man Dies Having Sex With Homosexual In Anambra
…IGP urged to intervene The residents of Umuigwe village in Umuagwu-Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State are said to have continued to live in fear over the sudden death of some persons in their village alleged to have been caused by an alleged homosexual, Mr. Oliver Nwakaeze who was recently alleged to have be caught in the act. According to an eye witness, Mr. Gilbert Obianyimuo, the alleged homosexual, Nwakaeze was allegedly believed to be having sex with a fellow man until the man gave up the…
Read MoreIndigene Felicitates Umualumaku/Umuihim Monarch
Mrs Aduko Obute, of Umualumaku/ Umuihim community, has congratulated the new traditional ruler of the community His Royal Highness, Eze Tobechi Obute following his coronation as the community’s monarch. Eze Obute emerged Umualumaku/U muihim traditional ruler in the wake of the demise of HRH Eze Johnpaul okoronkwo Ohazurumee1 , from umuihim oki , which shifted the responsibility of producing the next eze to Umunka” kindred of umuihim oweere to produce the next traditional ruler and Eze Obute was unanimously chosen as( Ohazurumee 11) of umualumaku umuihim Autonomous community. The new…
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