The search for who becomes the next senator for Orlu zone in 2019 has begun in earnest. Interest groups and candidates have been engaged in one move or the other to win support. As expected, some of the candidates are facing serious opposition which is the normal thing in a democratic contest. However, some of the opposed candidates seem unruffled without making any soul-searching or introspection as to evaluate whether they are truly qualified to contest in the first place, especially based on issues of equity and credibility for the…
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Ibo Senior Citizens Converge in Owerri, Feb. 9
A pan Ibo organisation under the aegis of Ibo Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation, ISCAF, has concluded plans for senior citizens affairs foundation project flag off holding on Sunday, February 9, 2019 at the Freedom Square by Warehouse/Orlu road junction, Owerri ,The historic event which will kickstart with a special church service by 12pm will attract Ibo senior citizens across the SouthEast(Ibo nation).
Read MoreAraraume condemns demolition of Okafor’s Osemoto country home …Says:It is politics of violence taken very far
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Imo State, Sen. Ifeanyi Araraume has condemned in very strong terms, the recent demolition of the country home of Chief Henry Okafor, a former aide of Governor Rochas Okorocha who is currently running for Ohaji/Egbema/Oru West/Oguta House of Representatives seat on the platform of APGA. Sen. Araraume who described the action as barbaric and anti democratic, also said the demolition of a man’s building in his own home town and village, tantamounts to politics of violence stretched too far. A…
Read MoreOpara promises quality representation of Ngor Okpala at IMHA
Comrade Chinedu Opara, the candidate vying for the position of member representing Ngor Okpala in the Imo State House of Assembly under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has promised quality representation of the people of Ngor Okpala if voted into office in the forthcoming general election. The former chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Ngor Okpala chapter, a former councilor and until recently currently the editor of Nigeria Newspoint Newspaper told correspondents that it was not his intention to contest for the position for now until pressure…
Read MoreElections are imminent: Born free, we abhor bondage
The dream seems dashed. I was born in the 50`s. I grew up in the 60`s Port Harcourt. Life then was full of expectations, bubbly, lively and sweet. The green-white-green was the ultimate. We knew no boundaries. Port Harcourt of old was regimented, cute and rosy. Its tomorrow was paradise, homely and heavenly. There was something lovely for everyone. If there was Lagos or Enugu, fairy tale was more real. The Garden City was earth, heaven and paradise. Our life in the Garden City of the 60`s started and ended…
Read MoreJubilation, as Ikukuoma donates borehole to Imo community
All is set to commission the water borehole project built by businessman and community leader, Chief Kingsley Ikechukwu Obialor built and donated to his community, Ohaohia village in the Amano Anara autonomous community in the Isiala Mbano Local government area of Imo State. According to the chairman of Ohaohia development union, Mr. Christian Omago, the water scheme project singlehandedly built by Chief Sir Kingsley Ikechukwu Obialor would be commissioned on Saturday 26, January, 2019, at the village square. Omago posited that the water scheme project would be commissioned by eminent…
Read MoreWAEC extortion: Imo parents cry out against principals
Some angry parents and guardians in the state have sent urgent Save Our Souls, SOS, message to the state Gov Owelle Rochas Okorocha begging him to save them from alleged massive extortion by principals of secondary schools in the state in the name of WAEC registration. The concerned parents who raised the alarm in an exclusive interview with our reporter further posited that they spoke up because the ugly development is antithetical to the free education mantra of the present administration. Besides, they also opined that this alleged mercantilism is…
Read MoreImo Governorship: MAJA will not endorse, support Nwosu -Obijiaku …Osuji is more marketable,set to win…Says:We can’t work with AA
Imo state chapter of the Mass Action Joint Alliance, MAJA party has vowed never to have anything to do with Ugwumba Uche Nwosu now or in the future. The State chairman of the party, Hon Reuben Obijiaku who made this position known in Owerri, the state capital while refutting rumours he claimed are being spread by enemies of the people to the effect that the party has entered into alliance with the governors in law, stressed the MAJA which boasts of the most marketable governorship candidate in the state has…
Read MorePoliticians beware of overheating the polity
As political activities are at their peak to usher in the 2019 general elections in a few weeks’ time, it will be right to observe and note certain dangerous trends that could jeopardize the elections and the well being of Nigerians. Recently, it was in the news that the present Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen was being threatened for his failure to declare his assets which is required of any serving public officer at the assumption of a public office. It was also allegedly reported that a…
Read MoreJubilation, as Ikukuoma donates borehole to Imo community
All is set to commission the water borehole project built by businessman and community leader, Chief Kingsley Ikechukwu Obialor built and donated to his community, Ohaohia village in the Amano Anara autonomous community in the Isiala Mbano Local government area of Imo State. According to the chairman of Ohaohia development union, Mr. Christian Omago, the water scheme project singlehandedly built by Chief Sir Kingsley Ikechukwu Obialor would be commissioned on Saturday 26, January, 2019, at the village square. Omago posited that the water scheme project would be commissioned by eminent…
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