The Association of Okada riders in Owerri Zone have pledged their unalloyed support for the Wife Of Ondo State Governor, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu in her quest for the Imo East Senatorial District Seat. The group made this known during a town hall meeting held on Sunday with Chief Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu at her hometown of Emeabiam in Imo State. Assuring them of positive change if elected, Chief Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu, Ada Owere described the okada riders (commercial motorcyclists) as moving mobile boards. She said: “I realize the importance of Okada operators…
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Orlu State Assembly: Pascal Okolie Snubs Isu Leaders on zoning arrangement
…Boasts: No One Can Stop Me The Isu clan leaders have insisted that the zoning arrangement in which the clans in Orlu Local Government area of Imo State agreed upon should be respected. Some of the leaders who spoke with rage on condition of anonymity berated the Orlu Lawmaker, Pascal Okolie who they said has remained adamant over a consensus agreement of PDP leaders which is presently causing bad blood among party leaders. Despite representations and dialogues between the Orsu and Isu clans leaders of People Democratic party in Orlu…
Read MoreGowon Should’ve Allowed Igbo Leave – Clark
Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has stated that former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, should have allowed the Igbo to secede at the outset of the civil war in 1966. Clark said this during an interview on Arise TV, where he condemned the unfair treatment handed to the South-East by concentrating power in the northern region. He stressed the need for the region to be treated with a sense of belonging and called for political parties, especially the All Progressives Congress and the…
Read MoreAmaka Nzeribe To Critics: Respect My Privacy, Keep Me Out Of Your Politics
… Pleads, People Should Respect Arthur Nzeribe, Allow Him Age Gracefully A lady Amaka Nzeribe from Oguta Community has warned those dropping her name and writing all manner of things against and for her to please stop catching cruise or playing politics with her name adding that she loves to live a quiet life stating that people should respect her privacy and desist from bringing her name to public space. Amaka Nzeribe who resides in Canada and Nigeria stated this yesterday in a chat with the Big Truth. She said…
Read More2023 Owerri Zone Senate: Njemanze Declares Interest
…Promises Quality Representation …Obtains APP Nomination Forms As the race over who represents Imo East senatorial district (Owerri zone) in the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a frontline politician and humanist from the zone, Hon. Christian Kelechi Njemanze has thrown his hart in the ring, with a promise to provide quality and purposeful representation to the zone. Speaking after he obtained his expression of interest and nomination forms from the African Peoples Party (APP), Hon. Njemanze, said it was time to wipe away tears of Owerri senatorial district after many…
Read MoreTETFUND Projects: NGO Demands Explanation On Abandoned Projects At IMSU
…May Go To Court Over Whitepaper Implementation The Registered Trustees of a group known as Every Child Education and Advancement Foundation (ECEAF) after a meeting in Owerri, the Imo state capital yesterday where they reviewed the alarming infrastural decay at the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri called on Prince Alex Mbata, who was Pro-Chancellor of the university to explain why some TETFUND projects in the institution were abandoned despite the enormous resources provided for them. The group in a released signed by the Director of Publicity Comrade Dominic Nwankwo frowned…
Read MoreBURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION: Over 100 Roasted Alive as Illegal Refinery Explodes in Imo
No few than one hundred people are feared to have been roasted to death, weekend ( last Friday night) after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi Forrest, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area, Imo state. six vehicles were also burnt during the incident which has thrown the community into deep mourning. Journalists who visited the scene of the incident on Saturday reported seeing hundreds of people who visited the place to have a glimpse of the unfortunate incident. Report say not fewer than 100 roasted bodies were seen at the scene of…
Read MoreImo Speaker Condoles Onyirimba Family on Death Of Ex-Majority Leader.
The Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kennedy Chidozie Ibeh, weekend, April,21 paid last respect to the body of Late Rt. Hon Standford Onyirimba who was committed to mother earth in his Ehime Mbano country home. The Speaker who was heavy with emotion, consoled the wife of the deceased and was briefed by Sir Charles Onyirimba, the brother of the deceased on circumstances surrounding his demise. Rt. Hon. Ibeh described the late former House member as an outstanding and fearless lawmaker who left behind a worthy legacy in…
Read MoreBook Presentation: Ahamba urges N’assembly to exercise constitutional powers effectively
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo A legal practitioner and politician, Chief Mike Ikenna Ahamba, SAN (Ugo Lorji), has urged the Nigeria National Assembly to endeavour to carry out its constitutional powers effectively, in correcting some anomalies witnessed in the country. Ahamba who spoke to journalists at the occasion of book presentation of his latest book titled “Getting it right in Nigeria” at Immaculate Hotel Portharcourt Road Owerri, last week, expressed disappointment in the National Assembly, a body he affirmed is saddled with the power and responsibility to make laws, for the peace,…
Read MoreHouse of Assembly Seat: female aspirant bemoans underdevelopment in Ihitte-Uboma
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo. Displeased with the level of infrastructural deterioration in Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, a vibrant female aspirant for Ihitte-Uboma State Constituency, Comrade Blessing Ngozi Onwumere, has promised to bring development and prosperity down to her people if elected as their representative at the State House of Assembly come 2023. Speaking to journalists on Thursday at the PDP Secretariat, Owerri, Onwumere decried the underdevelopment of Ihitte-Uboma owing to bad roads, electricity blackout, among other unpleasant conditions experienced by the people of the constituency, saying her people…
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