(A Pressure Group within Orlu LGA PDP) Address;No 14 Alhaji Tijani Street Orlu. Tel:08034149594. PRESS RELEASE We are PDP youths, operating under the umbrella of OEM,a group made of registered PDP youths in Orlu LGA. We wish to once again, remind the party leadership in Orlu LGA and beyond of an already existing zoning formula which made it mandatory for power rotation among the two political blocks of orsu and Isu clan. It is on record that since 1999,positions of membership of house of assembly and LGA chairmanship have always…
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Economic Hardship: Cleric Gives FG 2Weeks To End Fuel Price Hike Or Face Protest
By Williams Odunze Following the prevailing economic situation in the country caused are increase in fuel pump price by Marketers, the presiding Bishop of Divine World International Church of God in Christ and Chairman Citizens For Righteousness and Social Justice Imo State Chapter, Most Rev. Kenneth Obi aka the Peoples Bishop, has called on Federal Government to, intervene on the current increase in the prices of Petroleum products in the country that has increased the sufferings of Citizens or face mass protest within two weeks. The Bishop, made this known…
Read MoreInsecurity Heightens: Schools, Banks, Markets shut over sit-at-home In Imo
Owerri, the Imo state capital was a shadow of itself on Monday as large number of residents stayed indoors. Markets,Banks, Schools and other business outlets were also shut as insecurity heightened in the state. Reported attack on Otoko Divisional Police Headquarters in Obowo Local Government Area of the state at about 3am on Monday added to the panic in the state and further made people not to open their businesses,same day. It was gathered that the situation arose after a notice was penultimate week pasted at different corners in the…
Read MoreCommunity Leader Debunks Kidnap Allegation
The president of Ogbajirigwe Community Forum, a socio cultural organization of indigens of Owerre Nkwoji Community in Nkwerre LGA, Chief Macanthony Ahamefula has debunked an allegation that he was planning to kidnap the traditional ruler of his community, Eze B C Unogu as not only false, malicious and unfounded but a baseless plot hatched by a minority cabal within their community to tarnish his image. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri Tuesday, Chief Ahamefula who holds the traditional chieftaincy title of Chimereze of Owerre Nkwoji conferred on him by Eze B…
Read MoreImo Finance Commissioner To Enhance IGR In Six Months
The commissioner for finance and coordinating economy of Imo State, Dr Doris-Anite has promised that with the reforms put in place in the state, the Internal Revenue Service of the state would in the next six months reach its internally generated revenue target. Dr Anite made this known during the Second Tax Annual Dialogue held in Abuja by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in conjunction with the Joint Tax Board (JTB). The finance commissioner who was one of the panellists who x-rayed the topic ‘Tax Harmonisation for Enhanced Revenue…
Read MoreRussia: Know The Truth And Let It Set You Free
By Femi Fani-Kayode If you insist on talking or writing about the war in the Ukraine kindly get your facts right and do not repeat the one-sided, subjective and monotonous clap trap and fairy tales that CNN and the other international media networks are continuously churning out. Any student of modern history will tell you that the Russians were never the villains when it comes to acts of barbarity committed against sovereign nation states and against the oppresed people of the world. That notorious title goes to the Americans, the…
Read MoreImo Government Moves To Streamline Festivals And Cultural Events
Imo State Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has instituted a general purpose committee to produce general rules of engagement for masquerades, festivals, and cultural events in the state. According to Mazi Uche Ohia, PhD, Commissioner for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, the effort is geared towards rekindling the fire of Igbo values and heritage in our young people. It is also aimed at projecting the positive aspects of Igbo culture and thereby developing the festivals and cultural events into modern tourism events that would attract more tourists to…
Read MoreWomen storm Imo Government House, demand end to customs affecting girl child
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Scores of women on Tuesday stormed the Imo government in Owerri, demanding an immediate end to all kinds of rites and customs affecting the growth of the girl child. The women who bore placards, marched from the control post junction to the government entrance gate, faulted the federal government for failing to pass gender related bills recently at the national Assembly. They also called on the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities to speedily still their differences so that university students can go back to…
Read More2022 International Women Day Celebration: PDP Recruiters/Mobilizers celebrate Imo women
As part of their program marking the International Women Day (IWD) celebration which was officially marked on 8th of March, 2022, the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) Women Mobilizers/Recruiters celebrates Imo women for their contribution in various spheres of existence. It should be noted that the month of March annually is usually set aside to celebrate women and the girl child. Thus, this year’s theme for the International Women Day (IWD) 2022 is ” Equality Today for a sustainable Tomorrow”. This theme recognizes the contributions of women and girls around the…
Read MoreECWA Installs Imo Can Boss- Eches, Chairman Umuahia District Council
Rev. Divine Eches, incubent Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria, Imo State Chapter has been installed by the leadership of Evangelical Church Winning All, (ECWA) as the Chairman of Umuahia District Church Council, comprising of churches in Abia and Imo States The installation of Rev Eches and members of his executive took place at ECWA church at Prefab Housing Estate Owerri. Speaking during the program, Rev Eches described his consecration and installation as a call to serve and promised to discharge his duties with diligence, compassion and accountability. He assured the…
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