20 reasons why his detention is a witch-hunt By Steve Osuji GOVERNANCE BY WITCH-HUNT: It is clearly a vendetta mission. There’s no other reason why a former bank MD and subsisting governor of a country’s central bank would be kept in detention for 60 days without bail and without serious process of litigation. The clamping of Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into detention since the inception of the Bola Tinubu administration and the near abrogation of the powers of the judiciary in the matter…
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Your Votes Must Count AAC Guber Candidate Assures Imolites
Barr. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Awulonu, the Imo State AAC Governorship Candidate has assured Imolites that their votes must certainly count and that they will have the final say on who becomes the Executive Governor of Imo State at the November 11,2023 Governorship election. He also reminded those still sceptical and uncertain about the level playing ground and fairness of the fast approaching election that in the words of Prof Mahmood Yakubu, INEC has learnt it’s bitter lesson how not to toy with or experiment with the election.Speaking further,Barr Awulonu promised to…
Read MoreImo Guber 2023: Placing Samdaddy of PDP & Uzodinma of APC Side by Side Against Falsehood (1)
By Ikenna Onuoha A lot has been said concerning the November 11 Governorship election in Imo state. Members of different political parties are currently in the business of speculative tales and promotion of fake rytorics to impugn the reputation of their opponents with a view to scoring cheap political relevance. To ascertain the relevance of the tales of falsehood, there is need to place the two major Governorship contenders, Samdaddy of PDP and Uzodinma of APC side by side. With this informatic analysis, the public will have access to their…
Read MoreImo Civil Servants Drum Support Uzodinma Over Performance
….Elects New Exco Imo civil servants under the umbrella of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, Imo State,have held its 4th quadrennial delegates conference/ workshop in Owerri the Imo State capital, with a vow to continue supporting Gov Hope Uzodinma, because of his sterling performance. The industrial union which made its stand public through its branch chairman, Comrade Basil Iwu, during the quadrennial delegates conference at Pensioners House, Owerri, noted that the decision of the union stemmed from the governor’s numerous welfare packages extended to workers in the…
Read MoreImo Guber: There’s Vacancy In Douglas House: Opposition Can’t Distract Us -PDP Deputy Gov’ship Candidate
…Insists: lmolites will rejected APC, Nov 11 As political activities for the Imo State November 11 Governorship election build up, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP deputy governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Jones Onyereri has insisted that the opposition party, APC will not succeed in distracting them as they are poised to reclaiming power. Speaking to Journalists shortly after he left the Imo State Police Command on account of petition bordering on character assassination and conspiracy filed by about seven former members of State Working Committee, SWC who left the party to…
Read MoreMedia Intimidation: Hold Emelumba Responsible If Anything Happens To Nonso Nkwa -Nwadike
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ, Imo State Council, Comrade Precious Nwadike has said that Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Imo State should be held responsible, if anything happens to Mazi Chinonso Uba (Nonso Nkwa) who is currently being detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID, Abuja. Nwadike, who stated this while addressing journalists in Owerri, the Imo State capital, yesterday, said, “we have made several efforts to secure the release of Nonso Nkwa of Ozisa Fm Radio station who is being…
Read MoreEzuruezu Mbaise Adopts Ogunewe
Ezuruezu Mbaise, the Apex Sociocultural Organisation in the Mbaise Nation has adopted Maj. Gen(rtd) Lincoln Jack Ogunewe as their candidate for the Nov 11th Governorship election in Imo State. It resolved to undertake the responsibility of selling his Candidacy to other Socio-cultural organisations in Imo state.
Read More2023 Governorship: Imo Stands At Crossroads, I’ll Restore Safety of Citizens, Create Job -EJiogu
…Says: Professional Politicians are the problem “They Talk More, Do Little” The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, Hon Tony Ejiogu says the state needs a seasoned technocrat rather than professional politicians to confront her myriad of challenges. Hon Ejiogu who made it clear that the state was standing at socio-economic crossroads at the moment, warned that things could go even more awry if those he described as professional politicians continue to dominate the political space in the state,…
Read MoreEx-Speaker Nwagwu Writes Imo Assembly, Demands Drug Test For Guber, Assembly Members
A former speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Rt Hon Kelechi Kennedy Nwagwu has written the current leadership of that Assembly to make a law that will mandate candidates seeking the governorship position of the state as well as state House of Assembly members to undergo a compulsory drug test. In a letter addressed to the Speaker, Imo House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Chike OLemgbe dated July 25, 2023, and made available to Nigeria Newspoint, the former Imo Assembly Speaker urged the state legislature to, among other things, consider…
Read MoreAfter 3 Years: Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention Returns to Akabor, Ikeduru In Imo
…To hold 320 convention in 39 cities of Nigeria After a three-year pandemic pause, one of the largest convention organizations in the world has once again chosen Akabor,Imo State to host its global three-day event, the 2023 “Exercise Patience!” Convention. Prior to 2019, summers in Akabor were marked by Jehovah’s Witnesses filling hotels and restaurants as they attended their annual conventions at the Akabor Assembly Hallof Jehovah’s Witnesses in Imo State. In 2020, the pandemic interrupted that tradition in Akabor when the Witnesses cancelled their in-person events throughout the world …
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