By Emenike Amanze Robin Hood was a 14th century notorious fictional outlaw rebel known for stealing and robbing people’s valuables and sharing peasants to the poor. His timeline, character and personality was represented in the English folklore and Ballad. Today, the society is full of Robin Hood who after robbing the people, turns back to distribute peasants to the poor members of the society. Such pretentious and camouflaged “financial saraka” is the root cause of the erosion of the spirit of social morality and moral decadence in our society today.…
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Reject Uzodinma’s “Operation Show Your PVC” For Palliative, PDP Campaign Council Warns Imo Indigenes
…Says, Move Aimed at Rigging November Poll The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Campaign Council in Imo State wish to alert the good people of Imo state of a clandestine plot by Hope Uzodinma and leaders of APC to forcefully hijack their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) before they can receive the Federal Government palliatives. So far, Uzodinma is said to have released the remaining palliatives to Sole Administrators, Commissioners, Special Advisers, and other appointees of his government with stern directive to distribute same to only those with Permanent Voters Cards (PVC)…
Read MoreLabour Party Moves To Take Over Imo, Launches Wide LG Campaigns
…Campaign Train Moves to Ngor Okpala, Ezinihitte The Labour Party, LP, in Imo State has taken its bid to take over the reins of power in the state a notch higher with its launch of campaigns across the state’s 27 local government areas ahead of the November 11 gubernatorial election in the state. The LG campaigns were kicked off yesterday at a very elaborate ceremony in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, which drew a mammoth crowd of party faithful and other residents, who desire a change in the fortunes of…
Read MoreDid Justice Mary Odili Just Lead A Judicial Coup?
“Whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’ will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations. But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.” – Proverbs 24:24-25 The widely reported outburst of Mary Odili ahead of the questionable verdict of the presidential election tribunal comes away as uncalled for, especially her status as a supposed carrier of dignity. Her comments were worrisome because, as it turned out, they were an omen of the darkness befalling our nation the following…
Read MoreDangiwa Umar Advises On Corruption
“Speaking on the selfishness of politicians, he asked them to learn from Gowon’s case, he said, “Please, compare this to the case of former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon. His nine-year regime was toppled in a military coup on July 29, 1975, while he was attending the Organization of African Unity (OAU) meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Soon after a world press conference during which he magnanimously accepted his ouster and wished his successor, General Murtala Muhammed success, he called our High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Alhaji Sule…
Read MoreImo Govt Functionaries from Mbaitoli Restore Peace In Amawuihe-Ubomiri
…Constitute electoral com’ttee, fix town union, Nov. 25 In a swift intervention to save the Amawuihe-Ubomiri Autonomous Community in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo state from further town union leadership crisis,Imo State Government functionaries from Mbaitoli LGA-extraction, notable among whom are; the member representing Mbaitoli State-constituency in the IMHA,Hon.Innocent Ikpamezie, Mbaitoli SOLAD, Chief Hamilton Opara, Commissioner for Mines/Solid Minerals Resources,Dr.Martins Ekeh,and the Co-ordinator of Mbaitoli-South Area Development Centre,Hon.Chibueze Umez Nnanna,on Thursday, sept.14,2023,proferred solution to the lingering leadership debacle rocking the community. Addressing the people of Amawuihe-Ubomiri community at the Central School,Ohuba,…
Read MoreImo Govt To Revive 45 Year-Old Ahiajoku Lecture Series
By Frank Nwaete If the Good News emanating from the Office of the Director-General (DG) Ahiajoku Center,on the planned Revival of the famous Ahiajoku Lecture Series, is anything else to go bye,then Igbos will soon start another enjoyment of Intellectual harvest. The Special Adviser To Governor Hope Odidika Uzodimma and Director-General (DG) Ahiajoku Center, Hon Nze Ray Emeana, started this in Owerri the Imo State Capital while Speaking on the 3R Administration plans in that direction. EMEANA, a former 2007 – 2011 Member of the Imo State House Of Assembly…
Read MoreAlleged Harassment/Arrest: Imo PDP Rejects Sack Of 2 Reps Members By Tribunal
…Sends SOS to IGP over Chisom’s release …Says: Party media officers face arrest threats The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State Chapter, has raised alarm over what it described as the alleged continued intimidation and harassment of journalists and media aides attached to the party and its candidate for the scheduled for November 11 gubernatorial election in the state. This is even as the party rejected the judgements of the elections tribunal sitting in Nassarawa State, which recently sacked two of its House of Representatives members- Hon Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu…
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