“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…
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Imo 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…
Read MoreTake Back Campaign: Okere-Imo Is Labour Party State, As party inaugurates 481 guber campaign council
…Flags Off LGA Campaign with Aboh Mbaise, Today The chairman of the Imo State Labour Party Governorship Election Campaign Council, Hon Tochukwu Okere has said the party is well positioned to win the November 11 governorship election convincingly, because all credible indicators show the state is a Labour Party state. The member of the House of Representatives who represents the good people of Owerri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said that obvious reality, all the party needed to do to cruise to victory in November 11, is…
Read MoreOzuruigbo: Owerri Community Mourns Demise of Paramount Ruler-Ezeohiri NJemanze
A release from the Eke na Okorie Traditional Council of Owerre Nchi Ise, in Owerri Municipal,Imo state noted that the King Makers of Owerre mourn the painful demise of their Paramount Ruler (Eze Owerre), Rt. Hon. Justice Ezeohiri Fred Njemanze, the Ozuruigbo 6th, who has gone to join his ancestors. The elders who announced his pass are: Elder Gibson Ofoegbu, Chairman UmuEkeonunwa Kindred, Omeze Sir Odinaka Osuji, Chairman Umuokorie Kindred, Elder Reginald C. Ebere, member of Traditional Council, Elder Prince Donald .A. Njemanze Head of Njemanze Royal Kindred and Prince…
Read MorePalliatives: Tinubu Misfired Using State Governments
The removal of the subsidy on fuel right from the first day of the Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration, has led to astronomical rise in fuel price with the concomitant hike in transport fares and prices of other goods and services. The hue and cry that followed the escalating economic hardship resulting from the fuel subsidy removal, prompted the Tinubu administration to initiate palliatives aimed at cushioning the effects of the subsidy removal. The palliatives which reportedly include thousands of bags of rice and cash to each of…
Read MoreCounter Press Release By Owalla Uratta People On Commissioner For Lands’ Press Release Of 30th August, 2023 In The Nigerian Daily Horn Newspaper Captioned “Forceful Takeover Of Lands In Owalla Uratta.”
Following the recent press release of 30th August, 2023, by the Hon. Commissioner for Lands, Ministry of Lands, Imo State, Owerri, Hon. Noble Atulaegwu, on forceful takeover of Owalla Uratta lands in defence of the activities of some faceless land grabbers who purport themselves as ‘developers’ or agents of government, we have these to state to refute and counter whatever chronic falsehoods as found in the release to the unsuspecting Imo public and follows: That the said Land known as River side layout cutting across part of Amatta, Orji, Owalla…
Read MoreImo 2023: Why It Should Be Senator Hope Uzodinma Again
By Chike Okafor The history of every man, his peaks, and downtime are all summed up in how he stands in times of tribulation. How he defies the odds to triumph and leave behind a statement on the unassailable human instinct that drives every nature-made survivor. It is about the innate ability of man to succeed and excel, even against all presentiments, perils, and disillusionment. Governance, as it concerns our dear Imo State, has never been a tea party, so to speak. It has never been a bed of roses,…
Read MoreJehovah’s Witnesses Hold 2023 Convention
…Harps on importance of Exercising Patience By Williams Odunze “Be patience,trust and wait on Jehovah his time is the best”. This was the central message at the 2023 Convention of Jehovah’s witnesses as the adherents gathered at the Convention Centre,Akabo, Ikeduru LGA,Imo State,for the event which was organized by the Governing Body of Jehovah’s witnesses. It was a memorable experience as speaker after speaker climbed the podium to give lessons generally laced with biblical illustrations and demonstrations centering on the theme of the Assembly;”Exercise Patience”…
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