A new wave of coup d’etat has been sweeping across Africa in recent years. At the last count, about six countries in west and central Africa including Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gabon, among others. While efforts by ECOWAS were on-going to sort out issues surrounding the military interventions in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso and Niger, another military putsch occurred in Gabon in the Central African sub-region last week. Surprisingly, the citizens of these countries where coups occurred, took to the streets in celebration. In fact, the wide jubilation…
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Imo Guber: Mbaike Has No Need For Deputy Governorship Candidate, It Hasn’t Any Democratic Benefits-Aguocha
…Drums support for PDP’s Samdaddy The leader of Ogwa Ward 11 of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dave Aguocha has said that Mbaitoli LGA in Imo State doesn’t need the position of a Deputy Governor. Speaking to Journalists in Owerri recently,Chief Aguocha noted that Mbaitoli Local Government is a PDP Area and so urges the entire Mbaitoli and Ikeduru LGAs to vote for the Party’s flag bearer in the November 11 poll,Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu. The PDP chieftain opined that Mbaitoli and Ikeduru LGAs has gotten the Deputy Governor…
Read MoreImo Guber: Political Campaigns Must Be Issue-based, Not Name-calling
The November 11 Imo governorship election is a matter of weeks away. At the moment, candidates of the various political parties have begun flagging off their campaigns and unveiling their manifestoes. Sadly, rather than tackle opponents on the basis of the programmes they present, as contained in the manifestoes, supporters of some of the Governorship candidates are busy chasing shadows on the Social Media. Sometimes they choose to talk about attendance to flag-off events instead of focusing on critically analysing what each candidate has in stock to do for Ndi-Imo.…
Read MoreImo Governorship: I’ll Lift Civil Servants Welfare, Pay N80,000 Minimum Wage -EJiogu
…As APGA flags off Campaign With the November 11 governorship election in Imo State just weeks ahead, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sir Tony Ejiogu has pledged his commitment to improving the working conditions of Imo civil servants via upward review of the Minimum Wage to Eighty thousand Naira (N80,000), monthly. This is even as he also assured that he would settle Pensions and Gratuities promptly. Ejiogu who made this pledge in his speech at the flag-off of his Campaign,last Thursday in Owerri, Imo State…
Read MoreAthan Achonu-Apostle Of Aku Ruo Ulo And Travails Of Patriot
By Nick Opara-Ndudu All across the South East Nigeria and practically in all Senatorial districts within the zone, one would find the ubiquitous and conspicuous presence of billboards propagating the clarion call for investment in the Igbo homeland. The messages on those billboards which have been disseminated over the past five (5) years have been articulated by a truly patriotic Igbo son, Senator Athan Achonu, to reinforce and support the movement that is fast gaining grounds in the consciousness of Ndi-Igbo that investment in the South Eastern homeland must be…
Read MoreImo Guber: Uzodinma, Chasing Shadows While Losing Grips Of Governance.
Ahead of the November Governorship election in the state, Hope Uzodinma is in disarray, confused and has resorted to shadow chase simply because Imo people have unanimously rejected him and his government. He cannot buy the support of Imo people by threatening them. Never! Today in Imo state, no community, LGA, or Zone is taking the APC government serious since the rejection became intense. As a result of this; Uzodinma is threatening and forcing Imo people to be loyal to him under duress by illegally arresting innocent Imo citizens for…
Read MoreSamdaddy: History Beckons On November 11
By Ken Nwadiri A man is not measured by the size of physical body but by the size of his heart. When Distinguished Senator Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) was overwhelmingly elected the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 11, 2023 Imo gubernatorial election, not many believed his emergence would translate into a rapid rebirth and overhauling of the fortunes of Imo PDP which at the time, was faced with internal wrangling. To naysayers and sworn critics of PDP including those already stricken by ‘Samdaddy-phobia,’ a concocted,…
Read MoreAchonu- Imo Labour Party Governorship Candidate Hosts Imo Lawyers at his Abuja Residence
Senator Athan Nneji Achonu, the Labour Party’s Governorship candidate for Imo State, recently at his private residence, played host to a group of Lawyers from Imo who were in Abuja for the 2023 annual NBA conference. At the event, Senator Athan and the lawyers engaged in in-depth discussions on matters concerning Imo State. The primary focus was to address and find potential solutions to the challenges faced by the state. Various pressing issues, such as judicial reforms, education, healthcare, security, infrastructural development, and the overall welfare of the people, were…
Read MoreIgbo Heroes’ Day: Ohanaeze Gives Post-Humours Award To Zik, Ironsi, Okpara, Others On Sept 29
By Amby Uneze The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide will honour some Igbo Heroes and Special Igbo allies at the 2023 Igbo Day Celebration which holds at the Michael Okpara Square, Independence Layout, Enugu on Thursday, September 29, 2023. The Chairmanship of the Central Planning Committee for the 2023 edition of Igbo Day, Professor Fred O. Eze informed that the event will be chaired by one of the most consistent detribalized Igbo philanthropists, Prince Engr. Arthur Eze (Ozoigbondu). Those that will receive the post-humous awards include The Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe,…
Read MoreLabour Lists 6 Grievances, Begins Warning Strike, Tomorrow
The Nigeria Labour Congress will commence a two-day warning strike on September 6, 2023, in preparation for a total shutdown which will commence in 21 days. The decision was taken at the end of its National Executive Council meeting which was held in the early hours of Friday morning. A communiqué released by the labour centre and jointly signed by its National President, Joe Ajaero, and Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, said it decided to take the decisions following the failure of the Tinubu-led Federal Government to dialogue and engage stakeholders within…
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