Imo 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…

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Alleged 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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Take 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…

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Ozuruigbo: 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…

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Palliatives: 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…

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Counter 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…

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Imo 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,…

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Jehovah’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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2023 GOVERNORSHIP: Ejiogu-I’ll Boost Food Production In Imo

…Says: APGA’ll deploy OCOP model for export By Ebenezer Ojor  With the consistent rise in food prices in Imo State, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the scheduled November 11 governorship election in the state, Hon Tony Ejiogu has reiterated his commitment to run a policy-driven agriculture sector for ensure food sufficiency and export in the state. Hon Ejiogu who made the disclosure recently in Owerri, hinted that his administration if elected, would fight hunger and rising cost of food by adopting what he called the…

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Dry Bones Fail To Rise…-Ambition Fails Rotimi Amaechi

Eventually, like all man-made deities, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi stopped resembling a demi god or something like one. He began to lose worth like the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.The miseries of Rotimi Amaechi are legion. Among other things, he is a lonely man. His name no longer opens doors in the Presidential Villa. And his voice excites no shivers in his birth land, Rivers State’s corridors of power. Amaechi finally understands that power is like a dead sea fruit; it is not until you achieve it that…

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