Professor Humphrey Nwos, who served as Chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, has passed away. The NEC is now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, USA. He became a professor of political science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.He served in the cabinet of Samson Omeruah, governor of the old Anambra State, where he helped traditional rulers to gain staffs of office, receive salaries and settled intra and inter community land disputes. Nwosu also…
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Abia LG Polls: I’ll Not Support LP Party Candidates In Nov 2 LG Polls — Otti
Abia state Governor Dr Alex Otti says he will support candidates from another political party for the November 2 local government election in the state. Governor Otti who is the only Labour Party elected Governor in Nigeria disclosed this through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Ferdinand Ekeoma in ABN TV show ‘Political Perspective’ monitored by THE WHISTLER. This comes on the heels of a report that the governor is courting the Zenith Labour Party as the crisis in the Labour Party continues. He admitted that the Labour…
Read MoreCitizens Cry Out To Uzodinma,Save Onuimo LGA Link Roads.
An Appeal to Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of IMO State Your Excellency, as a Concerned Citizen of Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, I wish to use this medium to congratulate you on your victory at the November 11, 2023 governorship poll as well as your victory at the three layers of the tribunal. Congratulations. I also use this medium to appreciate your determination which saw the conclusion of the Okigwe/Owerri Highway which was last constructed during the headship of Imo State’s greatest son, Dee Samuel Onunaka…
Read MoreOFOROLA EZESHIP STOOL: OKORAFOR DISCLAIMS OKORIES DENOUNCEMENT ON EZE-ELECT
(1) This clarification to disclaimer by Mr Okechukwu Okoroafor on his purpoted Crowing as Eze-Elect by my humble self, Elder Ozuocha Emmanuel Okorie, former Onye Isi Ala Oforola, now known and addressed as Evangelist Ozuocha Emmanuel Okorie has become necessary due to his response rooted in emotional and psychological blackmail against my personality as seen in the maner he deliberately cut corners, misinformed and misrepresented issues to confuse the general public to disbelieve a reality I published as former Prime King Maker of Oforola, on Star Post Express dated Monday…
Read MoreImo CP Orders Release Of Twin Boys Seized In Exchange Of Unpaid Hospital Bill By Doctor.
…Orders probe of doctor, maternity The Commissioner of Police in Imo state, Aboki Danjuma, has ordered the immediate release of twin boys, Chidindu and Chijindu, who were held in a maternity since May 4, they were delivered through a cesarean section over their parents inability to foot their medical bill. The CP who gave the order in his office at the command headquarters in Owerri, the state capital on Thursday, also ordered that the Medical Director of Goodwill Maternity at Obinze in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the…
Read MoreImo NUJ To Emelumba: You Can’t Speak For Us Through Miscreants Parading As Journalists
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Imo State Council has frowned at what it referred to as a trend where the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba whose hatred for journalists is well known, consistently uses miscreants to discredit and tarnish the image of the union. The ridiculous aspect of it, according to the union is that those he uses for such hatchet jobs are impostors who parade themselves as journalists. The Chairman of Imo NUJ, Comrade Precious Nwadike,stated this while reacting to a report in a section of…
Read MoreNonsonkwa: Imo Based Journalist-Uba Arraigned In Court, Detained In Prison.
…Case adjourned Nov12. Popular Imo based journalist Chinonso Uba also known as Nonsonkwa was on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, was arraigned at a Magistrate Court in Owerri, before His Worship Adikaibe, on a five-count charge preferred against him by the Commissioner of Police. N.S. Onwochie Esq. Legal Prosecution Officer, Owerri Imo State and on behalf of the Commissioner of Police,CP. The Five (5) count charges include; Conspiracy, Treason, Arson among others. The prosecuting Counsel N.S Onwochei Esq., O.C. legal appeared for Commissioner of Police/State, while C.K Mgbekonye Esq., E.T.…
Read MoreNwachukwu Inaugurates Councillors, Vows To Deliver Dividends of Democracy In Ezinihitte LGA
…As Mgbechi emerges Legislative Council Leader By Nkechi Ojukwu Moving forward to complete the rudiments contained in constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as it concerns the third tier government, in Nigeria particularly Imo State, the Executive Council Chairman of Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Hon Chinedum Nwachukwu,has joined his counterparts in 27 LGAS to officially Inaugurated the newly elected 12 Councilors in the LGA. In his inaugural speech at the LGA headquarters,on October,15 ,Hon. Nwachukwu, reiterated his commitment to work in synergy with the Councilors to actualized the long expected…
Read MoreImo Assembly Condemns Murder Of Pregnant Woman At Mbakwe Cargo Airport
By Williams Odunze Imo State House of Assembly has flayed the gruesome murder of a pregnant woman identified as Mrs.Chinwendu Amadi at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport calling on relevant authorities to apprehend the assailants to face the law. The house made the call following the motion moved by Obinna Egu , member representing Ngor-Okpala Constituency in the Assembly where the deceased hails from. Moving the motion, Egu informed the house that the brutal killing of the expectant mother who hails from Awogu Logara Autonomous Community Ngor-Okpala LGA has sent…
Read MoreHardship, Insecurity: Anyanwu To Uzodinma, Your Govt Is Insensitive, Imo People Are Dying Of Hunger.
…Says: Govt lacks will to restore sanity. Piqued by the excruciating hunger, poverty, and anguish bedeviling the people, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu(Samdaddy ) has described the APC administration in Imo State as being insensitive and harsh to the masses. The former Senator for Owerri Zone added that the way government is operating is an indication that the APC administration has been overwhelmed. Anyanwu regrets that the government in the state is operating without a blue print and does not see the people as priority, urging the APC government to expedite…
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