…Charges PCC to be proactive, dedicated Owerri_ Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Imo State, Hon Greg Egu has officially kick-started his work as he visited the headquarters of the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Office to inspect the facility. The Director General, Hon Greg Egu on Thursday was taken round the building alongside some deputy directors of the Presidential Campaign Council. Egu who expressed his heartfelt gratitude over the choice and location of the Presidential Campaign Office which was personally secured and equipped by the National…
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Ohia Commends Imo Budget Ministry For Citizen-Centred Reality Budgets
Imo State Commissioner for Culture and Creative Arts, Mazi Uche Ohia (PhD), has commended the state’s Ministry of Budget, Economic Planning and Statistics for the processes it engages in producing transparent and citizen-centered reality annual budgets which have earned the state awards from the World Bank. Mazi Uche Ohia gave the commendation when the Ministry of Culture and Creative Arts, and Ministry of Tourism appeared together before the State Budget Committee for the bilateral discussions on the 2023 Draft Budget of the Ministries. While Mazi Uche Ohia led the Ministry…
Read Morelmo Commissioner-Egemba Pledges To Revitalize Tourism Board
…Charges workers on ethics, performance The new Imo State Commissioner for Tourism, Barr Jerry Egemba, has stated government’s resolve to revitalize Imo State Tourism Board just as he charged the staff of the Board to be mindful of the provisions of the Public Service rules, and justify their appointments by effective performance of their duties. Barr Egemba gave the assurance and charge in his office at a recent meeting with the management and staff of the Imo State Tourism Board. He said, “government is passionate to revitalize the Board and…
Read MoreRising Poverty: FG, Governors Must Take Action, Not Blame Game
Rising poverty in Nigeria is one issue that has been on the front burner of national discourse in recent time. According to reported figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, recently, “ 53 million more Nigerians fell into abject poverty compared to 2015. Reports show that the 53 million Nigerians , mostly of the middle class, were classified as being “vulnerable” before Buhari took over.” It was recently reported that “after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting in Abuja last week, the Minister of State for Budget and National…
Read MoreNasarawa University, Keffi Organizes 29th Inaugural Lecture Series Dec. 14
…As Udenwa’s wife delivers lecture The Vice Chancellor, Prof Suleiman Bala Muhammed, management and staff of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, will on December, 14, 2022, hold the institution’s 29th inaugural lecture, with the topic, ‘’Achieving Financial Inclusion in Nigeria. What Role for the e- Naria?” A renowned Professor of Banking and Finance, Mrs Theresa Agbonma Udenwa , wife of the former Governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, will be the Presenter at the event which will hold by 10am at the Assembly Hall of the institution’s main campus. This…
Read MoreOgunewe Mourns Irouno’s Sudden Death, “I was shocked”
In the midnight of today 5/12/2022 here in the United States of America, I was awoken by a call from Nigeria breaking the sad news of the death of my friend and supporter, Hon. Irouno Chukwunenye whose charistmatism and aura endeared him to me. I could not believe that a man who spoke with me about four hours before this sad news could be the person I was told is dead. I am sad. I will miss a big friend and fan of mine. My condolences to his wife, children,…
Read MoreInter-Religious Women In Politics (Ward 2 Ward Ambassadors) Imo State Chapter Eulogizes Imo First Lady, Barr. Chioma Uzodinma
Olaotan Fawehinmi in his book “If I Were A Girl, I Would Not…” wrote “ A good wife is Royal in Heart. She is a crown to her husband, and pride to the home where she was raised. She is called a W.I.F.E because she is a Woman In Full Effect.” This quote fully describes Her Excellency, Lady Barr. Chioma Uzodinma, the First Lady of Imo state. Despite all odds, name-calling and other challenges that the Hope Uzodinma-led Administration has been facing, she had stood vehemently behind her husband and…
Read MoreImo Journalist-Ndukwe Quits Bachelorhood December 10
An Owerri-based journalist, Ifeanyi Ndukwe will on Saturday, December 10, tie the nuptial knot with his heartthrob, Miracle Onyinyechi Ndubuisi. The solemnization of the holy matrimony holds at the Assemblies of God Church, Amakohia, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. A Press release endorsed by the families of the bride and groom disclosed that the post-wedding feast shall hold immediately same day at the City Secondary School located on Wetheral Road, Owerri. The Celebrant invite friends and well-wishers to grace the ceremony. The couple’s in their toast described…
Read MorePress Statement: Imo PDP Demands Release of INEC Officials’ Illegally Detained By APC Regime Under Uzodinma
…Urges Imolites to resist INEC’s harassment, intimidation …Wants IGP to caution Police The Peoples Democratic Party,PDP in Imo State has described the arrest and continued detention of Chidiebere Eze, Felix Agu and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC by the APC-led regime of Senator Hope Uzodinma as an attempt to intimidate and cow the electoral umpire so as to yield to the desperate plot by the failed APC to rig the 2023 elections in the State. Our Party, therefore, demands that all INEC officials being held in various detention facilities…
Read MoreEngineers Advise Government Against Awarding Projects To Quacks
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo Displeased with the rate of infrastructural collapses witnessed across the country, professional engineers have advised government both at the states and national levels to avoid awarding construction projects to unprofessionals or quacks. This was stated by engineers from various engineering fields during the Public Lecture/Induction and Award Conferment ceremony of the Nigeria Society Of Engineers, Okigwe Branch, held at the Owerri Engineering Centre, last week. Speaking, the Chairman of Okigwe branch of the Nigeria Society Of Engineers , NSE, Engr. Oji Alozie Oji , MNSE, said it…
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