The Chairman of Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, Chief Charles Ejiogu has charged the Management and Staff of the Commission to stand up and be counted in readiness for the next Local Government Council elections in Imo State. Chief Charles Ejiogu who stated this during his maiden interactive session with the HODs, Electoral Officers drawn from the 27 LGAs and other members of staff was accompanied by the Members/ Commissioners, solicited the understanding and cooperation of all so that the Commission will deliver on its mandate and in the…
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Nwachukwu Hails NLC For Halting Strike
…Urges Imolites To Re-elect Uzodinma The All Progressive Congress, APC South/East coordinator for persons with disabilities Dr. Stanley Nwachukwu has commended the Joe Ajero led Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC for halting it’s planned nation wide strike. Dr. Nwachukwu gave this commendation in Enugu yesterday after a meeting with some leaders of the disable community. Briefing newsmen, at the end of the meeting, Nwachukwu, who is also the chairman of Joint National Associations of Persons With Disabilities, JONAPWD in Imo State and the president of Disable Destiny Track Foundation, DDTF pointed out…
Read MoreOCDA GM-Nzewodo’s Integrity Is Impeccable Despite Baseless Allegations, Falsehood From Nameless, Faceless Group
By Unegbu Victor-Wallace It was Winston Churchill who said, “You have enemies? Good.That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” The recent attempt by a nameless and faceless group parading as concerned imolites to smear the towering image of the General Manager of OCDA, Hon Frank Nzewodo is nothing but baseless, and an fruitless attempt to use falsehood to soil the enviable image of Hon. Frank Nzewodo. The baseless and unfounded allegation from these nameless group published in the front page of a local tabloid alluding that Hon.…
Read MoreSGI: Iwu Bags Erudite/Pragmatic Award
The Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Chief Cosmos Iwu, has been honoured with an award of Erudite and Pragmatic Secretary to the Government of Imo State by Kegites Club of Senator Benjamin Uwajimogu College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo State. Receiving the award in his office, the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, on behalf of himself , His Excellency, Dist. Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor and the people of the state thanked the Organization for the honour done him. Chief lwu who described Kegites Club…
Read MoreMike Azoroh Remains Our President General -Obazu Mbieri People
The people of Obazu autonomous community in Mbaitoli Local Government of Imo state have insisted that Barr. Mike Azoroh remains their duly appointed and accepted President General. According to them, Azoroh was installed as Interim President General of the autonomous Community on 14th July 2023 by the Sole Administrator of Mbaitoli LGA, Chief Hon. Hamilton Chinasa Opara JP. They disclosed this on Wednesday when they stormed the Imo State House of Assembly to protest against the purported plans of their representative Hon. Innocent Ikpamezie to impose their former President…
Read MoreEjiogu: Desirability Of Leadership With Clear Vision
By Ebenezer Ojor Development, peace and progress do not come by sheer happenstance. They are usually products of deliberate policies and painstakingly designed approaches, if you like, strategies. And these cannot materialise without committed and knowledgeable leadership. The unprecedented economic turnaround and rapid industrialization witnessed in China and parts of Southeast Asia, especially, the Asian Tigers -Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore -during the last century, are attributable to conscious efforts by the leaders of the region. In China, Mao Zedong or “Chairman Mao” is widely seen as one…
Read MoreEx-Minister Arrested After Housekeepers Stole Over N800m in Ghana
A former Ghanaian Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who resigned over the weekend after her houseworkers allegedly stole more than $1 million(N800,000,000 million in Nigeria currency) in cash from her home, has been arrested for suspected corruption, a special prosecutor said on Monday. Dapaah has denied any crimes, but the case drew criticism from Ghana’s opposition, which questioned why a minister had such large amounts of cash in her house. Special prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng said Dapaah was placed under arrest on Monday “in respect of suspected corruption and corruption-related offences…
Read MoreUmuejechi Nekede Cry Out over Intimidation, Detention By Imo Govt’s Agents
Umuejechi Nekede community, Owerri West local government area of Imo State, have cried out over what they described as “the growing degree of intimidation, harassment and illegal detention of our people, by supposed agents of the state government, in collaboration with the police”. The Chairman of Umuejechi Central Assembly, UCA, Sir Sam Achogbuo, who raised the alarm while addressing the Press in Owerri, yesterday, also lamented that “these ugly things are happening to us, despite the subsisting Court of Appeal judgment in our favour, over our ancestral land.” His words:…
Read MoreMBAIKE Tribunal: A South East Senator Allegedly splashes N50m on Uche Ogbuagu to settle witnesses
By Chukwudi Ihenacho The immediate past Imo House of Assembly member for Ikeduru Local Government and candidate of Labour Party in the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru House of Representatives elections, Mr. Uche Ogbuagu, has reportedly received a massive financial boost of fifty million Naira in his quest to unseat the winner of the election and All Progressive Congress, APC candidate, Hon. Engr Akarachi Amadi. Report has it that the comedian turned politician has allegedly secured a whopping fifty million Naira from a Senator from an opposition party in the South East who instructed…
Read MoreFIGHTING OURSELVES AS IGBOS
Why are we always good in fighting within ourselves? Is there any spell cast upon this tribe called Igbo? Go to Abidjan they are going to court, dragging the position of Eze Ndigbo. Go to Angola the same is happening. We are competing against ourselves while our our enemies are competing every day to be our superiors. Go to Guinea Igbo Associations there are fighting for the position of Eze Ndigbo. Go to Sierra Leone they are fighting because of which state will produce the Igbo Chairman. Go to main…
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