Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has been Confered with the title of Grand Chancellor of Imo State by the Imo State Government. Performing the ceremony at the Heroes square, Owerri, Imo State Governor Ouellette Rochas Okorocha said that Engr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu deserves every honour accorded him in life. He said that, Chief Iwuanyanwu has contributed immensely to the socio – economic development of the society. He described Chief Iwuanyanwu as a great philanthropist, a humanist and a great leader of our time whose generosity knows no bounds and his leadership qualities in…
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Ugwuanyi presents N109.199bn 2019 budget
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Monday presented a budget proposal of N109, 199 billion for the 2019 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. Presenting the 2019 budget proposal tagged: ”Budget of peace, equity and prosperity”, Gov. Ugwuanyi disclosed that the appropriation bill was 5.44% higher than the 2018 budget of N103,563 billion. The governor added that the increase was in keeping with his administration’s promise last year to expand its expenditure vis-à-vis projects and programmes of the state as the economy of…
Read MoreReps: Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala unite for Emereonye
Indigenes of Aboh Mbaise and Ngor Okpala Federal constituency from all walks of life and across politically party lines last Tuesday, converged at the Town School play ground, Enyiogugu, Aboh Mbaise local government area to demonstrate their love, solidarity and endorsement for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for the 2019 house of representatives election, Chief Okechukwu Christopher Emereonye as he formally, flagged off his electioning campaign. The day’s historic event kicked off with heroic boundary reception conducted by Aboh Mbaise and Ngor Okpala APGA party executives, chieftains and…
Read MoreNwulu pays N10m medical bills for indigent patients at FMC
The United Peoples Party governorship candidate in Imo State, Hon. Tony Nwulu, weekend, visited the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, to interact with some patients in order to ascertain their health conditions. Also, some of the patients who have been long discharged from the hospital, over six months who could not leave the hospital premises due to their inability to pay their bills were favoured at the visitation. A patient, Mrs. Ikechi Chinwedu, whose bill of N750,000, was also cleared by Nwulu after she delivered her triplets, through caesarean section…
Read MoreIMSU undergraduate invents automated motor jack
Motorists across the country will be getting a great relief with the invention of an automated motor vehicle Jack by a student of Imo State University, Owerri. The device which, at the click of a button, is capable of lifting a 5 tonnes vehicle in 15 seconds is the brainchild of Mr Amaefule Nnaemeka. At an exhibition with newsmen yesterday, the student of philosophy stated that his invention will reduce the strain motorists pass through due to flat tire. Explaining his motivation for developing the product, the Abia State born…
Read More2pm banks daily closure is economic sabotage to Orlu -Nwadike
The United Progressive Party, UPP, senatorial candidate for Imo West, Comrade Precious Nwadike has said that those contesting with him, inspite of all the money they made in the previous offices and positions they held, do not have investments in Orlu and are not perturbed by the level of unemployment which has obviously heightened insecurity of lives and property in the zone. He stated this while fielding questions from journalists, shortly after receiving an award from Alvan Ikoku Federal college of Education Alumni Association on behalf of Community Watchdog Newspaper…
Read MoreVery many killings in Imo: The police challenge
With the latest round of assassinations in Imo State, it is now crystal clear that the state has come under the siege of assassins and kidnappers. Imolites are still shocked by the dastard assassination in Obowo LGA of retired police officer and his wife. And just in the wake of that gruesome killing reports again filtered about the murder of a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, women leader in Ideato North Local Government Area. These three recent cold blooded killings according to investigation have brought the number of Imo citizens sent…
Read More2019 Imo guber: Ihedioha takes campaign to those in diaspora
As the 2019 general election draws very close, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Guber candidate and the recently adopted candidate by Owerri zone, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, the former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, carried his message on how to rebuild Imo State to Imolites in the United States of America. Our staff who monitored the US tours confirmed the foreign tour by the former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives took him to about five states in the United State from the 2nd of December to about 10th…
Read MoreAPC, PDP, APGA, others plan coalition …No political party can win with out coalition
Perhaps, trying to learn from the experiences of the bloody nose which Imo State Governor,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha suffered in the hands of the coalition forces in both APC Congresses and governorship primary election, the big political parties in the state and their candidates are said to be strategizing on plans to form coalition with other parties ahead of 2019 elections. Nigeria Newspoint findings revealed that the parties rooting for coalition and alliances are doing so based on their conviction that only such platform can guarantee victory given the large…
Read MoreAn open letter to Bianca Ojukwu
Since you walked the red carpets as a beauty queen, many of us have followed you. Though beauty contest is a mere competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, most contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges’ questions as judged criteria. So, becoming the African queen of your time, and even now, was no mean feat. It comes with real beauty, brain and brawn, no doubt. You really didn’t need any contest to prove you…
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