The ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma to govern the state in 2019 received a major boost last Monday as one of the senator’s support groups, under the auspices of the GrassRoots Movement (GRM) for Hope Uzodinma 2019, inaugurated Mbaitoli and Orlu local government areas chapters of the movement in grand style. GRM is a group of young progressives whose sole mandate is to ensure successful election Senator Hope Uzodinma as the next governor of Imo State through galvanising people at…
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Need for right behaviours on our roads this Yuletide
Now that the yuletide is around the corner it is a common feature in Owerri, the Imo State capital to observe that virtually all gateways and roads leading to the city experience influx of vehicles mostly by indigenes of the state living in the diaspora coming home. These are of course, those who are returning from their various base to spend the yuletide with their loved ones and participate in the launching of new development projects in their various communities before going back to their respective stations. One thing that…
Read MoreMAJA party guber candidate, Osuji assures Imo pensioners of better days ahead …As UPP publicity secretary joins his campaign team
The governorship candidate of Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) party is blazing the trail with promises of better days ahead, amidst wide acceptance, support and solidarity by a cross section if Imolites who are in dire need of credible, purposeful and result oriented governance in 2019. The U.K based Lawyer and Corporate Consultant, on Friday 7th December 2018, visited members of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Imo State chapter, at their new Owerri secretariat, to feel their pulse, express his concern for their plight and deplorable state of affairs in…
Read More2019 Governorship: Imo needs YPP, Okorie now for rapid development…He leads new generation of leadersTrustworthy, dynamic
Ahead of the 2019 governorship election, Imolites are no doubt in search of a new generation of dynamic leaders that can be trusted. While various administrations in Imo State past and present since 1999 have continued to pay lip service to the core issues of industrialization, human capital development and critical infrastructure, the already beleaguered Imolites from investigations, are beginning to think towards younger, creative and emerging leaders in the mode of Mr. Linus Okorie. Today, the sincerity of Mr. Okorie which was hatched in 1999, has become an institution…
Read MoreMbaise Nation marks 2018 get together, Dec 15
The federation of Mbaise Workers Association FMWA, of the Federation University of Technology Owerri, FUTO, will be holding their 2018 end of the year get together, December 15, 2018. The event which will take place in the Villa Marie play field B, Owerri is expected to be under the distinguished chairmanship of Chief Emeka Chinedu, while the Mother of the Day will be Prof. Viola Adaku. It is also expected that some prominent personalities like Prof. L.C. Ndukwu the immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor of Administration of FUTO and many…
Read MoreUgwuanyi awards multiple road contracts
The administration of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has awarded contracts for another set of development projects across the state, totaling over N1 billion, to deepen its noble vision to develop the rural areas in line with the government’s four-point agenda. Briefing newsmen after the meeting of the State Executive Council (EXCO), the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Greg Nnaji, stated that the projects duly considered and approved by the council include the extension of the construction of Ogurute-Mkpamute– Igogoro-Ikpamodo-Okpo-Amaja road and the Ogurute – Umuogbo-Umuokpu-Ette road both…
Read MoreRevealed: Okorocha set to create 126 new autonomous communities …Allegedly as bait for in-law’s victory
There is a palpable tension currently pervading in Imo State as it has been revealed that a whooping new 126 autonomous communities has been planned to be created by Governor Rochas as a political bait for his house boy term son-in-law, Chief Ugwumba Uche Nwosu with a threat to scrap them after the elections in 2019 if Uche Nwosu does not win and win convincingly in them. It will be recalled that it was just in February this year that Gov. Rochas Okorocha convened a meeting with Ndi-Eze Imo State…
Read More2019 guber: AA national Chairman denies Rochas, Nwosu
The National Chairman of Action Alliance party (AA), Dr Tunde Anifowose-Kelani has rejected the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, as gubernatorial candidate of the party in Imo State. Dr Anifowose-Kelani, who disclosed this in a statement signed and made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, maintained that Nwosu is yet to become a registered member of the party, and therefore, can not be recognized as the party’s standard-bearer Imo State in the forthcoming general elections. According to him, “Uche Nwosu is not yet a member of…
Read MoreHubbub and Yabing over Jonathan’s book: The other side of the coin
On Tuesday the 21st November, 2018, the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan presented to the public his book which is in fact his memories entitled MY TRANSITION HOURS. According to every available information including those from people who simply don’t like Jonathan and from his admirers, the gathering of his book presentation was tremendous and almost all inclusive. The occasion showed evidence of good planning for such event. The calibre of personalities who attended the event cut across all the spectrum of National and…
Read MoreTask before FRSC, security agencies as Yuletide approaches
In less than two weeks away, Nigeria will join the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas and New Year festivities. These two celebrations no doubt, are characterized by increased socio-economic activities including heavy vehicular traffic on the roads accompanied with increasing number of travelers. Here in Nigeria, the period is usually marked by upsurge in auto accidents as road users especially, commercial drivers tend to become reckless in their driving in order to rake in more money from transport fares. It is this particular mindset among road users that…
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