A transverse of the local government areas that make up Imo East senatorial district, otherwise known as Owerri Zone, will reveal a total neglect of infrastructural development in virtually all the nooks and crannies of the senatorial district. The situation is more worrisome given the dense population and electoral relevance of the senatorial district. Unfortunately, successive political office holders from that zone at various level of government see this all important geo-political area as a mere platform to ascend to power. That explains why the baffling ignominious attitude towards infrastructural…
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Nwaigbo lauds Rochas on fight against HIV/AIDS
The Hon Commissioner, Ministry of Inter-governmental Affairs and Donor Agencies, Dr. Ernest Nwaigbo has commended the Executive Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha for his relentless effort in the fight against HIV/AIDS Pandemic in the state. He made the commendation during the flag-off ceremony of the 2018 World Aids day celebration. He said the Governor has made tremendous efforts to ensure that Imo State is free of the scourge of HIV/AIDS by providing the necessary logistics to the relevant agencies and groups in the fight of the dreaded decease. Dr. Nwaigbo said…
Read More2019: Dike, others advocate paradigm shift …As NAISS, Orluzurumee Students endorse Nwadike For Orlu Senate
The fund raising luncheon organized by friends and the Orlu Project team for Comrade Precious Nwadike, the United Progressive Party (UPP) senatorial candidate for Orlu Zone, at Rockview Hotel Owerri, last Saturday, was indeed a success, as several prominent individuals and groups endorsed his candidature, in addition to making cash donations to enable him actualize his ambition. Chairman of the occasion, Chief (Sir) Ejike Uche (Dimkpasa) who is also Deputy National Chairman of UPP, described Comrade Nwadike as a courageous, visionary and proactive young man who is determined to contribute…
Read MoreImo 2019: CAP unveils D-Gov Akpolu
The Change Advocate Party ,CAP,on Sunday revealed the running mate for the gubernatorial aspirant of the party, Barr Ikenna Emmanuel. Announcing the candidate, Mrs Angela Nkwo-Akpolu, Emmanuel said she was chosen after wide consultations, adding that she also satisfied the high requirements of the party. The guber candidate stressed the need for demanding accountability and a better life for the people of the state without compromising on the beliefs and standards of the party. He added that MrsAkpolu who is a seasoned journalist with many years of journalistic experience within…
Read MoreAA guber: Okolienta alleges threat to life….Goes into hiding
The top contender in the governorship seat of Imo State on the platform of Action Alliance, AA Party, Sir Leonard Uzoma Okolienta has alleged that anonymous persons have been calling and threatening him over his refusal to hand over his ticket to Ugwumba Uche Nwosu. Sir Okolienta who disclosed this to National Newsbreak in a telephone interview from his hiding place stated that no amount of threat and inducement can make him abandon his dream of governing the state. The ex-banker reveled that his Campaign Organization called Ego Erugo has…
Read More2019: Araraume still APGA Imo flag bearer-Nzeribe
Senator Araraume campaign council has debunked the rumour making rounds that Sir Stanley Amuchie is the candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA and not Senator Ifeanyi Araraume. In a release signed by Agumoa Emeka Nzeribe, the campaign team stated that such news as been circulated online has no truth and was designed to attract undue attention to the proprietor. Mr. Nzeribe explained that the constitution has provisions which guides the emergence of a candidate of any political party adding that all the provisions were carefully followed before the emergence…
Read MoreNnadumije Igwe: OCCIMA President Shot, killed by assassins …Family thrown into grief …Fixes burial, Dec 10.
The chairman, Managing Director Reagan Remedies Companies, Dr. Nnadumije Christian Igwe is dead, murdered in cold blood by hoodlums. Dr. Igwe, the great man of Temple of Chemistry died in the early hours of Monday, Nov 30, 2018 at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri following gun shots sustained from unidentified gunmen. A source told spoke Nigerian Newspoint that the great industrialist was returning from a burial ceremony at his country home, Owerre Akokwa, Ideato North LGA, Imo State; when the unexpected happened. The source disclosed that the deceased drove…
Read MoreNwosu’s APC ticket bid Rests In Peaceas INEC shuts window of substitution.
The coffin carrying the ambition of Rochas Okorocha’s bid to impose his son-in-law in a succession bid through the ruling political party APC has finally been laid to rest .by the INEC guidelines on substitution. What could have informed the spirited and desperate desire to impose his son-in-law Uche Nwosu on the people of Imo particularly via the APC. It is simple ARC being the party of today’s federal govt. would have offered him all the cover and might of the federal security agencies including the various local vigilante and…
Read MoreOkorocha suspends Imo Accountant General
Imo state Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha has suspended the state Accountant General Mrs. Stella Udogu over delay in the payment of local government staff salaries. The Governor has also directed the secretary to the government of Imo state to appoint the most senior officer in the office of the AG as the acting accountant general of the state. The Governor who gave the directive during the 40th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Union Of Local Government Employees (NULGE) at the heroes square in Owerri frowned at the nonpayment of the…
Read MoreLooming epidemic, environmental disaster along Item and Mbari Streets
Unless something urgent is done by authorities of the Imo Environmental Transformation Commission, ENTRACO, state Ministry of Health and other relevant agencies, residents of Owerri especially, those who live and do business around Item Street, Mbari and environs may have to grapple with looming epidemics following stinking deadly refuse that has blocked all the drainages there with health-threatening ordour oozing from the said drainages. A walk through Item Street around UBA junction up to Diamond Bank along the same street, will make any right thinking citizen of this state put…
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