The recent endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari by the United Progressives Party, UPP may have held no significance for Imolites but emerging indications seem to suggest that the endorsement allegedly signals Gov Rochas Okorocha’s activation of his plan B for the 2019 governorship election. According to sources who spoke to Nigeria Newspoint that event as innocuous as it look actually was a momentous event not only for the president but also for the governor and his political camp in the wake of their disappointing showing in the APC primary in…
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Why I want to represent Ohaji/ Egbema -Lemachi
Prince Stephen Lemachi Nzeribe has said his intension to represent the people of Ohaji/Egbema state constituency is nothing but to rewrite the bad hand writing on the wall that always speak bad against them in the Area. He said it is also to redirect the vision of growth and development at the same time, correct some impressions people outside have about them in the state and world at large. Prince Lemachi maintained that bad representations and leadership in the past by some unscrupulous politicians few yrs ago led to unjust…
Read MoreImo IPAC to hold summit, unfolds agenda
Determined to strengthen the inter-party Advisory Council (1PAC) Imo State Chapter the new executive of 1PAC led by its Chairman Hon. Duru Benneth Onyekachi has unfold plans that will move the association to the next level The IPAC Chairman while addressing the executives during their inaugural meeting at Concord Hotel Owerri said that IPAC will soon organize a political summit for all the political parties in the state which he said that will offer an opportunity for party candidates in all the elective positions to showcase their plans, programmes for…
Read MoreImo governorship: fasted, prayed against Rochas’ succession plot-Traders, mechanics …His govt is anti- people, it made us poor
Some of the traders and mechanics displaced by Gov Rochas Okorocha’s urban renewal programme have expressed joy that his plot to install his in law, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu as his successor has hit the rocks. The artisans who spoke in Owerri on Wednesday added that the crashing of the agenda is proof that their prayers and fasting against the project has been answered by God. According to the visibly elated artisans who craved anonymity now that their prayers have been answered the onus has shifted back to them to go…
Read MoreObi’s choice as Atiku’s VP will not benefit Igbo -Chekwas
The pioneer chairman of All Progressives Ground Alliance, APGA, and presently national chairman of United Progressives Party UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie has reacted to the nomination of Peter Obi by Atiku Abubakar as his running mate for the 2019 presidential election saying his nomination would only bring tremendous value to that ticket, but noted such value would not make any impact on the Igbo political fate because he is a second follower, and also his principal is saddled with much baggage and explanation to make about his political past. The…
Read MoreYPP Imo Nkeanyi: Ideology to save Imo from poverty, bad economy -Okorie
A front line contender for Imo State governorship and the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Mr. Linus Okorie has been speaking on the need to better life and improved economy for the state, if he is given the opportunity to become the governor in 2019. A release on the reason behind the formation of “Imo Nkeanyi, a socio-political movement founded by him, declares that it has the desire to stop continuous economic empowerment of a few people while majority of Imolites remain in abject poverty. Mr. Okorie further…
Read MoreImo APC Crisis: Ukadike urges Nwosu to run with another party
As 2019 General Election is Fast-Approaching a Political Bigwig in Imo State and also the Patron of Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) Imo State chapter Elder Chinedu Ukadike has Advised Ugwumba Uche Nwosu to join any of the Political party in Nigeria and contest for Governorship election come 2019 election. Elder Ukadike while addressing journalists in Owerri is on the view that Ugwumba Nwosu should leave All Progressive Congress (APC) and join another political party and made it clear that Ugwumba Nwosu will win election with any Political Party because he…
Read MoreActivist salutes Uzodinma, Madumere over APC primary victory …Advises Okorocha to pay Madumere’s entitlements
Human Rights Activist, Dr. Ime Stephen has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the duo of Senator Hope Uzodinma and the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere and other members of the coalition group of All Progressives Congress, Imo State chapter, for their recent victory at the just concluded APC guber primary election. Stephen, the Director General, Centre for International Integrity, Peace and Development in Nigeria made the assertion, yesterday, when he paid a solidarity visit to the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Government House, Owerri. Dr. Stephen…
Read More2019 Governorship: Uzodinma returns with Imo APC ticket …Debunks arrest report
Sen Hope Uzodinma, All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate for Imo State will arrive the state today weeks after flooring Gov Rochas Okorocha to pick the governorship ticket of his party. The lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate it was learnt is coming back to the state for the first time since October 1 2018 when the party’s governorship primary election committee headed by Alhaji Ahmed Gulak declared winner of the hotly contested poll. Following his declaration Gov Okorocha and his camp have been waging relentless battle…
Read MoreI’m still APGA member- Oparandudu …Urges supporters to ignore rumours
All Progressive Grand Alliance governorship aspirant in Imo State (APGA), Mr. Nick Opara Ndudu urged his supporters and Imolites to disregard the information alleging that he has decamped from the party. Mr Oparandudu who was reacting to speculation making the rounds in some radio stations that he have joined the People Democratic Party (PDP) stated emphatically that the story is not true but a figment of the purveyor imagination. The guber aspirant made it clear in his statement, that he remain a member of APGA at this time and remain…
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