The much speculated mass defection of aggrieved members of the ruling APC has finally happened with the Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki leading some fifteen (15) senators to dump the party yesterday. It is also almost certain that not less than three sitting governors are ready to join the defection train. The planned defection of the Senator Saraki led nPDP which recently broke away from the mainstream APC to for rAPC has dominated the public arena but nobody was able to predict exactly when the political hurricane would blow. So…
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Ekiti Election: A post-mortem
The July 14, 2018 Ekiti State governorship election has come and gone but the dust raised by the highly disputed result as well as the conduct of the election, are yet finally settle. Nigeria Newspoint had in its editorial of July 11 edition reminded all stakeholders in the election on the need to play by the rules especially, security agencies. But hardly had that publication hit the newsstand than reports of alleged invasion of Ekiti Government House by security agencies during which Governor Ayodele Fayose claimed he has pushed and…
Read MoreGunmen murder Imo PDP youth leader
Gunmen suspected to armed robbers have shot and murdered one of the youth leaders of the People’s Democratic Party in Imo state, Chidi Eburuaja. The youth leader until his death was the PDP youth leader in Owerre Nkworji, the political ward of the House Of Representatives Committee Chairman on Banking and Currency,Jones Onyereri. Owerre Nkworji is in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo state. His relation, Emeka Njoku who confirmed his death,said that the victim drove to a nearby pharmacy when he was waylaid by the gunman. According to…
Read MoreALBON flays Herdsmen activities on Northern roads
The Chairman Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria, ALBON, Imo State, Chief Bencool Obiora Ezeanya has decried the menace of Fulani Herdsmen. Speaking, he stated that most of these herdsmen especially on the Northern Roads have posed a great problem to motorists and commuters thereby affecting ALBON. He said the security agents should help them in that situation to tackle the problem. Chief Bencool lauded the giant strides of Governor Rochas Okorocha in the infrastructural development of the State. He described the Governor’s Free Education from Primary to University…
Read More2019 Imo Guber: MAJA party’s mega political zonal summit
Preparatory to the 2019 general elections in the country as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had earlier released its 2018 time table and guidelines for the August-September primaries for all registered political parties in Nigeria , the Mass Action Joint Alliance Party, MAJA ; whose mission is to promote the socio-economic and political well-being of all Nigerians through genuine democracy characterised by transparency, accountability, quality education and social justice, was on Monday 16th June through Wednesday 18th July, 2018 ; embarked on her massive zonal political rally of Okigwe…
Read More2019: Ex-minister, Ogunlewe, endorses Atiku
Former Minister of Works and Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party frontline politician, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has said that Nigeria is at crossroads and requires the expertise of a seasoned administrator who can correct the utterly frustrating and hopeless situation that the country finds itself since the inauguration of APC’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Ogunlewe, who was speaking at the inauguration of Women and Youth Support Group (WAYS) for Atiku 2019, said that former Vice President and chieftain of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar possesses the credentials of a president that Nigeria needs…
Read MoreSchool Fees IMSU students chased out of exam hall
There were protests in Imo State University , Owerri , on Wednesday and Thursday as students of the varsity were chased out of examination halls over non payment of school fees . The “no school fees no examination ” policy of the university is at variance with the claim of the state government which had maintained there is free education from primary to university level in the state. The policy which the management of the university is implementing at the on going second semester examinations which started on Monday had…
Read MoreI will add value to State legislation, says Onwubiko
A frontline POP Aspirant to the Ezinihitte Mbaise State Constituency seat for the 2019 elections, Engr. Kingsiey Onwubiko has assured his people of his preparedness to add value to State Legislation when elected to represent Ezinihitte Mbaise at the Imo House of Assembly come 2019. Speaking at the sidelines of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP sensitization rally at Itu, the Ezinihitte Mbaise Council headquarters, Engr. Onwubiko informed that his motivation to accept his people’s offer for him to run was to strategically reposition the area through sound legislation and that…
Read MoreAbsurd: Police invade Imo court, beat Magistrate, Lawyers …NBA explodes, accused escapes …Command denies accusation
Hell was let lose at the Magistrate Court in Umuneke, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State last Thursday after policemen under the supervision of the Divisional Police Officer in the area allegedly invaded the court and beat up the Chief Magistrate, Ngozi Onyenemezu, for discharging three armed robbery suspects. The defence counsel, Emma Eke and Chukwuemeka Anyanwu, were also allegedly beaten, arrested and bundled to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Owerri, the state capital. They were arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court 1 in Owerri last…
Read MoreUNN Alumni supports Nneji’s Guber bid
The governorship ambition of the founder of ABC Transport, Mr. Frank Nneji has continued to garner wider support from different groups within and outside Imo state. The latest is that UNN Alumni Association Owerri Branch has pledged its unalloyed support describing Nneji as a man of honour and integrity. The association expressed it support through various speeches made by its members at its regular monthly meeting held recently in Owerri. It will be recalled that since Mr. Nneji declared his intention to contest for the governorship seat of the state…
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