A local government chairmanship aspirant for Oru East Local Government Area Hon. Paul Chimezie has expressed his ambition to better the lots of his people if elected as the local government chairman. Hon. Chimezie who disclosed this during a meeting with the Orlu Zonal Congress of Journalists (OZCOJ) at his Okwuorji office in Awo-Omamma in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State at the weekend revealed that his kinsmen recently called to him to vie for the chairmanship of the Oru East LGA, although he had vied for the…
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APGA Guber: Imo can be better, Nneji tells Imolites in US
The governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr. Frank Nneji has taken the present ugly situation of Imo state to her sons and daughters residing in United States assuring that he will turn around the situation if given support. Addressing an enthusiastic crowd in a Town hall meeting at Igbo Community Center Mesquite, Texas Friday, Nneji narrated the ugly state of Imo State which he attributed to bad leadership maintaining that the state will be better again. In his words, “Imo State with an estimated population…
Read MoreSacrilege!: Okorocha clamps down on Ndi Eze Imo …Bans monthly meetings …Its instruction from above – Ugoeze Ohiri
Eze Ohiri What many described as an unfortunate drama played out last week at the burial ceremony of late Ugoeze Philomena Ngimah, wife of HRH, Eze Titus C. Ngimah (Uchekaku I), the traditional ruler of Ofekata IV, Autonomous Community, Awo-Omamma in Oru East L.G.A. of Imo State. The burial rites of the late Ugoeze which held at the bereaved husband’s compound, saw the traditional rulers in attendance in apparent apprehension over a directive barring them from attending such gatherings and further meetings until further notice. A text message said to…
Read MoreWatchdog publisher, Nwadike raises alarm over fresh threat to life
Our attention has been drawn to series of threats to the life of our principal, Comrade Precious Nwadike, which had worsened since he expressed his intention to contest for the Orlu senate seat in the forthcoming general election. It is on record that our principal is the publisher of Community Watchdog Newspaper that published the story about how a cook attached to the office of the Chief of Staff, government house, Owerri, Mr. UcheNwosu absconded with a huge sum of money. Shortly after the publication, he was arrested and subsequently…
Read MoreIwuanyanwu inaugurates Owerri Peoples Assembly elders council
The Elders Council of Owerri Peoples Assembly has been inaugurated with a charge to defend the course of Owerri people. The Elders Council was inaugurated by the President General of the Assembly Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu at the Lady Eudora Iwuanyanwu Conference hall, Ugwu Orji, Owerri Imo state. Chief Iwuanyanwu while performing the ceremony which has Dr. Paschal Dozie as Chairman and the former Chairman of the Imo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) who is also the Secretary General of the Assembly Ben Osuagwu as Secretary urged them…
Read MoreBack-stabbing, bickering in Owelle’s political family
While it will obviously take time for the Gov of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha to fully recover from the fact of his political sons and loyalists, joining ranks with his political foes, the Governor of Imo state has been advised to brace for more of such trouble. But this time it will not be the Madumeres looking him in the eyes and telling him they will neither support Ugwumba Uche Nwosu for Governor nor accept to run for the Senate themselves. It’s not the Mbanasos calling Owelle’s bluff…
Read MoreShocking: South-East NASS member allegedly sleeps with Gov’s wife, daughter
A Member of The National Assembly from the South East has been alleged to be having amorous relationship with his boss’s wife and daughter. The lawmaker is a prominent member of the National Assembly according to an anonymous source started having an affair with Her Excellency for several years now and later moved on to the daughter of the Governor when the naive teenager got carried away by the flamboyance and glamour of this randy legislator. The source further revealed that the legislator is very notorious for having affairs with…
Read MoreImo Guber: will restore fiscal prudence – Alagboso
Imo people have been urged to shun voluminous politicians with unrealistic promises and to support a visionary and competent technocrat who will bring the state back to the path of progress. The National President of the Imo Transparency Watch, Chief Mark Alagboso made this call in Abuja while briefing newsmen after a meeting of the group on Thursday. He maintained that “the pervasive bad governance in the state has been tolerated for too long,” adding that “everyone must get involved in supporting a tried and tested expert in financial engineering…
Read MoreMadumere calls for sober reflection among leaders
The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has called on leaders across the country to reflect on quality of service delivery to the populace, as they will be called to give account of their stewardship by the citizenry and God. The Deputy Governor made the call during a thanksgiving service marking his 54th birthday at the Chapel of Praise, Lake Malinda, Mbieri, Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State. He charged the leaders not take good governance for granted as each opportunity entails selfless service to the citizenry,…
Read MoreFailed S/East APC rally: Why Ministers, Senators, others shunned event …Allege: It was Okorocha’s 3rd term jamboree
As the dust raised by the recent Mega Rally of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Owerri continues to swirl, findings have uncovered reasons the chieftains of the party in the South East stayed away from the rally said to have been organized in support of president Mohammadu Buhari. Governor Rochas Okorocha had last Monday organized what was tagged South East APC Mega Rally in Support of President Buhari at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, Imo State capital with almost all notable leaders of the party in the zone including…
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