Former Transition Committee Chairman and frontline House of Assembly contender for Isu State constituency, Engr. Uju Okoro has called on the good people of Imo State to give their full support to Senator Hope Uzodinma, describing him as the best option for the state in 2019. Engr Okoro made this appeal Friday while answering questions from newsmen in Owerri over the outcome of the APC Governorship primary election in Imo State. According to him, out of the Governorship candidates presented by political parties in the state, Senator Uzodinma posseses the…
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Madumere explodes; politics is about people, not family …Says: Attacks on me, mere distractions
The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has thrown more light on the reason he has resolved to fight on in spite of the political land mines laid against him by his estranged longtime friend and political ally, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, lamenting that Imo people have not felt the impact of good governance. Prince Madumere’s statement was contained in a press release issued by his media aide, Uche Onwuchekwa. According to the release, the number two citizen of the State maintained that the essence of politics is for…
Read MoreImo APC guber battle: Okorocha walksout on Buhari in Abuja …Wants to keep guber, senate slots…Gambles with Orlu zone ticket.
The governorship ticket battle rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, in Imo State recently took a shocking twist following Gov Rochas Anayo Okorocha’s reported walk out on President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja,seat of power. Nigeria Newspoint was informed by reliable APC sources that the visibly angry governor staged the walk out after several efforts made to woo the president to back his succession plan failed . It was learnt that the Imo State helmsman had in the wake of the ticket crisis approached President Buhari to seek his support…
Read MoreImo Guber: What Okorocha never knew about Oshiomhole
When RochasOkorocha was fighting to unseat Chief John Odigie-Oyegun in order to enthrone Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the APC, some of us who have closely associated with Oshiomhole immediately knew that the fall of Okorocha was near. Okorocha vigorously mobilised and lobbied against a tenure extension for the APC NWC members. Vowing never to allow his party’s constitution violated which would have been the implication of a tenure elongation for Oyegun and co, Okorocha made himself an emergency advocate for rule of law and constitutionalism. At last,…
Read MoreAraraume tasks youths on need to recover, rebuild Imo …Says his government would accommodate all interests
The Imo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sen.Ifeanyi Araraume, has saluted the youths from the state for their on-going efforts and commitment to help recover and rebuild the state in line with the aspiration of “the long-suffering Imo people, who have been surchanged by the present state government” in the past eight years. He said his steadfastness to serve as the rally-point for the hope of the people on the platform of APGA is predicated on selfless service and not personal interests.He promised not…
Read MoreImo 2019: Onwuliri extols Irona’s emergence as Ihedioha’s runing mate
Ex- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Viola Onwuliri has commended the nomination of the National Deputy Financial Secretary of PDP, Hon. Gerald Irona as the Imo State PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate. The governorship flagbearer of the PDP, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha on Monday, through a astatement, signed by Dr. Vin Udokwu, Director General, Ihedioha Campaign Organization, announced his choice of running mate. Prof. Onwuliri exclaimed with joy, “Wow! This is great. Congratulations Your Excellency. Hon . Irona is a very good choice”, adding that, “together we will definitely rebuild Imo,…
Read More2019: Vote for Buhari to return power to South-West In 2023 – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023. The minister stated this at a special Town Hall Meeting on infrastructure organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed led three other ministers including Fashola, Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi…
Read MoreSamdaddy can never leave PDP for any There is no evidence of defection
The attention of the office of Sen. Samdaddy Anyanwu and his Campaign Organization have been drawn to a fallacious and unethical publication on the Cover page of Trumpeta Newspaper of Tuesday 22nd October, 2018 with the caption, “Samdaddy, OkeyEze Drag SDP Guber Ticket”. We could have chosen to ignore the obvious display of rascality and gross unprofessionalism exhibited by the publication but for the teeming supporters of Sen. SamdaddyAnyanwu, the reading public and indeed the generality of Imolites who the publication was no doubt targeted to misinform. We view the…
Read MoreSDP LG chairmen pass confidence vote on Anyanwu,Achigbu
The twenty seven LGA Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party,SDP in Imo State have passed a vote of implicit confidence on the party’s governorship candidate, Dr Casmir Anyanwu. The chairmen who made their feelings known in a communique issued in Owerri pointed out that they are standing solidly behind him and his deputy,Mr Hogan Achigbu because of the duo’s outstanding track record public service and faithfulness to the party structure in the state. Noting that the party’s guber candidate has electoral value and can deliver as attested to by his…
Read MoreHigherlife Church marks 5 years Anniversary
The Higherlife Generation Church International holds a 3 days Conference tagged “God Kind of Life” with the Theme “Total Anger of God”. According to a statement from the Church, the life changing programme will mark her 5 years anniversary, which is scheduled for Friday 2 and Saturday 3 November 2018. Time is 5pm daily while the Anniversary celebration and power service starts by 8am on Sunday November 4, 2018. The event will hold at the Higherlife Generation Church, 8 Bishop Court, behind IMSU (Church Auditorium), and it will feature music…
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