An APC ward Chairman in Mbaitoli Council Area of the state, Mr Wilson Nwachukwu has shockingly confessed how they were deceived with fake promises of land and N5m cash each to endorse Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, in law to Gov Rochas Okorocha. Mr Wilson Nwachukwu,also known as son ward Chairman, Orodo Ward A who revealed the dirty trick few days after they endorsed Ugwumba Nwosu said they were promised N5m each plus a plot of land to carry out the show of shame. Giving insight into how the plot was hatched…
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Tension brews at Imo Airport as youths threaten action over rights
Youths of the host communities of Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Ngor Okpala, have threatened fire and brimstone over what they say is deliberate ploy by some agencies at the facility working in collaboration with some corrupt and discredited persons from their clan to deny them their due rights. The youths who spoke under the banner of Onyeaghanwanneya Youth Movement OYM, in Owerri shortly after a meeting with Senator Samuel Anyanwu, added that the honeymoon between them and the agencies is over even as they vowed to legitimately fight to…
Read More2019 governorship: Fear grips Okorocha over APGA Chairman’s visit to Bishops in Imo …He’s turned state to Prison Yard-AJV Obinna
Indications have emerged that the Gov Rochas Okorocha may actually have been gripped by fear despite seeming bold face in the face of seeming increasing interest of the church in the governance and politics of the state. Even as the Catholic Archbishop AJV Obinna accuses the governoor of intimidating Citizens, turning state to a Prison Yard. The governor for sometime now has been engrossed in a verbal altercation with the Archbishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese and just when he least expected it, the leadership of the opposition APGA subtly increased…
Read MoreInitiative for new Nigeria: Restructured to work and for Justice to prevail
The time has come, and it is now, for believers in the restructuring of Nigeria, to act to push the project to implementation. For those who may have doubts about its meaning, restructuring, in our context, is the re-arrangement of how the nation is organised for carrying out the functions of governance. A belief in the need for restructuring Nigeria presumes that the present structure, or organisation, is not right, or is faulty, and therefore hinders the growth and development of our country and, also, does not allow justice to…
Read More2019 Guber: Achonu vows toindustrialize Imo …Recalls: I empowered Imolites with N6 bn job
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and immediate past senator representing Okigwe Zone at the National Assembly, Senator Athan Achonu has said that he is in the race for the 2019 Imo gubernatorial election in order to turn the state into a Japan of sorts. Senator Achonu who is popularly known as ‘one-arm general’ disclosed that he had in past spent over N6 billion naira in various forms of empowerment for men and women of Imo State origin through contracts. Senator Achonu equally disclosed that he single handedly…
Read MoreBuhari opposes Oyegun’s tenure extension
President Muhammadu Buhari at the Tuesday National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressive Congress called for a reversal of the tenure elongation decision of the party for its executives from the national to the ward levels. Buhari, who referred to the decision of the NEC of APC which met on February 27, 2018 and okayed tenure extension for the national chairman, John Oyegun and all excos down to the ward level, said the decision could spell doom for the party in view of Article 17(1) and 13, 2(B)…
Read MoreAyisha Osori takes ‘Love Does Not Win Elections’ Campus tour to FUTO
In a bit to sensitize youths especially students on importance of being active in political activities in Nigeria, author of the book ‘Love Does Not Win Elections’, Mrs Ayisha Osori has taken the campaign to Federal University of Technology Owerri. At the event which took place on Thursday March 22, 2018 at the SUG Resource Center, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Mrs Ayisha Osori said that the essence of the book tour was to groom young politicians with a better mindset that will solve the problem of the country. Mrs.…
Read MoreGovernorship: Mbieri vows to stand by Madumere in 2019
No fewer than 2000 Mberi women with their traditional rulers, last weekend besieged the country home of Prince Eze Madumere, the Deputy Governor of Imo State in solidarity and support to his political ambition, come 2019 as they described him as most qualified for the plum job. The leader of the women, Lady Magreth Oparaugo said the purpose of the visit is to re-affirm their unflinching support to Prince Eze Madumere. Lady Oparaugo said Madurmere’s devoted leadership style, humility and loyalty has endeared him to many as she encouraged all…
Read More2019 Poll: Onyeagucha’s entry changes Imo governorship tempo Declares Tomorrow …As APGA National Chairman visits Bishop Ukwuoma
After months of intense speculations and uncertainty surrounding his political future, frontline political activist and ex lawmaker, Hon Uche Onyeagucha has finally decided to throw his hat into the brimming Imo governorship ring as he formally declares for the seat tomorrow. Hon Onyeagucha was originally scheduled to make his intentions public last Tuesday but it was gathered that the declaration was shifted forward to tomorrow because of the visit of the national Chairman of APGA, Dr Ike Victor Oye to the state. Hon Onyeagucha had shot back into limelight and…
Read MoreConfusion as mob attacks suspected homosexual in Lagos
It is no longer business as usual for those indulging in homosexual activities in Nigeria following the signing into law, a bill that criminalises same sex relationships in the country. Confusion has continued to trail the attack on Mr Obed Afeyukhiamen Akhere who narrowly escaped lynching recently, in Lagos. Mr Obed was said to have been abducted and beaten by a group of youths who suspected him of indulging in a same sex relationship with his friend, Yan but was rescued by kind-hearted Nigerians. Our findings revealed that Obed, who…
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