The operatives of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad of the Imo state police command have arrested the founder of Jesus The Rock Of Salvation Healing Ministry ,Uratta in the Owerri North Local Government Area of the state,pastor Michael Chiedozie Anochima, in connection with the February 22,2017,armed robbery attack. The attack at the Wetheral road branch of Zenith bank in Owerri ,the state capital left two police men dead ,with another wounded, while one of the armed robbers was gun down during the operation. The police who had since rounded…
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ANRP ready to take over Imo–State Chair …As party holds Nat’l convention
By Paul Chukwu Basking in the euphoria of its successful conduct of free, fair and credible National convention, Imo state chapter of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP, has boasted that the party is poised to take over the reigns of power in the state and return Imo to the people. The state chairman of the party, Mr. Chibuike Oziri Nwachukwu, who made the declaration at the sidelines of the party’s national convention which took place at the Eagle square in Abuja during the weekend, maintained that the time to…
Read More2million man march: Okorocha, a tyrant, undemocratic -Kanu …. As Imo govt barricades anniversary venue
By Paul Chukwu A governorship aspirant in the forthcoming general election in the state, Mr. Daniel Kanu, yesterday took governor Rochas Okorocha to the cleaners, describing him as “worse than a tyrant and undemocratic”. Mr. Kanu’s outburst followed a reported directive allegedly issued by the governor to the relevant security agencies in the state to disallow the proposed 2million man march anniversary scheduled to hold this weekend at the Heroes square, Owerri. When our correspondent visited the popular Heroes square, located at the Concord boulevard, Owerri, venue for the proposed…
Read MoreGuber: Okebaram supports Nwosu’s APC nomination with N.5m ….Believe Movement storms Isiala Mbano
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area, Chief Paschal Okebaram has reaffirmed his belief in the governorship aspiration of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu with a donation of half a million naira to support the Chief of Staff’s purchase of party nomination for the 2019 elections. Making the donation at the Isiala Mbano Council Headquarters, Umuelemai when the Believe Movement Train stormed the area, Okebaram who is also the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Imo State Branch, assured that the…
Read MoreNew Okenze emerges in Ngor Okpala
The people of Mbaisii Court Area of Ngor Okpala LGA, have finally settled for Okenze Victor Agwulonu as their highest ranking nze with his recent coronation at the palace of Eze Kele Okereke, Okpu 111 of Okpala autonomous Community. The coronation ceremony which was witnessed by all the nze title holders in the ten autonomous communities in the clan also attracted excited and jubiliant indigenes of the area as well as friends and well wishers. Speaking shortly after coronating ceremony Eze Okereke posited that Okenze Agwulonu was the best choice…
Read More2019: Madumere rejects Okorocha’s senate offer …Says: I’ll contest Governorship
Recently, it was reported that Governor Rochas Okorocha asked his deputy to contest for Senate instead of the governorship election to pave way for the Chief of Staff and his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, who he endorsed as his successor. But his deputy Prince Eze Madumere has finally rejected Gov. Okorocha’s offer to him to go to the Senate to represent Owerri Zone. Prince Madumere bared his mind on the controversal issues in a statement signed by his chief press secretary Uche Onwuchekwa wherein, he said he has chosen his…
Read MoreKidnap of IIO school girls: President Buhari must wake up now
Nigerians, already fatigued by unending daily cascade of ugly stories, again woke up last week to hear another depressing story. It was the story of another mindboggling kidnap of 110 innocent students of Dapachi Girls Secondary, Yobe State. Boko Haram terrorists had invaded the school and carted the students away to an unknown destination leaving parents, people of Yobe and indeed, Niherians in shock and grieve once again. This wicked and unconscinable abduction re echoes the 2014 Chibok Girls saga which jolted the world and drew global condemnation. The abduction…
Read MoreImo Governorship: OPOCA lacks moral sense to challenge Orluzurumee
I have always wanted to stay off any issue concerning politics especially, when it is linked to the 2019 governorship election in Imo State. But as an individual and one of the leaders in Orlu Zone, I find it very disturbing and nauseating to continue to keep quiet when wrongs are seen as rights. To start with, an uninformed fellow will be curious to find out the difference between Orluzurumee and the Orlu political consultative Assembly, OPOCA. But by virtue of the fact that I am an Orlu man, I…
Read MoreImo govt. pays land owners N1.5b
The rapid development of Owerri Capital Territory and other parts of State has been attributed to effective and efficient management of land resources. Estate Surveyor Dominic Nwaiwu, the Director of Land in the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Urban Development, stated this while receiving the Chairman and members of the State Committee on Media and Publicity on Lands to his office. ESV Nwaiwu explained that before the enactment of the Land Use Act, it was difficult for government to acquire land from the natives for its development purposes. According to…
Read MoreVeterans okay Ojukwu for Imo NUJ chairmanship
In its determined effort to uplift the Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), so as to compare effectively with its counterparts in Anambra, Enugu, Rivers and Lagos State, the state chapter of the League of Veteran Journalists has thrown its weight behind elder Lambert Ojukwu, in his quest to become the next state chairman of NUJ. Rising from an interactive session presided over by its secretary, Mr. Dan Jacobs, the Veteran journalists counseled the practicing journalists in the state on the imperative of enthroning effective and…
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