By Mike Nwachukwu A few weeks ago I put down my thoughts on the well intentioned Imo Charter of Equity which was re-enacted and re-adopted in the run up to the November 2023 Governorship Election by The Imo State Council of Elders in concurrence with our hard working and delivering Governor, His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma. I opined that since it is obvious that our compatriots from Orlu Zone has run the affairs of Imo State in full measure and would have headed the seat of governance in the…
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Charter of Equity: Nwachukwu Writes Ilomuanya, Imo Elders Council over 2027 Governorship
…Insists: Owerri, Okigwe zones must pally over issues A Senatorial candidate for Imo East in the last 2023 general elections, Chief Mike Nwachukwu(Mpidike), has urged the Imo State Council of Elders to include the issue of which zone succeeds Governor Hope Uzodinma in 2027, in their working documents. In an open letter to the chairman, Imo state Council of Elders, His Royal Majesty, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, Chief Nwachukwu pointed out that there was need for serious dialogue between Owerri and Okigwe zones in order for the two zones to work…
Read MoreOur Naira Pools: Ex-Imo Assembly Lawmaker -Steve Orji Is Dead
A former member of the Imo House of Assembly, Hon Steve Orji who represented Orlu state constituency in the 7th Assembly is dead. A release from his family made available to newsmen indicates that the deceased was a formal majority chief whip of the 7th Assembly, Imo House of Assembly, when he represented Orlu state constituency. A doctorate degree holder including several professional qualifications, Hon Steve Orji was a prominent political figure in Orlu Zone and Imo State. He also held the traditional title of Okeosisi NdIgbo. The release further…
Read MoreImo Charter Of Equity: Journalists Flay Media ReportAgainst Ohakim, Insist, He’s Best For 2027 Governorship“No Govt has done better after him in Imo”…His policies created wealth, grew economy
A cross-section of Imo journalists and Media Practitioners have berated a recent media report targeted at disparaging the good name and image of a former Governor,Chief Ikedi Ohakim. This is even as the journalists insisted that Ohakim’s administration was superb both in terms of vision, policies, performance, infrastructural projects and welfare of Imolites. Some of the journalists recalled how the former Imo helmsman created uncommon prosperity during his tenure, adding that Imolites were yet to witness a repeat of such a situation since Ohakim left in 2011. They also disclosed…
Read MoreAlleged Defamation: Iwuanyanwu Wades Into Ogunewe, AA Chairman’s Face-off
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has promised to wade into the matter between General Lincoln Ogunewe(Rtd) and Chairman of Action Alliance,AA in Imo State, Comrade Ifeanyi Okponwa-Eze. Ogunewe, the candidate of Action Alliance,AA in the 2023 Governorship election in Imo state, had after the poll, petitioned the police, leading to a suit in a Magistrate court on alleged defamation against his person by the Party Chairman (Okponwa-Eze). But the Inter-Party Advisory Council (I-PAC) Imo State, Wednesday , visited Chief Iwuanyanwu and called on…
Read MoreTerrorism Trial: I’m Suffering Persecution, Not Prosecution From FG, IPOBLeader, Kanu Alleges …My Lawyers Can’t See Me Easily …They Copy, Scan My Private Documents
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi expressed deep concern over the handling of his trial in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government, stating that it has shifted from prosecution to persecution. Speaking at a Press briefing in Abuja on Friday, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel to Kanu, emphasized that the treatment Kanu is currently facing at the hands of the Federal Government, especially in his trial for terrorism-related charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, is unjust. Ejimakor highlighted…
Read MoreAlleged Embezzlement, Forgery: Umulewe-Ideato South Monarch Concedes ThroneTo Elder Brother …Okwara: it’s in line with peace process
As part of the terms for a peaceful, out-of-court settlement in the matter between the Commissioner of Police versus Eze Paulinus Duru of Umulewe Autonomous Community, Ideato South Local Government Area, and two others, the traditional ruler on Easter Sunday, addressed the community where he declared that he has voluntarily stepped down as Eze, to enable his elder brother ascend the throne. Speaking on the development, an indigene of the community, Chief Ebere Okwara hinted newsmen that he is the complainant in an ongoing matter in court involving the traditional…
Read MoreExcursion: Temple Gate Poly Aba Mass. Com. Students Visit Nigeria Newspoint
By Williams Odunze As part of their Academic activities,the Association of Mass Communication Students,ASMACS, Temple Gate Polytechnic Aba in Abia State has paid a visit to Nigeria Newspoint as part of enhancing their knowledge in Mass Communication studies. Leading the Students to the Media outfit, one of their lecturers,Ngozi Aliche stated that their purpose of coming all the way from Abia State to the Media outfit in Owerri was to have practical experience of how the Print Media works. She mentioned that the Newspaper was chosen by the school authority…
Read MoreImo On Threshold Of Rapid Socio-economic Transformation By Uzodinma’s Return, Says Macwulu
Imo State has been described as the fastest developing state East of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ,considering far reaching infrastructural development programs and projects of the 3R Shared Prosperity government of Sen Hope Uzodinma in the last four years in the State and his recent inauguration for another four years in Office, the State is better positioned to record an unprecedented and accelerated socioeconomic transformation in the next few years. This was the position of a prominent leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Orsu Local Government Area…
Read MoreOma Nma Life Saving: Foundation Flays Abandonment Of Baby In CanaL In Abia …Wants Otti leave Dev legacy, Establish DNA Centre
The Chairman of Oma Nma Life Saving and Health Foundation, High Chief Boniface Ifeanyi Ariekpere Ajuzie has called on Abia state government led by Dr Alex Chioma Otti to lay an everlasting developmental. foundation for Abians and Abia State by forensically documenting every human being living and working in the state both in private and public sectors. The CEO of the foremost Healthcare Foundation in Abia State made this clarion call to the Chief Executive Officer of God’s own state when his attention was drawn to the sad discovery of…
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