The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party,ADP and an illustrious son of Ahiazu local government area of Imo state Chief Kachi Nwoga has re-iterated his resolve to change the face of the state if elected governor come November 11 gubernatorial election. Chief Nwoga made this disclosure on Tuesday at Aboh Township stadium Aboh mbaise during the 2023 Mbaise new yam festival, Chief Nwoga who came in company of his running mate, Barr. Vivian Otti disclosed that Imo state people has suffered so much that his kind of person with…
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ISCAF Moves To Provide Succour To Aged People In Iboland
…Charges facilitators on transparency. The President of the Ibo Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation ( ISCAF), Bishop Maglorious Enyioha has lamented the poor living condition of most of the aged people , also known as senior citizens, in the former eastern region of Nigeria who are being consumed by grinding poverty and having no one to assist them. Speaking during a meeting with state facilitators of ISCAF in Owerri last Tuesday, Bishop Enyioha informed the facilitators from all the 9 states of the old eastern region that their selection to drive…
Read MoreEvery Land belongs To Imo Govt, Says Commissioner
…Debunks Land grabbing allegation By Nkechi Ojukwu Following the news making rounds in the Media recently in Imo state by some individuals concerning land issues, the Commissioner for Lands has debunked the grabbing allegation against him. ” Putting the records straight every Land lawfully belongs to government and the government takes Land or lands from individual or community after due process”,he stated. The state Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Physical Planning, Hon. Noble Obiaso Atulegwu, said this while charting with the Guild of Imo Field Journalist (GIFJ) during a recent …
Read MoreFederal Contract: 558 Health Centres Completed, Contract On-going -Achonu …Says: Call For His Arrest, Handiwork Of Rejected Party In Imo The candidate of the Labour Party for the November 11 Governorship Election in Imo State, Sen Athan Achonu has described as childish and baseless, recent media reports purporting the involvement of his company in an alleged abandoned federal government contract for the construction of 774 primary health centres, PHCs, across Nigeria. The former Okigwe Zone senator in a release signed by Chibuikem Diala, Director, Media of Sen Athan Achonu…
Read MoreYour Votes Must Count AAC Guber Candidate Assures Imolites
Barr. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Awulonu, the Imo State AAC Governorship Candidate has assured Imolites that their votes must certainly count and that they will have the final say on who becomes the Executive Governor of Imo State at the November 11,2023 Governorship election. He also reminded those still sceptical and uncertain about the level playing ground and fairness of the fast approaching election that in the words of Prof Mahmood Yakubu, INEC has learnt it’s bitter lesson how not to toy with or experiment with the election.Speaking further,Barr Awulonu promised to…
Read MoreEmelumba’s Petition: Nonsonkwa To Be Detained Another week In Abuja, Says Lawyer
…Police: My hands are tied Popular presenter of Igbo Ekpebie and Human Rights Hour at Ozisa FM 96.1 Owerri, Theodore Chinonso Uba, aka Nonso Nkwa, will be detained for at least one more week at Force Headquarters, Abuja. National Newsblast Newspaper authoritatively gathered from Uba’s lawyer, Barr. Charles Kasarachi that after the interview yesterday with the petitioner, Imo State Commissioner, Declan Emelumba, Kasarachi requested that Uba be granted bail but was told that Uba will not be released until the police finish writing their report on the matter of alleged…
Read MoreImo ISIEC Chair Charges Staff To Brace Up For Upcoming Council Elections
The Chairman of Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, Chief Charles Ejiogu has charged the Management and Staff of the Commission to stand up and be counted in readiness for the next Local Government Council elections in Imo State. Chief Charles Ejiogu who stated this during his maiden interactive session with the HODs, Electoral Officers drawn from the 27 LGAs and other members of staff was accompanied by the Members/ Commissioners, solicited the understanding and cooperation of all so that the Commission will deliver on its mandate and in the…
Read MoreNwachukwu Hails NLC For Halting Strike
…Urges Imolites To Re-elect Uzodinma The All Progressive Congress, APC South/East coordinator for persons with disabilities Dr. Stanley Nwachukwu has commended the Joe Ajero led Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC for halting it’s planned nation wide strike. Dr. Nwachukwu gave this commendation in Enugu yesterday after a meeting with some leaders of the disable community. Briefing newsmen, at the end of the meeting, Nwachukwu, who is also the chairman of Joint National Associations of Persons With Disabilities, JONAPWD in Imo State and the president of Disable Destiny Track Foundation, DDTF pointed out…
Read MoreEx-Minister Arrested After Housekeepers Stole Over N800m in Ghana
A former Ghanaian Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who resigned over the weekend after her houseworkers allegedly stole more than $1 million(N800,000,000 million in Nigeria currency) in cash from her home, has been arrested for suspected corruption, a special prosecutor said on Monday. Dapaah has denied any crimes, but the case drew criticism from Ghana’s opposition, which questioned why a minister had such large amounts of cash in her house. Special prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng said Dapaah was placed under arrest on Monday “in respect of suspected corruption and corruption-related offences…
Read MoreAvu Mechanic Village Crisis Needs Govt.’s Intervention
A former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Imo State Council Ben Osuagwu has called on Governor Hope Uzodinma to personally intervene on the empasse between the National Automobile Technicians Association and the Ministry of Lands at Avu Mechanic Village. The former Imo NUJ Chairman was reacting following media reports on the issue. He said that the conflicting reports from the mechanics and land owners will save many people from buying lands allocated to the mechanics or the ones belonging to the government. Ben Osuagwu observed that the…
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