Category: FEATURES

By Elizabeth Vincent  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said 1,056,862 voters have registered in Bayelsa State while 1,017,613 of them have collected their permanent voter cards (PVCs) and 39,249 PVCs are uncollected. The commission said it would deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in all the 2,244 polling units in Bayelsa State for the election. “We have trained technical support staff that will be deployed to all the registration areas (RAs) and local government areas (LGAs) to provide technical support for the BVAS,”…

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  Ahead of the November 11, Imo governorship election, Ahaneku Valentine Nzubechi an Imolite and a frontline aspirant, for the post of the National President of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has come out to openly declare his unwavering Support for the second term bid of Governor Hope uzodinma to whom he has adopted as the Renewed NANS 3R Agenda.   Ahaneku, the ticket bearer of KEENULE Polytechnic Saro Wiwa for NANS forth coming election, proved his weight of solidarity at the APC Aboh Mbaise /Ngor Okpala constituency Campaign…

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 “Report Just Reaching Me Has It That My Own Governorship Candidate Was Attacked in Owerri West LGA” The Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, has disclosed that shortly before the security town hall meeting got underway, he received a report indicating that his party’s candidate for governor had been attacked in the Owerri West Local Government area. It is difficult for the party to have faith in the assurances given by security agencies about the conduct of free and fair elections in the three states, according to Abure, who noted…

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Business man and top leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Kingsley Iwuoha has disclosed that the forthcoming governorship election in the state would most certainly swing in favour of the incumbent governor, Governor Hope Uzodinma, going by opinions available to him from interactions with people in the state from diverse walks of life. Chief Iwuoha made this observation on Tuesday in Owerri during a chat with newsmen in his office. According to the oil and gas business guru, the nature of his business avails him…

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…As Uzodinma bags Award of Excellence The Catholic Social Forum, an arm of the Laity Council of Nigeria, Owerri Province, has honoured the Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma for his developmental strides in the state. The Council conferred the honour on the governor during a Diocesan Re-orientation and Sensitization Programme with the theme: “Healing the Land.” The event aimed at encouraging the Catholic faithful to actively engage in politics and exercise their voting rights, responsibly. The program which was Coordinated by the President of the Laity Council of Nigeria, Owerri…

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Fresh facts have emerged on the reason why the Nigerian Labour Congress-NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero stormed Imo State with a mission to derail the November 11, governorship election scheduled for  this Saturday. In a press statement issued by the South East Transparency Initiative (SETI) of which a copy was made available to Correspondents in Owerri, and signed by its National  Coordinator and National Secretary, Chief Darlington Nwogu and Christian Ukachukwu, respectively, the group revealed that it uncovered some nocturnal meetings held in Abuja between Ajaero and some  aggrieved politicians…

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…As Federal Girls Owerri  old students’re  stopped after  months of reservation. Betty Anyanwu–Akeredolu, the wife of the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has made a grave assertion. She declared” We have lost our humanity because of politics!”. The wife of the Ondo Governor made the assertion along with a video for clarity. She posited, “Happening in my home state, Imo state. Is it fair? We have lost our humanity because of politics!” The video captures the protest by the old students of the Federal Government Girls College, Owerri who…

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…Orie, Obodo, Mefor, others promise APC victory com Nov.11. It was a total show of love towards Governor Hope Uzodinma and proof of capacity by the Ohaji/Egbema stakeholders, All Progressives Congress ,APC chieftains and members at Umunwaku Central School on Thursday  November 2, as the political opinion molders of Ohaji/Egbema organized a colourful LGA grand finale campaign for Dist. Sen. Hope Uzodinma’s re-election. The Ohaji/Egbema grand finale campaign had the APC Governorship candidate for the 11th November Imo election, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma who was duly represented by his SA…

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Barely few days ahead of the November, 11 Governorship Election in Imo state,a Peoples Democratic Party,PDP chieftain, Nze Uchenna Ojini has appealed to the people of Mbaitoli and Ikeduru LGAs and Owerri zone to champion the victory of Sen.Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) by voting massively for the PDP’s Governorship candidate of Mbaike extraction,and his running mate,Hon.Jones Onyereri during the awaited election. Speaking in an interview with journalists in Owerri on Wednesday, November,1,Nze Ojini, said that the call on the people of Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency in particular, Owerri zone and the entire…

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…Says: He sacrificed good friends to support him …Nov 11 Poll: No hope for Sylva in Bayelsa, APC’ll  also lose in Kogi As  the world is watching with suspense over the violent politics playing out in Rivers State, Nigeria, the Founder and General Overseer,GO of the Living Seed Ministry, Lagos, Prophet Chisom Ekwonna has advised the Rivers state  governor, Siminalaye Fubara to do well by  mending fence with his master, Nyesom Wike. The man of God gave this advice Thursday in a telephone conversation with our correspondent while reacting on…

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