Category: FEATURES

…Tasks new Lawmakers on effectiveness.  The Owerri Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men Organization (OACCMO) has expressed concerns over the poor level of legislative representation in the State and has challenged the newly inaugurated lawmakers from the State both at the State and National levels to change the narrative by offering a more effective representation to their constituents. The Organization spoke through their president, Mr. Kelechi Darlington Eke JP, while speaking on the inauguration of new members of  both the tenth Imo Assembly and the National Assembly. He emphasized that the…

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By Williams Odunze The Member representing Ihitte-Uboma State Constituency in the 10th House,Rt.Hon.Chike Olemgbe has emerged the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly,IMHA  even as the  Member representing Nwangele State Constituency,Rt.Hon.Amara Chyna Iwuanyanwu was elected the  Deputy Speaker. Their emergence followed the proclamation of the 10th House  Assembly, opened by the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. The ball was set rolling at the House of Assembly Complex by the Clerk of the House, Barr.Chinelo Emeghara who presided over the inauguration. The emergence of Olemgbe as the Speaker, followed his nomination…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to Vanguard , provided the Presidential Elections Petitions Court with information on President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in order to certify his eligibility for the position of president. In addition, INEC revealed the results of the 36 state BVAS, which put Mr. Peter Obi in the lead. In response to the court’s summons, the election arbiter gave INEC Chairman Yakubu Mahmoud Form EC9, which contained the President’s biodata. The INEC’s choice to support Tinubu’s campaign is being contested by the People’s Democratic Party…

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has confiscated the international passport of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, newsmen report. Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, a day after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, the embattled apex bank boss secured the order of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, which directed the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, to allow him access to his lawyers and family members. He is currently undergoing interrogation at the secret police’s headquarters in…

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A first time lawmaker, Chike Olemgbe, has emerged the Speaker of the 10th Imo State House of Assembly. Olemgbe represents Ihitte Uboma State Constituency. Amara Iwuanyanwu retained his position as Deputy Speaker of the House They emerged after the Clerk of the Assembly, Chinelo Emeghara, had declared the House open for nominations after the proclamation reading from the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.

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 “Innoson Coy’s Debt A Reference Case “ The AAC governorship candidate in the forthcoming November election in Imo state,  Barr. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Awulonu has emphasized the vital need for the encouragement, support, and promotion of indigenous companies, manufacturers, farmers, and employers from our state and South East States as a whole. He cited the current situation of Igbos in other states, especially in Lagos, where they are treated as second-class citizens, and their means of livelihood and businesses are targeted and burned at will. He insisted that poor support, insecurity,…

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…Thank him for paying unverified workers Workers of Imo State have lauded Governor Hope Uzodinma’s plan to constitute government/labour joint committee for the implementation of the payment of pension gratituities. They also lauded him for paying salary of unverified workers in the state, saying the act is clear pointer to his godliness and humaneness. These were some of the highpoints of the workers  address on the occasion of the 2023 Workers May Day Celebration held in Owerri the Imo State capital. Reading the address Comrade Basil Iwu, Chairman Joint Public…

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Worried about incesant  media publications and public awareness by mischief makers of the Labour  Party, different groups;the  Peter Obi unified Movement, Concerned Imo Youths, (Home and Abroad) and Devine Mandate Solution have, enjoined  detractors to stop parading themselves as candidates of the party in Imo State. Speaking with newsmen in Owerri, recently, the convener of Peter Obi  Unified Movement, Peter Obi Foundation movement, the Coordinator, Imo Solution as well as the coordinator Concerned  Labour Party Youths, Home and Abroad,  Comrade Modestus  Iheme stated, that His Excellency, Ikechukwu Joseph Ukegbu (Ikenga),…

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The victory of Hon. Modestus Osakwe of the PDP In the just concluded Isu state constituency House of Assembly election and subsequent issuance of certificate of return (CoR) to him by the INEC has been celebrated by the 11 ward chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the LGA. The ward chairmen, speaking on Sunday, April 30, through the Isu LGA PDP ward chairman of chairmen, Mr. Mathew Onwenu (idiagbon) described Osakwe’s victory as a special gift to the entire people of Isu state constituency by God who had…

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Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta will be sentenced on May 5 after they were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act in the United Kingdom. The former deputy senate president, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and Dr. Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey. They conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader…

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