A former speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Rt Hon Kelechi Kennedy Nwagwu has written the current leadership of that Assembly to make a law that will mandate candidates seeking the governorship position of the state as well as state House of Assembly members to undergo a compulsory drug test. In a letter addressed to the Speaker, Imo House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Chike OLemgbe dated July 25, 2023, and made available to Nigeria Newspoint, the former Imo Assembly Speaker urged the state legislature to, among other things, consider…
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Alleged Plot To Gag Press: Imo Govt Resumes Manhurt on Journalists, Targets PDP Candidate’s Aide
…Onuoha: I’ve been enlisted for abduction like Nonso Nkwa Few days after the arrest of a popular Radio Presenter, Chinonso Ubah (Nonso Nkwa) in Owerri, Imo state capital, the Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has reportedly resumed another manhurt of another Journalist in the state, targeting Mazi Ikenna Onuoha. Onuoha is spokesperson to the Governorship candidate of PDP, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu is among names petitioned against to the Police at Abuja. Onuoha alleged that he has been reliably informed that there is a petition at the Force Headquarters for his immediate abduction,adding that there…
Read MoreSGI: Iwu Bags Erudite/Pragmatic Award
The Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Chief Cosmos Iwu, has been honoured with an award of Erudite and Pragmatic Secretary to the Government of Imo State by Kegites Club of Senator Benjamin Uwajimogu College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo State. Receiving the award in his office, the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, on behalf of himself , His Excellency, Dist. Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor and the people of the state thanked the Organization for the honour done him. Chief lwu who described Kegites Club…
Read MoreMike Azoroh Remains Our President General -Obazu Mbieri People
The people of Obazu autonomous community in Mbaitoli Local Government of Imo state have insisted that Barr. Mike Azoroh remains their duly appointed and accepted President General. According to them, Azoroh was installed as Interim President General of the autonomous Community on 14th July 2023 by the Sole Administrator of Mbaitoli LGA, Chief Hon. Hamilton Chinasa Opara JP. They disclosed this on Wednesday when they stormed the Imo State House of Assembly to protest against the purported plans of their representative Hon. Innocent Ikpamezie to impose their former President…
Read MoreBirthday Bash: Anyanwu Congratulates Running Mate-Onyereri at 56
The Peoples Democratic Party,PDP gubernatorial candidate in Imo State, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu(Samdaddy) has congratulated his Deputy Governorship standard bearer, Rt Hon Jones Onyereri, on the celebration of his 56th birthday anniversary. “Dr Onyereri is forthright, focused, dedicated, unassuming and energetic in life. He is a young man with capacity to change his world from bad to good. It is not in doubt that Onyereri is a great asset not only to Nkwerre LGA, Orlu zone and Imo state in particular, but Nigeria at large. “At 56, Dr Onyereri has…
Read MoreS/East Students Leadership Forum: Ochemba Laments Reign Of Gunmen In South-East, Sues For Peace
…Bags leadership Icon award By Nkechi Ojukwu An illustrious son, business Mogul and strong stakeholder from Ideato South LGA of Imo State, Chief Johnpaul Ochemba has in dismay decried what he says is “the recent fall of South-East in total darkness” as a result of heightened insecurity. Ochemba lamented that it has led to the death of many South-Eastern youths and collapse of businesses in the region, even as he solicited for peace in the area. The business Mogul called for the total commitment of the youths in bringing peace to…
Read MoreImo Governorship: APGA Flagbearer-Ejiogu Reels Out Manifesto, Security, Jobs, Electricity, Get Attention
Ahead of the scheduled November 11,governorship election in Imo State, the Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Hon Tony Ejiogu has unveiled a five-point manifesto focusing on Security, Power,Infrastructure, Job creation, Digital economy, Agriculture, Government and Social reforms. The Imo APGA gubernatorial candidate who recently returned from overseas trip where he met Diaspora groups in a bid to shore up support for his ambition, said he would adopt community-based integrated approach to curb insecurity, as well as create community-centred vigilante outfit that would work in synergy with the…
Read MoreThank You Tour: Njaba, Isu, Nwangele, Nkwerre Renew Support to Imo PDP Guber Candidate, Senator Anyanwu
The people of Njaba, Isu, Nwangele and Nkwerre local government areas have unanimously given a nod to the Governorship bid of Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu and his Deputy, Rt Hon Jones Onyereri ahead of the November 11 election. In a “Thank You Tour” to the LGAs, leaders, students, youths, market women, artisans, okada riders and party members unanimously declared support for the PDP standard bearer as the only consensus Governorship candidate to salvage the state, and vowed to vote him as the Governor. It can be recalled that Njaba, Isu,…
Read MoreInterim Town Union Executive: Obi-Mbieri Diaspora Indegenes Reject Oparaugo
In the face of lingering community leadership crisis in Obi-Mbieri Autonomous Community, Mbaitoli LGA,Imo state, concerned Indigenes of the community living in the United States of America,USA, have kicked against the recent purported dissolution of the Obi-Mbieri Development Union,O.D.U Executive led by the President-General,Chief Ugo-Martins Iwuajoku (Onyeugo) by the Sole Administrator of Mbaitoli LGA,Hon.Hamilton Opara, describing the said dissolution as’ undue interference in the administrative affairs of the community. Speaking in a telephone interview with journalists in Owerri on Tuesday, July,4, Nze Richmond Okoro,who spoke on behalf of the Obi-Mbieri…
Read MoreImo Guber: LP Insists On Achonu,warns, Beware of judicial, political pranksters
The Labour Party, LP, has warned members of the public to be wary of the activities of those it described as ‘political and judicial’ pranksters. The warning is coming on the heels of a purported judgment by an Imo State Court, claiming that the LP governorship candidate in the Imo State election in November, Sen. Athan Achonu, had been ordered replaced. The LP blamed Lamidi Apapa and his loyalists for the “mischievous misinformation”. The report had it that the Imo State court had replaced Achonu with Joseph Ikechukwu Ukaegbu, who…
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