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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Africa Action Congress: Awulonu Decries Poor Support, Promotion Of Indigineous Investors, Job Creation
“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,…
Read MoreImo Laud Uzodinma On Plans To Set Up Government, Labour Gratuity C’ttee
…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…
Read MoreImo Guber: Labour Party Candidate’s Detractors Should Go And Sleep -Youths
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),…
Read MoreIsu LGA PDP Ward Chairmen Celebrate Osakwe’s Assembly Victory, Receipt Of CoR
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…
Read MoreOrgan Harvesting: Ekweremadu, wife, doctor to be sentenced on May 5
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…
Read MoreImo Labour Party Governorship Aspirant Dead
Chief Humphrey Anumodu an aspirant for the ticket of the Labour Party in the upcoming Governorship election in Imo State has been found dead in his house. Chief Anumodu, a native of Mbieri Ancient Kingdom of Imo state was reportedly found dead in his house in what family sources described as “spiritual attack.” It was gathered that the late politician had paid the sum of 25 million Naira for Labour Party’s Governorship form for the November 11th 2023 Guber contest. Chief Anumudu, a respected legal luminary and an astute politician…
Read MoreAbia Elections: FUTO Students Hail Oti
From Isi gate, Umuahia’s busiest area, to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, the people of Abia state on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, went into a frenzy as they celebrated the declaration of Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party as the state’s Governor-elect. As commercial tricycle operators conveyed passengers to their destinations without collecting fares, sound of gunshots and local landmines were heard in some parts of the capital city as the people celebrate Otti’s victory. Abia’s Gubernatorial election gained more national prominence when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended…
Read MorePeter Obi To Chair Imo LP Steering Committee
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Sir Peter Gregory Obi, has accepted to be the Chairman of the party’s Interim Steering Committee in Imo State. It would be recalled that following the dissolution of the Dr. Ambrose Onyekwere-led Caretaker Committee whose tenure expired in May, 2022, and the appointment of the Comr. Festus Bethel Iyke Onyekwulisi-led Caretaker Committee on March 6, 2023, which was challenged at the Federal High Court, Owerri last week, the National Working Committee held an emergency meeting in Abuja recently, aimed at an amicable resolution of the matter.…
Read MoreOnuimo Assembly Poll: Uba Appreciates Constituents, Promises Effective Representation
The flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC for Onuimo State constituency in Imo House of Assembly, Hon. Elise James Uba has expressed gratitude to the people of Ọnuimo for massively voting for him on March 18, Assembly election . He commended them for their unalloyed support and tireless effort and encouragement all through the campaigns and election period . Hon. Uba stressed that the people of Ọnuimo are so wise to que into the moving train , pointing out that it does not profit any area to oppose…
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