Category: FEATURES

A Frontline Aspirant in Ikeduru, Dr Obinna Obi Njoku whose aspiration has awoken the doggedness and consciousness of the youths in Ikeduru, has emerged APGA’s candidate for the Ikeduru House of Assembly. Recall that some weeks ago APGA held  the screening of  aspirants and he was cleared to contest in the primaries. “A man whose time has come and with a clean record”. On Tuesday, May 24 the journey for the ticket of APGA was done and dusted, as Dr Obinna Obi Njoku clinched the victory.   The election  which…

By Williams Odunze The  member for Njaba state constituency in the  Imo House of Assembly  ,Hon Uju Onwudiwe has withdrawned her ambition to represent Nkwere, Isu, Nwangele and Njaba Federal Constituency in upcoming  2023 National Assembly Elections to support Chief Harrison Nwdike. The  Njaba Lawmaker and APC member made her position known while briefing journalists at her office, yesterday  in Owerri. Hon.Onwudiwe  explained that her decision to withdraw from the race is strictly based on the love she has for the party,All Progressives Congress,APC in the state. “I am here…

The award-winning Rector of the foremost Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Engr. Dr. Michael Arimanwa, has bagged a prestigious award as Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (FNICE). The event which took place last Thursday at the Executive Hall of the International Conference Centre, Abuja, attracted the who-is-who in the engineering profession in Nigeria. The Rector, who is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, earned the award based on his enviable track record of excellence in the engineering profession, having earned both his M.SC and Ph.D in Structural…

He Jumped Bail, Ignored Several Invitations From Us – EFCC Imo state ex-Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has cried out that officials of Nigeria’s foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are holding him hostage in his house in Maitaima, Abuja, just as he was getting set to depart to Transcorp Hilton, venue for the governing Party’s Presidential screening exercise. Okorocha, who governed Imo for eight years and is currently the Senator representing Imo West District in the National Assembly has been at loggerheads with the Anti-graft agency…

By Williams Odunze One of the top aspirants for the Owerri Senatorial seat, Chief Mike Nwachukwu has said that he is the best political alternative, to correct the long years of neglect and poor representation of Owerri Zone, and advised the good people of Owerri Senatorial Zone to look beyond the two popular  political parties namely,APC and PDP as they prepare to elect who will represent them at the red chamber come 2023 general elections. He argued that with the two major political parties that it has always been money politics,…

By Frank Nwaete In what is now described as Political Tsunami, there are now  more endorsements from credible leaders of Orlu Federal Constituency for Chief Ben Uche Odunze continues to occur on daily basis. Chief Odunze is aspiring under the PDP for Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency Seat. The Unprecedented Scenario of massive followership and endorsements is the first of its kind in the Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency. The latest of such open acceptance and endorsement of Chief  ODUNZE came from Chief Marcellus Ikpa and Barr Emmanuel Orji. Both leaders in…

An ex Governor of ormer Governor of Imo State and Senatorial aspirant for Imo North 2023 Senate seat, His Excellency Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, has described the death of the Distinguished Senator, Chief Francis Arthur Uzoma Nzeribe, as one loss too many. Nzeribe died at the age of 83. Ogbuagu, Oshiji, Damanze, Oyimba, Nzeribe became Senator representing Orlu Zone first in 1983 under the Nigeria People’s Parry (NPP), and later from 1999 to 2007 under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement on Sunday in Owerri, Ohakim said he received…