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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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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has shared his educational challenges while growing up in his native Bayelsa state. The former Nigerian leader said he would have dropped out of school in primary three but for the support of his late uncle, Omieworio Afeni. Jonathan stated this during the funeral service of Elder Omieworio Afeni, his mother’s younger brother, who died at the age of 87 and was buried on Friday at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Speaking during the funeral service held in St. Stephen Anglican Church, Otuoke,…

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  Leading Labour Party,LP gubernatorial aspirant in Imo state, Major General Lincoln Keonyemere Jack Ogunewe (rtd) has congratulated the winner of Abia state governorship elections, Dr Alex Otti. In a statement he issued shortly after Otti was declared the winner Wednesday, Ogunewe said that, ”His victory is well deserved. We need such first class brains and professionals with good character like Otti to turn things around in Igboland in particular and Nigeria in general.”   It may be recalled that last Monday, Ogunewe issued a strongly worded statement asking the…

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  The incumbent Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has sent a message of congratulations to the Labor Party,LP Candidate in the 2023 Gubernatorial Election in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti,  on his emergence as Governor- Elect.   Gov. Ikpeazu noted that Dr. Otti has fought a long battle over a very long period of time and deserves commendation for his staying power and resilience.   In the words of the Governor, “Since we have come to the logical end of this battle, it is appropriate to congratulate…

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