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…
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Rector Of Federal Polytechnic Nekede Bags Engineering Fellowship Award
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…
Read MoreEFCC Trying To Stop My Presidential Ambition -Okorocha
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…
Read MorePDP Primaries: Gov. Ugwuanyi Wins Enugu North Senatorial District Ticket Amid Jubilation
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has won the Enugu North Senatorial District Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gov. Ugwuanyi was declared winner of the peaceful and transparent senatorial primary election amid jubilation by the Chairman of the five-man Electoral Panel from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, Prince Vin Yandev Amabei. Prince Amabei disclosed that Gov. Ugwuanyi scored 299 valid votes cast to defeat three other aspirants in the ballot paper, namely Mr. Okanya Celestine, Chief Eze Godwin…
Read MoreOwerri Senate: Nwachukwu Advises Constituents To Look Beyond Party, As Accord Woos Him
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,…
Read MoreIkenga Shuts Down Ideato In Grand Reception
After the failed attempt to scuttle his political ambition, indigenes of Ideato nation over the weekend trooped out, in massive solidarity to formally receive their son, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. The jubilant crowd went wild on sighting Ikenga for the first time since the reaffirmation of his qualification by the National leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and clearance to participate in the forthcoming primaries of the party for the Ideato federal constituency. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, former aide to the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and former President, National…
Read MoreOrlu/Orsu/OruEast Reps: Political Tsunami: Orlu Leaders Endorse Odunze’s Aspiration
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…
Read MoreNzeribe’s Death, One Loss Too Many, Says Ohakim
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…
Read MoreReps Seat: Iwuanyanwu Explodes, Rules Out 3rd Term In Mbaike
…Flays moves to truncate agreement between the two sister LGAs A revered elder statesman and nationalist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (Ahaejiagamba) has condemned in strong terms the moves by Hon. Henry Nwawuba and his accomplices to truncate a gentleman agreement between the two Local Governments of Mbaitoli/Ikeduru regarding the seat of House of Representatives. Chief Iwuanyanwu, also known as Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo therefore ruled out the argument that there was an existing third term in Mbaike Federal Constituency, adding that Mbaitoli had gotten its share of the gentlemanly agreement when Hon…
Read MorePlot To Undermine Ikenga Hits Rocks, Stakeholders Expose Fake Panel Report
The desperate attempts to truncate the aspiration of Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere to the Ideato North-Ideato South Federa Constituency seat may have hit the rocks following shocking revelations that documents and Panel Reports upon which the purported disqualification was based have been confirmed as forged, doctored and fabricated. Not a few stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned that those who have beat their chests and vowed to ‘deal with Ikenga’ for whatever differences they have with party leaders, may be inadvertently leading the party down the road…
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