When he defeated all comers to clinch the PDP Senatorial ticket to represent Owerri Zone in 2015, many doubted his capacities to win the general election, as well as impress at the Senate that ofcourse was expected to be largely dominated by former governors, retired military generals and returning Senators. The doubts were further reinforced by the caliber of people that ran both the Party Primaries and the general elections with him. These doubts were not because Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu lacked the potentials, but because they saw it as…
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Madumere emerges Integrity Man of year 2018
The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has emerged Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ) 2018 “INTEGRITY MAN OF THE YEAR.” The Deputy Governor was conferred with the prestigious Award during the practicing Christian Journalists umbrella body’s Annual “2018 AWARD & LECTURE series. According to the General Secretary of the association, Dr. Charles Okhai, the choice of Madumere for this year’s most prestigious award category is hinged on the association’s discovery of who he is and the qualities embedded in his character, having watched with keen interest over…
Read MoreLand Grabbing: Uwazuruike NBA, call to order
Anyone who has been following various reported land disputes involving the founder of the Movement for the Actualization for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and his reported land disputes with some Imolites may wonder what kind of freedom fighter he is. This is so in view of the fact that in all recorded history, reputable freedom fighters hardly get obsessed with property. But beyond the tag of a freedom fighter who rekindled or re-ignited the fire of Biafra restoration, Chief Uwazuruike is also a lawyer duely…
Read MoreImo East senatorial seat: How Nwachukwu will end the imbalance
Perhaps more than ever before, the entry of Chief Mike Nwachukwu, the Owerri North born politician and community leader into the race for the Imo East Senatorial Seat in 2019, has brought to the fore one major issue in Imo State, yet hitherto not much talked about. Until his declaration of intention to run for that office a couple of weeks ago, it looked as if the entire Imo polity was headed to once again connive at the perennial injustice to the people of the oldOwerri Local Government Area (comprising,…
Read MoreS/Court orders GT Bank to pay N12 bn to Innoson
The Supreme Court has struck out GTBank’s motion for stay of execution of the Enugu Court of Appeal Division’s order that GTBank pays over N6 Billion into an interest yielding account at the Court of Appeal. Cornel Osigwe, Head Corporate Communications, Innoson Group in a statement said Innoson’s legal team which was led by Prof McCarthy Mbadugha ESQ told the Supreme Court that the Judgment debt which arose from excess and unlawful charges which GTB took from Innoson’s account now stood at over N14billion. His Statement reads “The Supreme Court…
Read MoreBoundary dispute: Enugu, Anambra sue for peace …Call for NBC’s Intervention
The Deputy Governors of Enugu and Anambra States, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo and Dr. Nkem Okeke have called on border communities of Ibite Olo in Ezeagu local government area (Enugu) and Awba Ofemmili in Awka North local government area (Anambra) to sheathe their swords and allow peace reign in their areas. The deputy governors, who gave the advice when they visited the two neighboring communities over the lingering boundary crisis, noted the imperative of peace in the areas for the enhancement of development and other dividends of democracy. They said that…
Read MoreThat Okorocha’s Channels Television Interview
After watching Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Chief Rochas Okorocha, in an interview with the popular Lagos-based Channels Television on Monday, May 28 from my place in London, I felt I should share some thoughts with people back home. But alas, of the six people I called, including politicians and my colleagues in the pen trade, only one acknowledged to have watched the program. The excuse ranged from “no light “to the normal “I have been very busy”. One fellow responded that he has since stopped listening to Governor Okorocha.…
Read MoreImo governor, APC congress and rule of law
The intrigues surrounding the conduct of the Congresses of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Imo State are getting more interesting with the faction alleged to be backed by the governor of Imo State, Rochas Anayo Okorocha, going to courts to seek judicial remedy. Divergent claims have dogged the State APC Congress to elect new party executives at Ward, LGA and State levels in Imo. A tinge of drama had characterized the whole exercise with Okorocha and followers dazed by the superior stratagem adopted by the opposing group of the…
Read MoreWhy Mbaike and Mbaise Nations must back old Owerri Local Government Area
In recent time, issues ofmarginalization, political balancing, fairness, equity and justice has occupied the center stage of political discourse in Imo state ahead of 2019 general election. The strongestprotests against marginalization in Imo today is coming from fair minded individuals who believe that Okigwe and Orlu Zones have dominated the governorship position in the state and argue therefore, that Owerri Zone should produce the next governor in the next election. Since Imo is built on the tripod of Owerri, Okigwe & Orlu Zones. Beside the topical issue of marginalization in…
Read MoreDemocracy: Osuji celebrates with mixed feelings
It was a former United States President , Abraham Lincoln who posited that : ” Democracy is government of the people by the people and for the people ” . In the spirit of Democracy Day , a Frontline governorship aspirant in Imo State under Mass Action Joint Alliance Party , Chief (Barr) Aloysius Osundu Osuji celebrates with ndi Imo and the nation the commemoration of this auspicious day ; a landmark event which heralds the return of duly elected government in the country in 1999. According to him, with…
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