“Your bad conduct Sacked 300 teachers” A Group of organized youths from Okigwe zone has called on the Imo state government to immediately facilitate the arrest of former Chairman of Imo state Universal Basic Education Board (IMSUBEB), Prof Obioma Iheduru over the whereabout of N4.2 billion meant for contractors that handled the Board’s projects during his tenure. The call came few hours after a report in an Owerri based tabloid credited to Prof. Iheduru warned the PDP National Scribe,Sen Samuel Anyanwu to stop blackmailing Chief Emeka Ihedioha in the Media.…
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Ozuruigbo Of Owerri: Bob Njemanze Clears Air on Crown Prince’s Choice
…Says: Retired Judge-Fred, popular with pedigree …He’ll be next Ozuruigbo A son of the Njemanze Royal Dynasty of Owere Nchi Ise in Owerri Municipal Council, Imo State, Prince Bob K -Njemanze has said that the selection of Retired, Hon .Justice Fred Ezeohiri Njemanze as the Crown Prince of Owerri was in tandem with the wishes, culture and tradition of the indigenous people of Owere Nchi Ise,even as he averred thathe has well as the pedigree to rule. Prince Bob Njemanze who was responding to questions from newsmen on issues surrounding…
Read MoreOzuruigbo Of Owerri: We’ve Eze-Elect, We Don’t Need Crown Prince, Says Charles Njemanze
…OCA has written Uzodinma, I’ve been presented to LGA Chairman …Let’s abide with selection process for peace’s sake Against the backdrop of the recent call for a Crown Prince to succeed the last Ozuruigbo of Owerri by some youths of Amawom community, Owerri, Prince Charles Ezemurum Anumaku Njemanze has made it clear that he was since 2020, selected as the Eze-elect to succeed late Eze Pharmacist Emmanuel Emenyonu Njemanze, Ozuruigbo V and presented to the then Chairman of Owerri Municipal Council by the Owerri Community Assembly, OCA. Prince Charles Njemanze,…
Read MoreEminent Nigerians Hail Ikenga At 40
…Obasanjo, Obi, Atiku, Wike, Ihedioha, Sumana, others pour encomium on PDP Reps candidate It was a massive outpouring of goodwill as eminent Nigerians, opposition leaders, and Civil Society activists conveyed their goodwill and warm felicitations to the PDP House of Representatives Candidate and the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as he turned 40 today. The Opposition Coalition Secretariat confirmed to our correspondent that it had received endless streams of goodwill messages, congratulations, commendations, and solidarity messages from several eminent Nigerians, opposition leaders in…
Read MoreMbata Hails Uzodinma For Embarking On Massive, Solid Roads Construction Across Imo
…Lauds Gov for not being distracted by opposition The All Progressives Congress, APC, Owerri Zone candidate , for the 2023 Imo East Senatorial election, Prince Alex Mbata , has hailed the lmo State Governor, His Excellency , Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma, for embarking on massive and solid roads’ construction across the three political zones of the State, describing the development , as a very healthy one. Mbata, who is the founder of PAM Foundation that has positively touched the lives of thousands of people over the years, especially in Owerri…
Read MorePeter Obi: South East Politicians Scramble For Labour Party Tickets, Dump APC, PDP, APGA
With the emergence of Chief Peter Obi as the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, ahead of the 2023 general elections, a gale of defections apparently looms in the major political parties in the South East as many Aspirants who lost out during the just concluded primaries of the major parties have either defected to the Labour Party or have started making subterranean moves to join. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a couple of days before the party’s Presidential primary to…
Read MoreOwerri Municipal Assembly: My Return To Imo Assembly Will Favour Owerri Municipal, Says Osuji
…I’d attracted over 100Jobs … As Majority Leader, I Initiated 98 Bills A former Lawmaker, Hon. Lugard Osuji, who was the Majority Leader of Imo State House of Assembly, has said that he desires to return to the State Legislature, to do more of effective representation for the people of Owerri Municipal. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, recently Hon.Osuji, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Owerri Municipal State Assembly seat, said his records as a first time lawmaker was impressive and outshines those of…
Read MoreImo Primary Election: Anyanwu-Akeredolu Insists On Primaries, Flays APC ‘s Attempt To Write Results
Crisis appears to loom in Imo State as the Senatorial election of the All Progressives Congress, APC was said to have been compromised by the state Governor, Sen.Hope Odidika Uzodinma. The First Lady of Ondo State and Senatorial Aspirant for Imo East(Owerri Zone) in the state, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu was seen at the state secretariat of APC on Okigwe Road, Owerri, Imo State, protesting the alleged irregularity. Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu who addressed journalists at the gate of the party Secretariat said election did not hold in the state and called…
Read MoreIndustrial Court Stops Illegal NUJ Election In Imo, Demands Verification List Of Membership
The lingering leadership tussle in the Imo state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists is gradually coming to an end as the National Industrial Court sitting in Owerri, yesterday, barred the Nigeria Union of Journalists from conducting election in the state, pending the determination of the matter instituted with suit number OW/NICN/01/2019 in respect of the inconclusive 2018 election. The court also ordered for a membership verification exercise, aimed at sanitizing the system and separating the wheat from the chaff. The verification exercise as ordered by the court entails that,…
Read MoreTETFUND: IMSU White Paper: We’ll Go To Court If Mbata Secures APC Ticket For Owerri Senate
…Petitions Party’s screening committee …Insists on implementation of White Paper The controversy elicited by the ambition of Prince Alex Mbata, the Ngwoma, Obube born C.E.O of ABM Global and former Pro-chancellor of Imo State University during Rochas Okorocha’s tenure as governorr of Imo state, to secure the Owerri zone senatorial ticket on the platform of the All Progressive Congress APC, has assumed a different dimension, as a human rights group known as Every Child Education Advancement Foundation, ECEA, has threatened to seek redress in court, if Prince Alex Mbata under …
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