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…
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You Can’t Intimidate Delegates In Orji Owerri North With Suspension Threat, Onyeagucha Warns Onyewuchi
…Says: Purported suspension, irrational Hon Barr Uche Onyeagucha, the frontline PDP Senatorial Aspirant in Imo East Senatorial District, has noted with consternation the purported suspension of the PDP Orji Ward Chairman and Secretary as masterminded and sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi on the suspicion that they are supporting his Senatorial ambition. Both the chairman and the secretary were not accused for any wrong doing except that Senator Onyewuchi directed the PDP Chairman in Owerri North to issue them with a two months suspension notice on the allegation that they may…
Read MoreOwerri Senate: Anyanwu-Akeredolu Declares Interest To Run
…Says: She is fit for the position By Williams Odunze The Emeabiam, Owerri-West-born First Lady of Ondo State, Mrs.Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has officially declared her interest to represent Owerri Zone at the Red Chambers in the National Assembly under the platform of All Progressives Congress,APC.She maintained that she is fit and capable for the position. Accompanied by different groups from Owerri Senatorial Zone to the APC State Secretariat in Owerri where She addressed the State Party Executives under the Chairmanship of Hon.MacDonald Ebere, the First Lady of Ondo State maintained that…
Read More2023 Owerri Zone Senate: Njemanze Declares Interest
…Promises Quality Representation …Obtains APP Nomination Forms As the race over who represents Imo East senatorial district (Owerri zone) in the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a frontline politician and humanist from the zone, Hon. Christian Kelechi Njemanze has thrown his hart in the ring, with a promise to provide quality and purposeful representation to the zone. Speaking after he obtained his expression of interest and nomination forms from the African Peoples Party (APP), Hon. Njemanze, said it was time to wipe away tears of Owerri senatorial district after many…
Read MoreTETFUND Projects: NGO Demands Explanation On Abandoned Projects At IMSU
…May Go To Court Over Whitepaper Implementation The Registered Trustees of a group known as Every Child Education and Advancement Foundation (ECEAF) after a meeting in Owerri, the Imo state capital yesterday where they reviewed the alarming infrastural decay at the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri called on Prince Alex Mbata, who was Pro-Chancellor of the university to explain why some TETFUND projects in the institution were abandoned despite the enormous resources provided for them. The group in a released signed by the Director of Publicity Comrade Dominic Nwankwo frowned…
Read MoreBURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION: Over 100 Roasted Alive as Illegal Refinery Explodes in Imo
No few than one hundred people are feared to have been roasted to death, weekend ( last Friday night) after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi Forrest, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area, Imo state. six vehicles were also burnt during the incident which has thrown the community into deep mourning. Journalists who visited the scene of the incident on Saturday reported seeing hundreds of people who visited the place to have a glimpse of the unfortunate incident. Report say not fewer than 100 roasted bodies were seen at the scene of…
Read MoreImo Speaker Condoles Onyirimba Family on Death Of Ex-Majority Leader.
The Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kennedy Chidozie Ibeh, weekend, April,21 paid last respect to the body of Late Rt. Hon Standford Onyirimba who was committed to mother earth in his Ehime Mbano country home. The Speaker who was heavy with emotion, consoled the wife of the deceased and was briefed by Sir Charles Onyirimba, the brother of the deceased on circumstances surrounding his demise. Rt. Hon. Ibeh described the late former House member as an outstanding and fearless lawmaker who left behind a worthy legacy in…
Read MoreBook Presentation: Ahamba urges N’assembly to exercise constitutional powers effectively
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo A legal practitioner and politician, Chief Mike Ikenna Ahamba, SAN (Ugo Lorji), has urged the Nigeria National Assembly to endeavour to carry out its constitutional powers effectively, in correcting some anomalies witnessed in the country. Ahamba who spoke to journalists at the occasion of book presentation of his latest book titled “Getting it right in Nigeria” at Immaculate Hotel Portharcourt Road Owerri, last week, expressed disappointment in the National Assembly, a body he affirmed is saddled with the power and responsibility to make laws, for the peace,…
Read MoreHouse of Assembly Seat: female aspirant bemoans underdevelopment in Ihitte-Uboma
By Onyinyechi Nwankwo. Displeased with the level of infrastructural deterioration in Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, a vibrant female aspirant for Ihitte-Uboma State Constituency, Comrade Blessing Ngozi Onwumere, has promised to bring development and prosperity down to her people if elected as their representative at the State House of Assembly come 2023. Speaking to journalists on Thursday at the PDP Secretariat, Owerri, Onwumere decried the underdevelopment of Ihitte-Uboma owing to bad roads, electricity blackout, among other unpleasant conditions experienced by the people of the constituency, saying her people…
Read More2023 Presidency: Peter Obi Consults Imo PDP, Says Nigeria must end Grab, Grab Mentality To Progress. “We should produce more than we consume”.
By Ebenezer Ojor Quintessential two-time governor of Anambra State, Chief Peter Obi has said that unless Nigerians and the leadership move away from what he described as “consumption and sharing mentality” prevalent among Nigerians and the political leadership in the country, the future could remain bleak for all. Speaking yesterday when he met with leaders and executive of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Owerri, said as Anambra State governor, he undoubtedly demonstrated how fiscal discipline and cuts in the cost of governance can reposition the socio-economic fabrics of a…
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