The Rt. Hon. Chinedu Offor led Imo State House of Assembly has dissolves all the appointment made by the Immediate past administration of Rochas Ethelbert Anayo Okorocha since March after the gubernatorial elections upto May 2019. The Assembly ordered the Chief Emeka Nkem Ihedioha new administration to revoke where necessary all lands grabbed by the past administration of Rochas with immediate effect. It also resolved that all Heads and Boards of Parastatals and Agencies which includes IBC, OCDA, Heartland FC etc management should vacate immediately. Meanwhile, the Chairmen and councillors…
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Party Congress: Okafor emerges Imo state APGA Chairman …Promises all inclusive leadership …Eberendu returns as party scribe
A former chairman of the Imo state Oil Producing Area Development Commission ISOPADEC, Mr. Henry Okafor has emerged the new state chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA. Mr. Okafor was elected Thursday, May 23, through a voice vote by party delegates drawn from the 27 LGA of the state. In acceptance speech, the new chairman promised to run an all inclusive regime where those who may have felt aggrieved one issue or the other will feel free to come back to the party. He thanked the care taker…
Read MoreREVEALED: Okorocha claims to build Imo Convention Centre with N5.9bn …Converts Odenigbo Lodge to his hotel
As his adminstration puts finishing touches to its handover notes and transition documents, indications have emerged, revealing that Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is claiming to have built the Imo International Conference Centre, IICC, with a whooping sum of N5.9bn. Nigeria Newspoint learnt that the latest figure being claimed by the government is contained in the document submitted to both the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC and the Transition Technical Committee. According to sources close to the seat of power the governor allegedly upped the contract to evade…
Read MoreBrutality: Imo Ex-Commissioner invades Ahiazu Mbaise LG Chair’s home …Thugs beat up driver, security man, take vehicle away
Thugs suspected to be cultists last Sunday , attacked the executive chairman of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Governnment Area, Chief Adauctus Onunoha and forcefully took away his official vehicle to an unknown destination. A statement signed by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Ahiazu LGA, Hon Mrs Salome Onuoha and 13 other appointees of the LGA, alleged that a former commissioner in Governor Rochas Okorocha’s cabinet, Mr Chidi Ibe was implicated in the alleged attack. The statement also indicates that the Ahiazu Mbaise LGA boss personal driver and police orderly were…
Read MoreJail Delivery: Imo ChiefJudge releases 10 year prison inmates for lack of trial …Orders speedy trial for 3 others …3 inmates on list whereabouts unknown
In exercise of his rights of prerogative of mercy, the Chief Judge Imo State, Justice Pascal Nnadi has released 9 prisoners while a stern directive given to judges handling the cases of 3 other inmates to expedite action and see to their release. While delivering judgment on the 9 accused, persons, Tuesday at the state prison headquarters Owerri, the Chief Judge said the inmates were innocent of the offences leveled against them since no one has made any attempt to take them to court. Out of the 71 persons brought…
Read MoreORLU Senate: Okorocha weeps as judge abandons Certificate of Return suit …Uzodinma,Izunaso,Onyereri vow to stop him
Imo State Governor,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is said to have wept uncontrollably in Imo Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja following the abandonment of the suit he instituted against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The embattled governor had dragged the electoral umpire-INEC to court over the non issuance of his Certificate of Return CoR, as purported winner of the controversy riddled Orlu Zone Senatorial election held on February 23,2019. But, following allegations of bias levelled against the presiding judge by the PDP candidate, Hon Jones Onyereri which forced the judge to…
Read MoreNEMESIS: OKOROCHA PLANS TO RUN AWAY FROM IMO WITHOUT HAND OVER TO IHEDIOHA…SGI MAY PERFORM DUTY
Indications have emerged that Gov Rochas Anayo Okorocha may jet out of the state before May 29 2019, the day he is expected to formally and officially hand over to his successor, Rt Hon Emeka Nkem Ihedioha. According to findings by Nigeria Newspoint the governor may have made up his mind not to perform that official duty and may likely travel out of the state few days to the D- day . Already, it was equally gathered that governor has abandoned governance since after the last Governorship election as he…
Read MoreVENGEANCE: I MURDERED IMO MAGISTRATE FOR SLEEPING WITH MY WIFE – NNAEKEZIE …SAID: I PAID KILLERS FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
The commissioner of police Imo state command, CP Dasuki Galadanchi has paraded one Friday Nnaekezie, suspected to have masterminded the abduction and murder of Imo Magistrate, Remi Chukwujieze Ogu late last year. CP Galadanchi who paraded the suspect at the police headquarters in Owerri also revealed that he confessed to killing the deceased because he was dating his wife, Uju Nwanne. Giving further insights into the incident the police boss said that on November 22nd 2018, one Remi Chukwujieze Ogu ‘m’ 41 yrs (A Chief Magistrate attached to Uburu in…
Read MoreAssembly re-run: Obiefule coasts to victoryin Isu, already leading with over 2,000 votes ..As Imo women decry plan to stop her
The Imo State women under the aegis of Imo Women Frontier (IWF), have condemned in a very strong term what they believe to be a calculated plot to further marginalize the female folks by denying Hon Ngozi Obiefule, her hard earned victory as member-elect for Isu state constituency during the March 9, 2019, Governorship and House Assembly elections in the area. Addressing the press in Owerri, the President of the group, High Chief (Mrs) Maria Nwadialu, on behalf of Imo women frowned at the development which she said tends to…
Read MoreImolites to Ihedioha: Okorocha must be probed …Say: Otherwise ‘ll harm administration
Days after Imo State governor elect, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha raised the alarm on alleged last minute financial transactions by outgoing Gov Rochas Okorocha government, Imo people have urged him to probe him after his inauguration. The citizens who were reacting to the alarm by Rt Hon Ihedioha made it clear that doing otherwise will hamper his administration’s push to rebuild the state. The respondents who cut across the three zones of the state advised the governor elect not to treat the alleged financial and other malfeasance of Gov Okorocha…
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