Category: FEATURED

The people of Orsu Obodo community, Oguta LGA in Imo State have alleged that the commissioner for Niger Delta Affairs, Hon Jones Uzoka and wife pocketed a whopping sum of N1.1billion meant for the community development.The money was meant for road construction in the community. The community alleged that Hon Uzoka was given one billion naira by the state Gov ernor,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha for the repairs and construction of some  roads in the area, while his wife allegedly diverted one hundred million naira from Engr Kingsley Uju, Deputy Chief…

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A Magistrate Court presided over by S K Durumba,on Monday remanded about One hundred and twelve women who the Police say are members of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra,IPOB in the Prison custody in Owerri , the Imo State capital. Reports say two of the women, including one who pregnant reportedly slumped and were rushed to an undisclosed hospital before the commencement of the court sitting. All the women, who were arraigned on eight count charges, were arrested in Owerri by the operatives of the Imo State police command…

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Concerned Imolites have expressed fears that the multitude of governorship hopefuls from Owerri Zone conservatively put at fifty may cost it that coveted seat,come 2019. Those who aired their opinion on the issue in separate chats with Nigeria Newspoint at the weekend warned that unless the zone urgently puts its house in order the seat may elude it again. Speaking on the issue under condition of strict anonymity a high ranking member of the ruling APC who is also a strong advocate for Owerri Zone governorship aspiration expressed reservations at…

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An elder statesman Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu says the increasing wave of loss of human lives and property in the country is the most despicable act of heartlessness. Chief Iwuanyanwu who was speaking at the National Stakeholders Summit on 2019 in Nigeria Election stated that Government revenue that should have been spent on development is being wasted in fighting unnecessary enemies and war. He mentioned that the first one was Boko Haram and recently the nation is confronted by the menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen. He said that these two events…

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A group going under the aegis of Imo Progressive Lawyers Association, IPLA, has called on all Imolites to rise to the challenge of enthroning good governance in Imo State. Imo Progressive Lawyers made the call Friday in Owerri, in an address presented to newsmen which was also signed by its President, Chukwuma Ezeala and Secretary, Victoria Ibeziruohaeri. IPLA expressed dismay at what it described as colossal decay in education and health sectors in Imo with the tertiary institutions in a sorry state according to it. “The tertiary institutions are in…

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Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a governorship hopeful in Imo on the platform of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Mr. Linus Okorie says his administration if elected in 2019, will accord priority attention to technical education and agriculture as a sure way to reconfiguring the economy of the state. Mr. Okorie stated this recently in a chat with newsmen in Owerri. Okorie said he would ensure massive investment in the education sector with emphasis on qualitative education that would focus on technical education. He said the policy would produce…

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The drama that has characterised political intrigues which have continued to unfold since Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, reached its peak yesterday with the blockade of the National Assembly Complex by masked security operatives. The operatives who were from the Department of State Security,DSS had laid siege on the complex as early as seven in the morning,preventing lawmakers, journalists, workers and visitors from gaining access to the complex. But, shortly after the action which has been flayed by Nigerians as Democratic coup…

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Reports emanating from some government sources have alleged that the embattled Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, weekend escaped food poisoning. It was gathered that the narrow escape happened few hours after he raised  alarm that his life was in danger following the sudden withdrawal of his security details after an aborted impeachment process against him said to have been initiated by the governor, Owelle Rocha’s Anayo Okorocha. According to impeccable government House sources the plot to silence the deputy governor was allegedly hatched by some aides of…

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Imo State deputy governor, Prince Ezeakonobi Madumere has come out to publicly declare that there is no vacancy in the office of the state deputy governor in spite of alleged purported impeachment by the Speaker Acho Ihim led House of Assembly. Prince Madumere who made this declaration in a release issued by his media aide,Mr Uche Onwuchekwa in Owerri further revealed that an Owerri High Court presided over Justice Benjamin Iheka’s order which restrained the state Chief Judge Justice Paschal Nnadi, Speaker Acho Ihim and his colleagues from going ahead…

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The Nigerian Legion Imo State Command on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on their Patron, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, after his declaration for the 2019 governorship election on Friday, July 27, 2018. Ohakim was decorated a Patron of the Legion in 2007, while he was Governor and decorated a Colonel. Speaking during the courtesy call, the Chairman of the Nigerian Legion Imo State Command, Chief (Col) Uzoechina, said they came to identify with their Patron and to assure him of their prayers, noting that they will be happy to have him…

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