Tragedy struck in Nkwerre in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo state, Monday night after car-snatching gunmen gruesomely murdered a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr Jude Egbuom and made away with his vehicle. The gunmen equally murdered a young man whose identity could not be ascertained immediately. The man was reportedly with the priest in his vehicle when the criminals struck. A native of the community told our correspondent on Tuesday morning that the priest, identified as Rev Fr. Jude Egbuom was till his untimely death, the priest in charge…
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Imo Governorship: Okorocha dumps son in law, settles for SGI-Eche …Nwosu runs as deputy…Presidency influenced change in China…Opposition says decision quite late
There are strong indications that Gov Rochas Anayo Okorocha has at last jettisoned the idea of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu,his son in law, succeeding him in 2019. Nigera Newspoint authoritatively gathered that the embattled governor has at last settled for Secretary to the Government of Imo State, SGI, Sir George Eche, instead. The governor’s turn around it was learnt came after the presidency told the governor openly that it is opposed to the cloning his son in law as his successor, an agenda which it reportedly claimed will never fly in…
Read MoreImo Governorship: PDP set to implode over delegates election
The relative peace being enjoyed by Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may soon give way to crisis as tension continue to mount ahead of the party delegates election. The party is scheduled to elect three delegates from each of the three hundred and five (305) electoral wards of the state ahead of it’s primary elections to elect candidates for the 2019 election. Those elected delegates would become part of an electoral college or delegates on whose shoulders electing the party candidates would lie. Given the important…
Read MoreRevealed:Imo Lawmakers received N135m to plot Madumere’s impeachment – Bob Njemanze…Drags IMHA to court, seeks nullification, contempt
Against the backdrop of the recent reported ‘impeachment’ of Imo Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere by the State House of Assembly presided over by Speaker Acho Ihim, a legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Barr Ken Njemanze has approached an Owerri High Court for an order setting aside the action of the Imo House of Assembly’s “purported removal of Prince Eze Madumere from office as Deputy Governor of Imo State having not received any report from the panel of seven (7) set up to investigate the alleged gross…
Read MoreImo guber:Okorocha lacks integrity to sponsor me -Onyeagucha “He is bad market”…Says: Rumour is cheap blackmail
One of the leading governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, in Imo State, Hon. Uche Onyeagucha has debunked the rumour making the rounds in the social media that his purchase of 305 motorcycles for all APGA ward chairmen across the 27 local government areas of the state was being sponsored by the State Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Onyeagucha who reacted to the rumour through a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. MacDonald Enwere describes the rumour as the grand design of…
Read MoreN1.1bn Scam: Community indicts Rochas’ aide -Uzoka, wife over Niger Delta fund
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…
Read MoreBiafra:Court imprisons112 IPOB Women in Imo …They Called for Refrendum …Demand Kanu’s where about
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…
Read More2019 Guber: Owerri Zone may lose out with over 50 aspirants
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…
Read MoreRestructuring: only panacea for Nigeria’s stability-Iwuanyanwu …Flays reckless killings in country
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…
Read MoreGovernorship:Imo Lawyers’ group flay dictatorship, search for good governance in 2019 …To work for responsible leadership …Flays rigging using government fund
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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