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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Invasion of National Assembly: Osinbajo sacks DSS DG Daura, appoints Selyefa, Ag DG …As plot to impeach Saraki crashes
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…
Read MoreImo Deputy Governor – Madumere allegedly escapes food poisoning …Government officials fingered
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…
Read MoreNo vacancy: I am still Imo deputy governor -Madumere …As CP withdraws security, exposes his life to danger
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…
Read MoreGovernorship declaration: Nigerian legion hails ex-Imo gov, Ohakim “We’ve not received subvention in 7years” …I’ll probe Okorocha if I return as governor
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…
Read MoreAPC Congresses: Confusion in Rescue Mission as Oshimhole refuses to inaugurate new exco …Members frown at choice of Nwosu’s aide as Party chair
Uncertainty and Confusion are said to have enveloped the Agburu political family of the Imo State governor ,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, in the aftermath of the seeming refusal of the national chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshimhole to inaugurate the newly elected factional chairman of the party in the state, Mr Dan Nwafor at Abuja,recently. Sources within the state seat of power revealed that the governor’s camp despite the facade of victory being displayed in the open is seriously consumed by the subtle fear of the unknown after the attempt…
Read MoreAssault: Police called Imo Magistrate Prostitute -NBA As Registrar’s report indicts Police
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Owerri branch Chairman, Barr. Damian Nosike, on Wednesday told newsmen that the Magistrate in charge of Umuneke Ngor Magistrate’s Court , in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Ngozi Onyenemezu , who was allegedly assaulted by the police in court on July 19 , and the registrar of the court have submitted their reports on what transpired on the day. Barr. Nosike said the reports of the Magistrate and that of the registrar of the court , which was submitted to the…
Read MoreGovernorship: Jubilation in Imo as Ohakim declares for APGA, today …Vows to serve for only 4yrs
A new wave of hope and excitement has enveloped the entire political space in Imo as the immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim declares to run for a second term on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA today. In a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Collins Ughalaa, the former governor who ran the affairs of the Imo between 2007 and 2011, noted that the declaration ceremony marks what he, Ohakim described as “the beginning of the journey to liberate, recover, heal…
Read MoreMass Exodus: 15 APC Senators dump party, PDP now majority …As Kwankwaso, Sani, Melaye, Gemade, others join …PDP- 56, APC- 49, ADC- 2, APGA- 1
The much speculated mass defection of aggrieved members of the ruling APC has finally happened with the Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki leading some fifteen (15) senators to dump the party yesterday. It is also almost certain that not less than three sitting governors are ready to join the defection train. The planned defection of the Senator Saraki led nPDP which recently broke away from the mainstream APC to for rAPC has dominated the public arena but nobody was able to predict exactly when the political hurricane would blow. So…
Read MoreAbsurd: Police invade Imo court, beat Magistrate, Lawyers …NBA explodes, accused escapes …Command denies accusation
Hell was let lose at the Magistrate Court in Umuneke, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State last Thursday after policemen under the supervision of the Divisional Police Officer in the area allegedly invaded the court and beat up the Chief Magistrate, Ngozi Onyenemezu, for discharging three armed robbery suspects. The defence counsel, Emma Eke and Chukwuemeka Anyanwu, were also allegedly beaten, arrested and bundled to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Owerri, the state capital. They were arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court 1 in Owerri last…
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