Category: POLITICS

The United Peoples Party governorship candidate in Imo State, Hon. Tony Nwulu, weekend, visited the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, to interact with some patients in order to ascertain their health conditions. Also, some of the patients who have been long discharged from the hospital, over six months who could not leave the hospital premises due to their inability to pay their bills were favoured at the visitation. A patient, Mrs. Ikechi Chinwedu, whose bill of N750,000, was also cleared by Nwulu after she delivered her triplets, through caesarean section…

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The United Progressive Party, UPP, senatorial candidate for Imo West, Comrade Precious Nwadike has said that those contesting with him, inspite of all the money they made in the previous offices and positions they held, do not have investments in Orlu and are not perturbed by the level of unemployment which has obviously heightened insecurity of lives and property in the zone. He stated this while fielding questions from journalists, shortly after receiving an award from Alvan Ikoku Federal college of Education Alumni Association on behalf of Community Watchdog Newspaper…

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As the 2019 general election draws very close, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Guber candidate and the recently adopted candidate by Owerri zone, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, the former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, carried his message on how to rebuild Imo State to Imolites in the United States of America. Our staff who monitored the US tours confirmed the foreign tour by the former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives took him to about five states in the United State from the 2nd of December to about 10th…

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Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, former All Progressives Congress, APC governorship aspirant who decamped to a new party, Action Alliance, AA and apparently is struggling to be its standard bearer for 2019 Imo governorship election allegedly received showers of humiliation from Imo people at the music crusade organized by the Assemblies of God Church, Owerri, at the weekend. Ugwumba Nwosu, who represented Gov Rochas Okorocha and was accompanied by his wife, and deputy governorship candidate and Speaker Imo House of Assembly, Hon Acho Ihim received shocking and humiliating reception from worshippers who…

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The Imo State governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, (YPP), Hon. Linus Okorie has presented his deputy, Mr. Ugochukwu Ezekwesili to the state leadership of the party. The unveiling ceremony which took place at the party secretariat, Okigwe Road, Owerri, was attended by party leaders and supporters of the guber candidate. In his speech, Hon. Okorie noted that the decided to pick Mr. Ezekwesili because of his track records. Mr. Ugochukwu Ezekwesili hails from Obazu Mbieri, Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State. He pointed out that Mr. Ezekwesili has proven…

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By Chinyochaobi Uhuegbu The Imo political calculus has gone beyond, I am from Okigwe, Orlu and Owerri zones. Chief Evan Enwerem, His Excellency, Ogbuhuruzo of Ikeduru, Mature of the blessed memory, may his soul rest in the bosom of the good Lord. Senator Araraume travelled all the way from Benin City in those good old political days to Imo State to ensure that Chief Evan Enwerem was elected Governor of Imo State. Whether he was there for one day or two days, there was good understanding then. Can anybody disprove…

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The ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma to govern the state in 2019 received a major boost last Monday as one of the senator’s support groups, under the auspices of the GrassRoots Movement (GRM) for Hope Uzodinma 2019, inaugurated Mbaitoli and Orlu local government areas chapters of the movement in grand style. GRM is a group of young progressives whose sole mandate is to ensure successful election Senator Hope Uzodinma as the next governor of Imo State through galvanising people at…

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The governorship candidate of Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) party is blazing the trail with promises of better days ahead, amidst wide acceptance, support and solidarity by a cross section if Imolites who are in dire need of credible, purposeful and result oriented governance in 2019. The U.K based Lawyer and Corporate Consultant, on Friday 7th December 2018, visited members of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Imo State chapter, at their new Owerri secretariat, to feel their pulse, express his concern for their plight and deplorable state of affairs in…

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The National chairman of Action Alliance AA, Barr. Kenneth Udeze weekend in Owerri the Imo State capital said there is no controversy in AA and that the only recognized governorship candidate of the party known to the law is Ugwumba Uche Nwosu. Barr. Udeze, while briefing journalists on the readiness of the party for the general election said he cannot denied that one Leonard Uzoma Okolienta recently made attempt at fueling crisis within the party with his claim of being the guber flag bearer, saying such claims has no justification.…

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The priest in charge of The Archangels Catholic Parish, Umuebie, Ugiri, IsialaMbano LGA, Rev Fr Jacob Okafor has extolled the good performance and hard work of Comrade IzuchukwuOkebaram, Imo State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW The priest who spoke during the 2018 thanksgiving of the union which was celebrated in the church also commended members and other leaders of the union for standing with the state chairman and massively supporting his administration. He revealed that the NURTW boss has always been quick in responding to…

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