Category: POLITICS

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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The fund raising luncheon organized by friends and the Orlu Project team for Comrade Precious Nwadike, the United Progressive Party (UPP) senatorial candidate for Orlu Zone, at Rockview Hotel Owerri, last Saturday, was indeed a success, as several prominent individuals and groups endorsed his candidature, in addition to making cash donations to enable him actualize his ambition. Chairman of the occasion, Chief (Sir) Ejike Uche (Dimkpasa) who is also Deputy National Chairman of UPP, described Comrade Nwadike as a courageous, visionary and proactive young man who is determined to contribute…

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The Change Advocate Party ,CAP,on Sunday revealed the running mate for the gubernatorial aspirant of the party, Barr Ikenna Emmanuel. Announcing the candidate, Mrs Angela Nkwo-Akpolu, Emmanuel said she was chosen after wide consultations, adding that she also satisfied the high requirements of the party. The guber candidate stressed the need for demanding accountability and a better life for the people of the state without compromising on the beliefs and standards of the party. He added that MrsAkpolu who is a seasoned journalist with many years of journalistic experience within…

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The top contender in the governorship seat of Imo State on the platform of Action Alliance, AA Party, Sir Leonard Uzoma Okolienta has alleged that anonymous persons have been calling and threatening him over his refusal to hand over his ticket to Ugwumba Uche Nwosu. Sir Okolienta who disclosed this to National Newsbreak in a telephone interview from his hiding place stated that no amount of threat and inducement can make him abandon his dream of governing the state. The ex-banker reveled that his Campaign Organization called Ego Erugo has…

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Senator Araraume campaign council has debunked the rumour making rounds that Sir Stanley Amuchie is the candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA and not Senator Ifeanyi Araraume. In a release signed by Agumoa Emeka Nzeribe, the campaign team stated that such news as been circulated online has no truth and was designed to attract undue attention to the proprietor. Mr. Nzeribe explained that the constitution has provisions which guides the emergence of a candidate of any political party adding that all the provisions were carefully followed before the emergence…

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The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Imo State, Sir Okey Ezeh has assured Imo people that the State will become prosperous again and fulfill the expectations of its human and material endowments under the watch of the SDP. Ezeh added that in nominating him as governorship flag bearer, the party has defined itself as the only credible alternative which Imo people should rely upon for good governance. The financial management expert stated this while addressing newsmen in his campaign office on Friday. Ezeh flayed the unaccountable…

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Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says the crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is beyond repair. The governor made this comment while receiving the party reconciliation committee led by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, and Godswill Akpabio, a senator representing Akwa Ibom north-west, at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC), Owerri, the state capital. overnor Okorocha said he honoured the meeting because of his relationship with the two party leaders but the situation at hand can no longer be managed. “Let me make bold…

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An Igbo cultural organisation, Igboezue Cultural Advancement Initiate, ICAI, has called on Ndigbo to support President Mohammadu Buhari for.a second term in office, pointing out that Buhari’s second term might pave way for Igbo presidency, come 2023. Igboezue posited that it would be bearable to have Buhari again as a president rather than Atiku for probably another eight years. Leader of the group, Chief Chekwas Okorie, who addressed journalists in Enugu Thursday posited that Ndigbo have had a PDP government without much to show for it and pointed out that…

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The Imo state governorship candidate of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Hon. Tony Nwulu, last weekend, unveiled a renowned investment banker, Dr. Nnaemeka Obiaraeri, as his running mate in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Performing the unveiling ceremony before the leadership of the party as well as relevant stakeholders at the UPP state Secretariat in Owerri, Hon. Nwulu, declared that the decision has ended months of speculation over his preparedness for the topmost contest in 2019. He used the forum to debunk the insinuations making the rounds that…

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A front line contender for Imo State governorship and the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Mr. Linus Okorie has been speaking on the need to better life and improved economy for the state, if he is given the opportunity to become the governor in 2019. A release on the reason behind the formation of “Imo Nkeanyi, a socio-political movement founded by him, declares that it has the desire to stop continuous economic empowerment of a few people while majority of Imolites remain in abject poverty. Mr. Okorie further…

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