Category: POLITICS

Human Rights Activist, Dr. Ime Stephen has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to applaud the duo of Senator Hope Uzodinma and the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere and other members of the coalition group of All Progressives Congress, Imo State chapter, for their recent victory at the just concluded APC guber primary election. Stephen, the Director General, Centre for International Integrity, Peace and Development in Nigeria made the assertion, yesterday, when he paid a solidarity visit to the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Government House, Owerri. Dr. Stephen…

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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has said the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, is a mole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who can’t win. He said the senator is not yet a member of the APC, adding that he remained unknown and unacceptable to party members. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, reads: “Chief Hope Uzodinma is not a member of the APC in Imo State. His purported membership of the party was announced in Abuja.…

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Imo State indigenes and residents alike have continued to pour out their heartfelt delight with the publication of the name of Sir OkeyEzeh as governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The people had been thrown into a state of total despair following the quality of candidates earlier produced by the other political parties. The options given to Imo people by those other parties have been described by a public affairs analyst, Mike Ugwu, as the fire, the inferno and the furnace.…

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Coalition of Imo youths under the auspices of Imo Youths for Good Governance, have resolved to organize a fund raising dinner for the senatorial candidate of United Progressive Party (UPP), for the 2019 election, Comrade Precious Nwadike. Addressing journalists shortly after their meeting in Owerri yesterday, Coordinator of the group and National President of Owerri Young Patriots Assembly, Prince Chidi Obi, said, Comrade Precious Nwadike represents the yearnings and aspirations of average Imo youth, hence “it is important that we give him our maximum support”. He stated that one of…

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The seeming unending crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC in Imo  state may likely shift to the Imo State House of Assembly IMHA, following indications of alleged plot by angry lawmakers to impeach Speaker Acho Ihim ,ostensibly to prepare grounds for the alleged ousting of the  Governor, Rochas Anayo Okorocha. Nigeria Newspoint learnt that the impeachment drum which vibe  is still very faint is being beat by aggrieved APC second term seeking lawmakers who failed to secure second term tickets owing to the sharing of the party assembly tickets…

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Ozonkpu Dr. Victor Ike Oye, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has apologised to party members, who were aggrieved with the outcome of the party primaries. Oye offered the apology in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Monday, saying that the party’s leadership regretted the perceived flaws that allegedly characterised the primaries. He said, “Whatever went wrong was highly regretted. It was not the intention of APGA to hurt anyone. “As a political party, we are not proud of what happened, it is a combination…

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As 2019 general election draw near, a group made up of men, women pensioners, youths known as Imo Traders For Arararume ,IMO TRAFAR stormed Destiny Foundations Onitsha road office of the Imo APGA Guber candidate and the  incoming governor of Imo State Most Distinguished Senator Ifeanyi Arararume. The group reaffirmed their commitment and continuous support for the emancipation and recovery of Imo State through the candidature of Senator Ifeanyi Arararume and the party that has the identity of Ndi Igbo the All Progressive gran Alliance (APGA).The group pleaded with the…

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The Imo State Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere has urged the Inspector General of Police, IGP Abubakar Idris to restore his security personnel which was unlawfully withdrawn by the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi since the past two months. Prince Madumere in a release signed by the Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Media, Uche Onwuchekwa stated that since the series of impeachment saga on the Deputy Governor, Governor Rochas Okorocha has employed all tactics to ensure that his deputy will not be comfortable in his office to…

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As we approach the 2019 general elections, one thing on the minds of Imo People is how to elect credible men and women that will entrench good governance in the State. For a state to stride forward, its elected representatives must be people of impeccable character. Admittedly, none among us is indeed righteous, yet, The Holy Bible teaches us thus: 29:2 _When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked are in authority, the people mourn._ [Proverbs 29:2] Put differently, the above Scripture implies that when…

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The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has thrown more light on the reason he has resolved to fight on in spite of the political land mines laid against him by his estranged longtime friend and political ally, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, lamenting that Imo people have not felt the impact of good governance. Prince Madumere’s statement was contained in a press release issued by his media aide, Uche Onwuchekwa. According to the release, the number two citizen of the State maintained that the essence of politics is for…

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