Category: POLITICS

Governor Ugwuanyi Committed to the effective and efficient dispensation of justice in Enugu State, Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration has approved the award of contracts for the construction of 14 new court buildings in the judicial divisions and magisterial districts across the state. The state government also awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of the access road leading to the dump site of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) at Ogui Nike, Enugu North Local Government Area, which is currently being evacuated by the state government for the first time in…

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All is now set for the  highly anticipated election into the Executive Council of Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, as the national council has finally cleared leading contender, Mr Lambert Ojukwu and Mr Amby Uneze, the third contender for the chairmanship seat and Mr Sunny EJiogu contesting the Vice chair. Mr Ojukwu, Uneze and some other aspirants for various other positions,Nigeria Newspoint can recall were last week purportedly disqualified in controversial circumstances through a letter written by one Gbemiga Bamidele, Senior Assistant National Secretary of…

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A local government chairmanship aspirant for Oru East Local Government Area Hon. Paul Chimezie has expressed his ambition to better the lots of his people if elected as the local government chairman. Hon. Chimezie who disclosed this during a meeting with the Orlu Zonal Congress of Journalists (OZCOJ) at his Okwuorji office in Awo-Omamma in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State at the weekend revealed that his kinsmen recently called to him to vie for the chairmanship of the Oru East LGA, although he had vied for the…

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The governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr. Frank Nneji has taken the present ugly situation of Imo state to her sons and daughters residing in United States assuring that he will turn around the situation if given support. Addressing an enthusiastic crowd in a Town hall meeting at Igbo Community Center Mesquite, Texas Friday, Nneji narrated the ugly state of Imo State which he attributed to bad leadership maintaining that the state will be better again. In his words, “Imo State with an estimated population…

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Imo people have been urged to shun voluminous politicians with unrealistic promises and to support a visionary and competent technocrat who will bring the state back to the path of progress. The National President of the Imo Transparency Watch, Chief Mark Alagboso made this call in Abuja while briefing newsmen after a meeting of the group on Thursday.  He maintained that “the pervasive bad governance in the state has been tolerated for too long,” adding that “everyone must get involved in supporting a tried and tested expert in financial engineering…

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A foremost governorship aspirant under All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr. Frank Nneji OON has decried the rising level of unemployment among teeming youths in Imo state, restating his resolve to create enough jobs in his first two years in office as the governor of the state. Speaking at Isu APGA Youths Summit held Saturday, Mr. Frank Nneji ,ably represented by the Administrative Secretary of Rebuild Imo Initiative otherwise known as Frank Nneji Campaign Organisation, Mr. Brent Akomas, noted with dismay the alarming number of unemployed youths in the state which…

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A socio-political group in Ikeduru LGA, Oganihu Ikeduru, has endorsed one of the aspirants for the Ikeduru State Constituency in the Imo House of Assembly, Architect Edmund Ohiri, assuring him of their total support if he emreges the candidate of his political party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance Speaking at an interactive meeting in his Eziama Ikeduru community, the leader of Oganihu Ikeduru, Nze Cosmos Ozor expressed happiness that a core professional who knows the challenges of his people is coming out to represent the people of Ikeduru in 2019.…

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A United States of America, USA based businessman cut philanthropist, chief Anderson Iheme, has formally declared interest to contest the Mbaitoli-state constituency’s seat in the awaited 2019 Imo State House of Assembly election on the platform of the All Progressives’ Grand Alliance, APGA, with a promise to transform Mbaitoli LGA socio-politically and economically, by way of effectively legislative oversight duties. Speaking to newsmen, shortly after making his intention to run the state Assembly election public, on Monday, Hon. Iheme said that, Mbaitoli LGA, reputed as the most populous in Imo…

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The political tussle in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken a deadly dimension following the kidnap and murder of a chieftain of the party, Amos Akano. Akano, until his gruesome killing, was the Director -General of Ezihe Foundation, one of the groups supporting the governorship ambition of the Chief of Staff to Governor Rochas Okorocha, Mr. Uche Nwosu. He hailed from Nkwerre Local Government Area, the same LGA with Nwosu and  was an ally of the state governor’s camp (Agburu) and had been seen several…

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Plot to impeach the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere takes a new dimension as Governor Okorocha through Imo House of Assembly under the leadership of Hon. Acho Ihim, has taken steps towards realizing the vexatious project by suspending four lawmakers suspected to be loyal to the Deputy Governor for on frivolous reason. This sequel to preparing grounds for the purported impeachment plot against the Deputy Governor since the previous schemes failed on arrival. The affected lawmakers in question are Hon. Uche Oguike representing Ikeduru State constituency, Ifeanyi…

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