Category: POLITICS

It was a gathering of the academia of Mbaise nation weekend during the summit of Mbaise Circle of Academia, an umbrella body of sons and daughters of Mbaise in academics but, midway into the event politics and politicking took centrestage and eventually headlined it. Prominent sons of the area who are gunning for governorship seat of the state, namely Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha and Mr Okey Ezeh were the cynosure of all eyes on that day as they clashed over who’s best for the state. According to the ex deputy…

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Despite heavy presence of the police and other security details barricading the entrance to Heroes square, initial venue of the Daniel Kanu commemorative 2 million man march, the programme yet successfully held Saturday 3rd March 2018, at Emmanuel College, off Nekede-Aba Road in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Newspoint can authoritatively report. As at 8:30AM youths in hundreds were already making their way to Heroes Square where they were blocked by security forces with over 10 Hilux Vans stationed at the entrance. The youths resorted to gather in front of Concorde…

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All villagers, communities, political wards and local government areas in the Okigwe North federal constituency of Imo State were thrown into a festive mood over the weekend as a woman of substance and incumbent commissioner for health in the state, Dame Dr. (Mrs.) Angela Uwakwem responded positively to the people’s clarion call to vie for the federal house of representatives seat in the forthcoming general elections. Dr. (Mrs.) Uwakwem’s public declaration for the lower house of the National Assembly seat last Saturday, coincided with massively attended medical outreach programme organized…

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In an apparent response to a recent statement credited to the Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, over his perceived governorship aspiration, Sen. Ifeanyi Araraume, has in a veiled reference told governor Okorocha to stop playing God in his Desire to determine who gets what in the politics of the state, as the 2019 general elections approach. Governor Rochas Okorocha, had in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, shortly after the APC NEC meeting in Abuja, elongated the tenure of its executive members at all levels for…

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Former Secretary to Imo State Government and governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressive Congress APC, Sir Jude Ejiogu has x- rayed the recent tenure elongation for elected officers of the party and concluded that the approval offers a second chance for the party to get it’s act right so as to remain a ruling party in the state. Sir Ejiogu whose position was made known in a congratulatory message to the State party chairman Chief Hilary Ekeh, further noted that the extension was deserved for peace and unity…

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The President/Founder of a notable Charity Organization, Chief Sir Felix Chidi Idiga (JAFAC) is far on the lead in an Opinion Survey conducted among the aspirants in the Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency ahead of the 2019 polls, reliable sources have revealed. The report said, Chief Idiga was scored high in the opinion Search and therefore, given undivided support to represent the Federal Constituency in the Hallowed Chamber of the National Assembly, come 2019 elections. An Independent body, the CASTLOT CONSULT, which conducted the survey in the Federal Constituency which comprised…

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By Paul Chukwu Basking in the euphoria of its  successful conduct of free, fair and credible National convention, Imo state chapter of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP, has boasted that the party is poised to take over the reigns of power in the state and return Imo to the people. The state chairman of the party, Mr. Chibuike Oziri Nwachukwu, who made the declaration at the sidelines of the party’s national convention which took place at the Eagle square in Abuja during the weekend, maintained that the time to…

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By Paul Chukwu A governorship aspirant in the forthcoming general election in the state, Mr. Daniel Kanu, yesterday took governor Rochas Okorocha to the cleaners, describing him as “worse than a tyrant and undemocratic”. Mr. Kanu’s outburst followed a reported directive allegedly issued by the governor to the relevant security agencies in the state to disallow the proposed 2million man march anniversary scheduled to hold this weekend at the Heroes square, Owerri. When our correspondent visited the popular Heroes square, located at the Concord boulevard, Owerri, venue for the proposed…

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area, Chief Paschal Okebaram has reaffirmed his belief in the governorship aspiration of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu  with a donation of half a million naira to support the Chief of Staff’s purchase of party nomination for the 2019 elections. Making the donation at the Isiala Mbano Council Headquarters, Umuelemai when the Believe Movement Train stormed the area, Okebaram who is also the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Imo State Branch, assured that the…

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In its determined effort to uplift the Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), so as to compare effectively with its counterparts in Anambra, Enugu, Rivers and Lagos State, the state chapter of the League of Veteran Journalists has thrown its weight behind elder Lambert Ojukwu, in his quest to become the next state chairman of NUJ. Rising from an interactive session presided over by its secretary, Mr. Dan Jacobs, the Veteran journalists counseled the practicing journalists in the state on the imperative of enthroning effective and…

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