The coffin carrying the ambition of Rochas Okorocha’s bid to impose his son-in-law in a succession bid through the ruling political party APC has finally been laid to rest .by the INEC guidelines on substitution. What could have informed the spirited and desperate desire to impose his son-in-law Uche Nwosu on the people of Imo particularly via the APC. It is simple ARC being the party of today’s federal govt. would have offered him all the cover and might of the federal security agencies including the various local vigilante and…
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Okorocha suspends Imo Accountant General
Imo state Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha has suspended the state Accountant General Mrs. Stella Udogu over delay in the payment of local government staff salaries. The Governor has also directed the secretary to the government of Imo state to appoint the most senior officer in the office of the AG as the acting accountant general of the state. The Governor who gave the directive during the 40th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Union Of Local Government Employees (NULGE) at the heroes square in Owerri frowned at the nonpayment of the…
Read MoreLooming epidemic, environmental disaster along Item and Mbari Streets
Unless something urgent is done by authorities of the Imo Environmental Transformation Commission, ENTRACO, state Ministry of Health and other relevant agencies, residents of Owerri especially, those who live and do business around Item Street, Mbari and environs may have to grapple with looming epidemics following stinking deadly refuse that has blocked all the drainages there with health-threatening ordour oozing from the said drainages. A walk through Item Street around UBA junction up to Diamond Bank along the same street, will make any right thinking citizen of this state put…
Read MoreOnwuemeodo and his unwarranted attack on Chief Charles Amadi
The Monday November 26 edition of the White-paper newspaper had a back page article with the title “CHARLES AMADI (CHAVON) MAKING HIS OWN UGLY POLITICAL HISTORY” written by Sam Onwuemeodo. As lacking in decency and grace as the article was, one would have ignored it; but for the obvious fact that it was a rabid, rancid ranting capable of misleading the author to bask in the illusion of journalistic achievement, if ignored, compelled this writer to embark on this corrective indulgence to clip the narration of its deceitful wings. Indeed…
Read MoreOkey Ezeh tells Imo to embrace SDP …Promises to fix economy
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…
Read MoreImo APC crisis has gone beyond repair – Rochas
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…
Read MoreOwerri North NUT Chairman puts smiles on faces of retirees
On the 28th day of November 2018, Comrade Kennedy Opara the NUT North Branch Chairman celebrated his one year in office in grand style, he elected into office on 4th December 2017 in a keenly contested election which he won with large margin of votes over other contestants. On assumption of office he maintained an open door policy which endeared him to all teachers in the Local Government including the Association of Secondary School Principals in Owerri North (ANCOPPS) and Association of Headmasters/Headmistresses in the Local Government. He established…
Read MoreImo governorship: AA also rejects Nwosu, as Okolienta holds tight to ticket …Drags INEC, Party, Nwosu to court
The governorship candidate of Action Alliance, AA in Imo State, Sir Leonard Uzoma Okolienta has maintained that moves by Ugwumba Uche Nwosu to take away the Party’s gubernatorial ticket from him cannot work. Sir Okolienta made this ascertion to newsman weekend at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport Owerri when he arrived from Abuja, the nation’s capital. Describing the move by the Ex-Chief of Staff to Governor Okorocha as effort in futility, he insisted that with the whole money in the world, he cannot trade the mandate freely handed to…
Read MoreNkwo-Ngwa fire: Otti rebuilds market,as Aba residents renew support for APGA
The swift intervention of Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, which is expected to midwife the reconstruction of the fire ravaged ancient Nkwo-Ngwa, situated along Obohia road, Aba, Abia State, has been lauded by the traditional ruler of the community, HRH Eze (Barr) Ishmael Ifeanyichukwu Nnakwue and residents of the area. Dr Otti, who incidentally is the Abia State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 general elections, made this promise while addressing the traders that thronged to receive him during an unscheduled visit to commensurate and…
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