An Owerri High Court presided over by Justice Nosiri, has adjourned to May 4 and May 18, 2026 respectively, the suit filed by some indigenes of Owere Nshi Ise in Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State, challenging the action of former Imo governor, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, in balkanising their community into five different autonomous communities which destroyed the Ozuruigbo stool. Recall that the matter said to have been instituted in 2016 has lingered in court for 10 years. At Wednesday’s sitting, one of the counsels to the defendants (5th-7th…
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GOODWILL MESSAGE ON WORKERS’ DAY 2026.
NAEC Desk, Imo State Branch GOODWILL MESSAGE ON WORKERS’ DAY 2026. On this special occasion of the 2026 Workers’ Day, I, Engr Craft Onuoha Uzoma Raphael, Chairman of the Nigerian Association of Engineering Craftsmen (NAEC), and Managing Director of Uzobest Constructions Limited, with the executive members of NAEC Imo State, under the auspices of Council for the Regulations of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Imo State Branch, suited at Plot Fv1, Phase 1, Naze Industrial Cluster, Owerri North, Owerri, Imo State, extend my warmest goodwill and heartfelt congratulations to all civil…
Read MoreOwerri Zone Will Not Be Ignored: Why APC Must Present Hon. Osita Opara As Its Senatorial Flag Bearer
By Basheer MS Uwakwe The demand by the Owerri Zone Consultative Assembly is not noise. It is not a bargaining chip. It is a clear, legitimate, and long-overdue call for justice, equity, and political survival. At the heart of that demand stands one name that refuses to be silenced, Hon. Osita Opara (Itoli of Mbaitoli). Let’s speak plainly: if the All Progressives Congress (APC) is serious about winning the Owerri Senatorial seat in 2027, then the party must stop gambling with sentiment and start acting with strategic clarity.…
Read MoreArea k-The Little History Of Umuguma!
By Stella NJemanze-Neboh My late grandfather, King NJemanze Ihenacho acquired those lands in Umuguma after his son was killed by Umuguma people like my dad (HRM,Alexius Anumaku NJemanze, Ozuruigbo IV )told us the story. In retaliation my late grandfather the warrior King Njemanze Ihenacho Njemanze took his men to war at Umuguma and promised to wipe them out of the face of the earth. The Elders from Umuguma panicked and came prostrating before my late grandfather to save their community. My dad said they came with slaves some of who…
Read MoreTension In Imo Community: Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Ihiagwa Vigilante, Youths Retaliate, Attack Hausa Traders
…Another man killed at Okolochi, next day …Youths, vigilante, hunters comb bushes in Eziobodo,Emeabiam areas. Tension is said to has gripped Ihiagwa community in Owerri West LGA of Imo State following the alleged murder of a Vigilante member on Friday, April 23, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The ugly event had sparked reprisal attack on Hausa traders and motorcycle riders in the area. At about 5:30 p.m,same day, pandemonium broke out at the popular Nkwo-Ukwu Ihiagwa (Market) as a group of youths from Nkaramochie village, Ihiagwa, invaded the market and other…
Read MoreIdeato North/South Reps: Seat: Ikenga Ugochinyere Adopted As Consensus Candidate
…As Reps member flays attack on supporters As the 2027 elections gathers moment, the people of Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, had defiled every opposition and intimidation by the state actors and the security operatives as they unanimously adopted Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as their consensus candidate for Ideato North/South Federal Constituency Seat. The people took the binding political decision during a rally on Tuesday, at Christ Anglican Church, Ntueke, Ideato South. Speaking, President, Ideato South Political Forum, Prince Borosky Okpara, noted that the adoption of Ikenga Imo…
Read MoreOrluzurumee To Owerri Zone: Bring Credible Candidate To Sustain Uzodinma’s Legacy To Earn Our Support
By Ebenezer Ojor Orluzurumee, the apex socio-cultural organization for the twelve local government areas of Orlu Zone, says its support for any candidate from Owerri Zone who will succeed Governor Hope Uzodinma, will be anchored on competence and ability of such a candidate to sustain the developmental strides of the governor across the three zones of Imo State. In a press statement issued at its meeting yesterday, the President General ,PG of Orluzurumee Worldwide, Rt Hon Ugochukwu Nzekwe noted that Okigwe Zone has demonstrated a disposition to support Owerri Zone…
Read MoreCrisis Rocks APC: Uzodinma, Nwonye Allegedly Fight Dirty
By Christie Unanka, Enugu The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into fresh crisis following open confrontarion beteeen Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and the party’s National Deputy Chairman, (South), Chief Ben Nwonye. The GAZETTE gathered that Governor Uzodinma during the last APC’s stakeholders meeting in Abuja openly accused Chief Nwonye of blocking his chances of securing tickets for his political allies, vowing to stage a withdrawal method from APC should the insult from party leaders against him continues. Earlier, a statement signed by the APC Publicity Secretary…
Read MoreJubilation As Arthur Declares For Aboh Mbaise/Ngorkpala House Of Rep. Seat
It was jubilation galore over the weekend across Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal constituency as Hon. Arthur Ugochukwu declares interest to contest for the seat of Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal Constituency in the green chambers of the National Assembly of the federal Republic of Nigeria. Arthur who declared interest to contest for the position under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP., said that his interest is haken to the cries and beckons of the people of Aboh Mbaise/Ngorkpala federal constituency adding that this is not a time for jamboree but a time…
Read MoreTMO: The MAzi Org: Chima Amadi To Run For Senate And Guber Polls In Imo Under APP
By Nkechi Ojukwu The Mazi Organization yesterday announced a strategic political pathway for its Dr. Chima Matthew Amadi (Mazi,) confirming his intention to contest both the Owerri Zone Senate seat in the January 2027 general elections and Imo State governorship election in November 2027, under the platform of the Action Peoples Party, APP. Thie revelation was made during a press briefing in response to recent public discourse regarding Dr. Amadi’s political direction for the upcoming 2027 elections The Mazi Organization emphasized that this dual approach is a deliberate, well-considered decision,…
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